On tap at Taphouse 15, luxurious eleventh anniversary barleywine blends creamily caramelized wheat wined dextrin with Grand Marnier-liqueured cherry cognac sugaring in brown-sugared rum barrel. Distant cinnamon coffee, vanilla and marshmallow illusions add extra dessert topping to sumptuous nightcap.
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FAT ORANGE CAT ALL THE KOOL KATS ON THE BACK OF THE BUS NEIPA
On tap at Pompton Craft House, creamy vanilla sugaring coats peachy mango tang, orange-peeled yellow grapefruit bittering, salty guava-gooseberry souring and perfumed herbal spicing while lacquered pine contrasts honeyed pale malting below surface.
TWIN ELEPHANT / TAPHOUSE 15 SEVEN IPA
On tap at Taphouse 15, lemony yellow grapefruit bittering contrasts sweet orange-peeled pineapple, mango and peach tropicalia and creamy vanilla froth of zestful 7th anniversary collab. Hallertau Blanc-hopped green grape tartness, Nelson Sauvin-hopped gooseberry-guava souring and Simcoe-hopped herbal woodiness crease dry pale malt spine.
UNE ANNEE CHERRY QUAD
On tap at Ambulance, bittersweet medicinal black cherry tartness absorbs phenol spiced vanilla tannins in murky cellared fungi yeast setting. Candi sugar-glazed fig, plum and date illusions scamper.
SOUTHERN GRIST CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY COBBLER
On tap at Ambulance, lactose fruited sour brings extracted vanilla bean bitterness to pastry-like raspberry pureeing, bittersweet cacao nibs and bark-dried cinnamon opulence for nifty cobbler dessert.
BOLERO SNORT / GEARBLOCK DONUT LARD JELLY DONUT SOUR
Dandy pinkish amber fruited sour collab lets bustling lemon limed raspberry, strawberry and blueberry pucker gain jelly donut-powdered milk sugaring to contrast salted Sweet-Tart candied zing. A triple berry cake liquified! Recommended.
BOLERO SNORT AMALFI NAPOLI KETTLE SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, creamy milk-sugared vanilla bean paste coats tart lemon peel zesting and salty lime bittering. Quirky vodka-stoked crema di limoncello liqueur likeness maintained.
EVIL TWIN EXOTIC VACATION BODEGA SMOOTHIE SOUR ALE
Softly creamed Smoothie-like guava yogurt entry picks up coconut-milked vanilla tannins. Mild green grape esters and tart green apple bittering carry the guava sourness forward over oated wheat spine.
FIFTH HAMMER STRAWBERRY GOGGLES SOUR ALE
On tap at Ambulance, tartly zested rosy-hued fruited sour knocks off salted strawberry lemonade, adding limey respite and floral tease above mineralized gypsum sulfite.
NEW PARK DON GATO GOSE
On tap at Ambulance, dry sea-salted crushed coriander peppering, lime-juiced Margarita tartness and zestful lemon-peeled bittering make fruited gose pucker.
GRIMM HEFEWEISSBIER
Soft-toned ‘double decoction keg-conditioned’ meringue-headed moderation lets sunny lemon fizz restrict its banana bubblegum sweetness as green grape esters, green apple tartness and parsley herbage stay distant. Though toned-down, lemony pith, rind and zesting still outdo dulled-out banana and clove schwag.
THREE FLOYDS LEGENDARY SHADER WEISSE
Desiccated orange, dry lemongrass and tart plantain depart from bubblegummy banana-clove sugaring upfront. Its sourdough bottom holds up and a dry rum snip softly serenades, but sweet hefe fans will be miffed.