Bittersweet maple-smoked dark chocolate and sour coffee oiling coalesce for peaty stout. Roasted chocolate continuance gains earthy peat dewiness.
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J.W. LEES HARVEST ALE (2015)
On tap at Taphouse 15, fine limited edition autumnal barleywine (vintage 2015) retains honeyed caramel toasting, pasty brown chocolate battering and candied toffee spicing above cardboard-bound rye bottom, picking up stiff dry bourbon influence at dewy finish.
CRICKET HILL BOURBON BARREL AGED RESERVE BARLEYWINE (2022)
On tap at Pompton Craft House, dry bourbon influence soaks up oaken vanilla tannins and dark chocolate richness as charred hop bittering lingers moderately. Lovely black cherry, mudcake and hazelnut-glazed mousse cake illusions drape the silken bourbonized mocha finish.
BOLERO SNORT FOR TOM SESSION BARLEYWINE
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.
BOLERO SNORT / CONCLAVE CANDIED YAM PORTER
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.
FLAGSHIP PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE ALE
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.
GHOST HAWK LONDON BRIDGE ENGLISH PORTER
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.
ASLIN DOUBLE INFRARED STARFISH INDIA PALE ALE
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.
HACKENSACK PEPPER COAST IMPERIAL PALE ALE
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.
FROST IPA
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.
FROST I DON’T HAVE THE MEASLES IMPERIAL IPA
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 (?).
MUDHEN BAKERS DOUBLE IMPERIAL IPA
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.