On tap at Pompton Craft House, terrific sundae ice cream dessert knockoff stays heavenly rich as creamy Madagascar vanilla bean sweetness gets topped by dark chocolate syruping. Protruding vanilla-chocolate essence obtains luscious caramel latte, creme brulee, toasted marshmallow, banana whipped cream, spiced bourbon, sweet burgundy and sherry illusions.
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HEAVY REEL BRING OUT THE GOON INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Pompton Craft House, effervescently soft-toned NEIPA with resonant Mosaic/Citra-hopped yellow grapefruit, orange rind and pineapple zesting gains musty cannabis-like Strata-hopped dryness as well as mild lemon-limed gooseberry, guava and white grape bittering. Creamy oated wheat base stays sturdy. Recommended.
OTHER HALF CABBAGE IMPERIAL IPA
Vibrantly bittersweet orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tanginess, juicy pineapple tartness and spritzy lemon zesting pick up dainty floral spicing to contrast muted herbal pining as ancillary peach, mango and clementine illusions increase durable fruitfulness of double dry-hopped, oated wheat-based IPA.
OTHER HALF CHEDDAR IMPERIAL IPA
Briskly clean double dry-hopped IPA brings pleasant lemony orange-peeled yellow grapefruit bittering and zesty pineapple-mango tang to peppery herbage and coniferous pine needling. Vodka-nipped citrus spiced finish stays firm.
GARDEN STATE NOR’EASTER EAST COAST INDIA PALE ALE
In the can, slightly divergent East Coast IPA differs from trendsetting New England IPA styling by snuffing sour yogurt fruiting and creamier oated base for more straightforward citric-pined profile. Brisk grapefruit-peeled orange misting flirts with grassy-hopped wood tones in popular Citra-Mosaic-Eldorado hop showdown.
GRIMM FOUR EVER RAINBOW SOUR ALE
Dry Sabro-hopped pink guava tartness consumes zesty lime juicing, vinous white wining, mandarin orange misting and floral lavender cologne waft. Sour guava permeates slightly citric-salted finish.
EDMUND’S OAST SOUR CURUBA
Ultra-dry limey curuba brining gains yuzu-like lemon pith bittering plus acidic cat urine-stained ammonia solvency. Spritzy lemon lime souring picks up latent white peach, passionfruit, crabapple and pomegranate tartness. Sour heads prevail.
LUDLAM ISLAND HARRY’S COFFEE PALE ALE
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, sharp dark-roast coffee bean scrum slams lemon peel rim as dark cocoa, tobacco chaw and charred hop bittering reinforce heavy mocha influence. Mild astringency seeps thru lightly acidic coffee tartness.
UFO MAINE BLUEBERRY
Pancake-battered blueberry tartness looms large for wheat-honeyed moderation. Mild citrus hop astringency underlies Maine blueberry puree lacquering, leaving blueberry muffin, blueberry pie and blueberry cobbler illusions on the slick sticky surface.
BOLERO SNORT / THE SEED THIS BEER IS NOT HYPEY ENOUGH
On tap at Pompton Craft House, cereal grained German pilsner malting picks up spritzy grapefruit-orange zesting, grassy herbage and lacquered pine, recalling a light IPA with its subtle piney citrus continuance.
ICARUS TWO POUNDS OF FEATHERS IMPERIAL PILSNER
On tap at Pompton Craft House, Imperial version of Ounces Of Feathers plies Heull Melon-hopped lemon liming and dry grapefruit-peeled yuzu zesting to sweet-spiced Belgian pilsner malts parched slightly by hay-dried barnyard astringency. During extended lagering phase, lupulin Citra/ Mosaic powdering brings musty perfumed sentiment to its sunny citric intrigue.