On tap at Ambulance, sweet-tart Valentine’s Day elixir spiked with baked donuts. Chocolate-covered strawberry entry picks up sweet toffee subtlety and light roast coffee snip above soft wheat-flaked oats. Distant strawberry shortcake, chocolate fondue and dark cherry puree illusions waver. Needs richer mocha insistence.
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ICARUS FEED THE ALTAR IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, soft-tongued pastry stout dupes maple-sapped chocolate sandwich cookie but lacks some creamily rich resolve. Maple syrup drapes bittersweet Madagascar vanilla bean stickiness and milk-sugared white chocolate milk confection as chocolate rye malting provides stable base. Slickly spiced bourbon vanilla licks extend to dry mocha finish.
MUCKRAKER DUSK OF MAN IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, soft-toned spirits engage offbeat stout as oaken whiskey char penetrates Scotch Ale yeast and caramelized oats, leaving tertiary dark toffee, light coffee roast and waxy black grape subtleties.
EQUILIBRIUM WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Growler & Gill, heavenly Nutella-like cocoa spread with luscious coconut-flaked Malomar confection and vanilla caramel macchiato interlude gains creamy Hershey syruping over honeyed Graham Cracker for perfect sweet-toothed decadence. Tongue-coating chocolate pudding skin enticement picks up chewy marshmallow fluff to enhance impressive treacly mocha dessert.
EQUILIBRIUM MOBIUS VANUATU VANILLA PORTER
On tap at Growler & Gill, substantial bittersweet vanilla creaming shuffles inside dry coffee-stained black chocolate stead. In the backdrop, hop-charred ashen walnut bittering absorbs caramel macchiato, glazed almond and bourbon sweetness, leaving chocolate chip remnant.
MONTCLAIR WHISKEY BEER
Dry whiskey-bound single malt Scotch entry obtains polite burgundy-bourbon elegance in caramelized oaken vanilla setting, picking up subtle orange, cherry and chestnut illusions. Peat-smoked whiskey bite at finish seals the deal for boozy number.
BOLERO SNORT BYK CZECH DARK LAGER
Soft-toned honeyed rye buttering, chestnut-roasted waddle seed nuttiness and wavered coffee tones seep into subtle molasses-nipped dried fruiting. Mild cocoa-dried Vienna malting caresses dewy finish.
LUDLAM ISLAND BECKY PUMPKIN SPICED LATTE
Sweet pumpkin pie spicing given vanilla-creamed powdered sugaring and caramelized cappuccino milking that sits daintily on the tongue of enticing dessert. Lactose pumpkin-spiced caramel latte rampage picks up rum cake sedation as well as wintry cinnamon-nutmeg-clove seasoning and confectionery gingerbread cookie minting.
J. WAKEFIELD 24TH STREET BROWN ALE
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing nutty brown ale leaves bitter dark chocolate-fudged coffee roast upon peanut-skinned walnut char contrasting buttered pecan scamper. Dry nutty mocha finish gains only mild cocoa syruping.
HANK HUDSON JERSEY GIRL BROWN ALE
Raw-honeyed Blackstrap molasses bittering lingers subtly alongside mild black chocolate chalking and walnut-seared dark-roast hop char. In far distance, musky orange oil seeps inside bitter chocolate nuttiness.
MORTALIS HYDRA: PINK GUAVA, PINEAPPLE, MANGO
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dandy tropical fruited Smoothie unites waxy pink guava tartness with tangy pineapple zesting and salty mango pep, picking up pulpy orange juicing, peachy banana sweetness and lemon meringue piquancy in heavily vanilla-creamed oated wheat setting.
DREKKER APPLE BAR SLANG DU JOUR SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, superb Smoothie sour initially replicates spicy apple cobbler pie. Flake-crusted baked apple warmth nearly edged out by lactic vanilla-creamed banana puree richness as ancillary cling peach, syrupy pear, lemon cookie, coconut cream and brown-sugared cinnamon sweetness contrasts milder salted lemon meringue tartness above honeyed wheat wafer bottom.
