On tap at Taphouse 15, autumnal brown-sugared cinnamon, clove and ginger spicing encounters cucumber-watered gourd earthiness and leafy foliage in balanced attack.
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TWO TON SUN DECK FLEX KOLSCH
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, dry cologne-perfumed ginger spicing and key lime pie piquancy guide curious kolsch variant. Ancillary Mimosa champagne fizzing seeps inside tart herb-tinged lemon candied midst.
SCHILLING HOKSEM WITBIER
On tap at Taphouse 15, brisk orange-peeled clove and coriander spicing picks up persistent lemongrass gingering and herbal fennel minting above doughy unmalted wheat starching for slightly offbeat Belgian wit.
C.I.A. MISE EN PLACE WIT
On tap at Ambulance, runaway herbal perfuming nearly outdoes lemon-candied mandarin orange tartness and delicate coriander spicing of slightly unconventional witbier. By tempering its bright citric spicing with unmalted white wheat and herbaceous hops creates a dryer witbier.
MADISON BENNINGTON BLUEBERRY WHEAT
Tart blueberry frontage picks up sour lemon splurge and lightly spiced floral daubs over glutenous wheat thicket.
SEVEN TRIBESMEN HAZY HEFF
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, dryer stylistic hefeweizen relies on floral-daubed Barbe Rouge hops to provide wayward raspberry currant influence for standardized banana-clove expectancy and tidy herbal recess. Sharp lemon bittering persists.
SLOOP OKTOBERFEST
On tap at Ambulance, worthy marzen benefits from honeyed kilned malting that promotes mild brown-breaded sugared biscuit sweetness to contrast dry peppery herbage and leafy hop astringency.
ALLAGASH TWO LIGHTS LAGER WITH SAUVIGNON BLANC MUST
On tap at Ambulance, fizzy beige-cleared pale lager variant utilizes champagne yeast and white winy Suavignon Blanc must to let its Italian grape esters softly penetrate the rustic dry malts. Just a tad underwhelming and vague.
SCHILLING LANDBIER
On tap at Ambulance, ‘rustic lager’ brings agrarian spelt adjunct as well as mild millet ricing to hay-like horse-blanketed leathering. Cellared Weihenstephan yeast reinforces dry base. Distant floral perfuming lies beyond earthen acridity.
HOBOKEN DAY BEER LIGHT LAGER
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, light mineral grain musk and lemon curd tartness contrast sweet corn sugaring for clear yellow 99-calorie dry lager.
MAGNIFY DIMPLES VIENNA LAGER
On tap at Taphouse 15, oak barrel aging increases toffee-candied sugaring and underlying caramelized rye sweetness of upscaled Vienna lager as dried fruited plantain, fig and date illusions plus toasted coconut snips register.
COASTAL BREW WORKS AWKWARD TANLINES VIENNA LAGER
Flagship Vienna lager betters most as mild toffee spicing picks up rustic leafy hop astringency, peaty fungi mossing, phenol orange oiling and husked nut tannins for contrast. Pilsner-honeyed Weyermann malting coats brown bread base.
