On tap at Taphouse 15, despite uniting oaken Tahitian vanilla, toasted coconut and peaty coffee with roasted hazelnut, pecan, almond, pistachio and macadamia adjuncts plus supplemental marshmallow and cinnamon wisps, dry English-styled (?) barleywine (6.9% ABV) may be ‘session’able, but its cluttered ingredients stay anonymous, drowned-out and insufficient.
Coffee-stained dark chocolate syruping drapes brown-sugared candied yam sweetness hidden behind hop-charred nutty bitterness. Wintry cinnamon-nutmeg coalition and fern-like tannins stay setback alongside burnt marshmallow adjunct of semi-rich holiday porter with scripted Have The Yams Stopped Screaming moniker.
Dry ginger minting and cold-brewed coffee tones outdo pumpkin pie spicing as dark chocolate bittering splatters milk-steamed espresso finish. Overall pumpkin latte spicing picks up wintry cinnamon-barked nutmeg, cumin and allspice seasoning as well as fern-like nuttiness and earthen gourd mildness.
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, dry English porter retains coffee-stained dark chocolate roast infiltrated by wood-seared hop char, raw molasses bittering, mild walnut tannins and sour soy milking. At the finish, caramel-burnt mocha malting adds some contrastive sweetness.
On tap at Ambulance, soft-tongued beige yellowed Imperial IPA plies lemony mandarin orange zesting and mild guava-mango souring to compost-wafted herbal hop astringency in sessionable manner. Not sure of its overall taste profile.
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, mild crushed uziza peppering provides light burn to variant pale ale. Tempered by its lively lemon twist and steady cologne mist, sedate green and red pepper prod retains slightly sweet sway. Soothingly interesting pepper-plied moderation.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, ‘easy drinking’ generically named IPA retains dry nature as floral perfumed spicing tags lemony grapefruit tang. Peppery hop herbage sails beneath the tropical fruiting alongside desiccated pale malts.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, briskly succulent cumulous-headed golden body enraptures tongue with lemony yellow grapefruit zesting, peppery orange peel tang and salted mango twist. Grassy herbal pining niftily underpins sunny tropical resonance of rewarding ’22 one-off (?).
Sharp lemony grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering jostles brisk pine needling as tangy pineapple smidge, mild spiced floral daubs and pungent cannabis snips join the party over caramelized cereal grain sugaring. Crisply clean mineral watering allows tropical fruiting to shine brightly. Perfect for distinguished hop heads.
On tap at Taphouse 15, punctual grapefruit-peeled orange zesting and brisk lemon tartness lead thick, but not creamy, Citra-hopped Imperial IPA. Grungy cannabis pungency and herbal black tea musk settle below citrus-spiced pleasantry as slightly sour key lime pie, green mango, guava and passionfruit illusions contrast rummy Pina Colada-like coconut and pineapple sweetness over silken flaked oats. Superb!
Lightly embittered yellow grapefruit salting retains soft tone as mild pine tones and herbal snips contrast ancillary peachy orange bubblegum sugaring and distant floral spicing above lightly creamed oated wheat setting of easygoing vodka-fruited Imperial IPA (with unassuming 8.5% ABV).
On tap at Pompton Craft House, juicy orange-peeled pineapple tang brightens resilient golden-hazed IPA. Glutenous cereal graining saddles tropical marmalade snazziness as well as ancillary red apple-skinned bartlett pear crisping while grassy hop stead adds proper astringency.
