Category Archives: Beers A-Z

CONCENTRIC BRIDGE TRAFFIC IMPERIAL IPA

Well-designed milkshake-styled IPA (with less appropriate ‘Imperial’ labeling) brings lactic powder-sugared marshmallow vanilla sweetness to zestful lemony orange-peeled grapefruit tang, tart guava-gooseberry swipe and peachy pineapple zing, becoming bitterer as lemon-seeded grapefruit rind sharpness rises way above its creamily oated wheat base.

HUBBARD’S CAVE HAZELNUT COFFEE & CAKE

On tap at Ambulance, decadent pastry stout variant regales rich Madagascar vanilla bean persistence and hazelnut coffee-bound maple syruping given fudgy caramelized chocolate pudding top. At the midst, lovely bourbon vanilla warmth coats milk-sugared coffee persistence, gaining caffe mocha espresso dirge, mild macchiato remnant and teasing burgundy wining. An overabundance of treacly mocha-vanilla richness.

BRIX CITY SILK CITY (2025) BARREL-AGED AOMAS

On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, luxuriously bold barrel-aged pastry stout (10.5% ABV) features Smith Bowman Distillery bourbon. Loading lovely bourbon vanilla sugaring upon fudgy dark chocolate and coconut-toasted caramel salting, its oncoming black cherry, sweet burgundy and dry sherry illusions deliver plush spirited goodness, but its honeyed Graham Cracker base may be a tad askew (or simply too much) flavor-wise.