On tap at Seven Lakes Station, new labeled hefe circa 2023 lets sour green grape esters and cucumber-watered watermelon rind earthiness lead into its stylish banana-clove-bubblegum sweetness contrasted at the finish by musky herbage. Sourdough breading reinforces sourly sweet fruiting.
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry straw-yellowed light body stays too subtle as slightly soured champagne-sparkled green grape tannins seep into grassy hop stead at washed-out pilsner malt base. Suited to mellower sessionable thirsts.
On tap at Taphouse 15, submissive Texas watermelon rind earthiness, moderate rosemary-lavender sashay and mild minting prickled by salty lemon-soured lime zesting.
On tap at Taphouse 15, easygoing aluminum cleared grisette (with low alcohol) plies delicate champagne wining to lemon seltzer spritz and snippy salted spicing over pale wheat bottom, picking up light barnyard leathering.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, succinct souped-up blonde ale utilizes treacly maple syruping to sweeten spritzy lemon spicing and mild cinnamon toasted powdered sugaring secured by honeyed wheat base.
Just a tad slick and lacking overall seared beechwood residue, Americanized Bavarian smoked lager lets meat-cured pastrami and salami onslaught recede alongside peat-smoked brown tea mustiness, rye-spiced pumpernickel toasting and stylish Band-aid waft as misty lemon fizzing settles in.
Soft-toned dry-hopped NEIPA eases lightly embittered orange pith, white grapefruit and salty pineapple tang plus delicate mango-peach-tangerine conflux above mild wheated oats. Too subtle and less creamy than most of its northeast style, but highly sessionable.
Plodding cocoa-powdered Bakers chocolate dryness gains modest nut charred coffee tones and mildewy brown-leafed hop astringency.
Nearly nebulous straw clear moderation with not enough floral yellow grapefruit and mandarin orange zesting to overcome astringent hop peppering and bland seltzer spritz. At least its lightly toasted white bread Pilsner-Vienna malt base sits pretty.
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent molasses gingerbread cookie with chocolate pudding skin fudginess and light bourbon vanilla inkling over honeyed Graham Cracker base. Wintry ginger-spiced cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice seasoning and subtle pecan-hazelnut-chestnut triage amidst chewy cookie dough thickness.
On tap at Taphouse 15, “decadent” amped up Gunner’s Daughter gains richer chocolate nougat center, deeper espresso-milked black coffee tones and subtler peanut buttering than original version. Beyond the nutty mocha insistence, caramelized banana, bourbon vanilla, hazelnut paste and Nutella illusions further sweeten impressive milk stout.
On tap at Taphouse 15, milk-sugared hazelnut chocolate sweetness and banana pureed creaming unite for rich confectionery stout. Chocolate-dipped banana dessert treat picks up hazelnut, walnut and buttered pecan snips.
