On tap at Pompton Craft House, decadent bourbon-aged Dutch waffle pastry stout lets caramel-filled baked doughiness receive brown-sugared cinnamon toasting, sweet vanilla-marshmallow creaminess and treacly walnut maple fudging draped by dark chocolate syruping. Bourbon-spiced vanilla continuance picks up rich chocolate cookie confection. Lovely.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, charismatic Connecticut collab connects capacious coconut toasting with cassia-barked cinnamon spicing draped in creamy black chocolate syrup. Mild bourbon vanilla sway sweetens buttery cinnamon coconut chocolate expanse over Graham Cracker base. Mounds Bar, Peppermint Patty and fudged brownie illusions add confectionery candied sugaring.
On tap at Taphouse 15, thick brownie-battered dark chocolate creaming, milk-sugared vanilla sweetness and buttercream-caked Marjolaine pastry confection ride above cedar-charred rye oats base. Chocolate ganache finish allows subtle almond-pistachio nuttiness and delicate cherry-dried blueberry, blackberry and boysenberry tartness to join in.
On tap at Ambulance, creamy brown chocolate syruping and chewy vanilla beaning outdistance banana split splendor. Steady mocha intensity acquires sappy maple pining and mild dark roast hop bittering.
Soft-tongued ‘chocolate caramels’ confection needs richer creaminess and less phenolic hop astringency as lactose-aided bittersweet chocolate fudging, subtle vanilla sugaring and wispy buttercream frosting never broaden the semi-sweet base.
Brown-sugared caramel candied center, vanilla-daubed Colombian coffee smidge and toffee-spiced butterscotch whim depleted by mildly lactic, harshly phenol astringency.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, dryly sour IPA places confectionery sugar-flossed birthday caking, vanilla-creamed waffle cone sweetness and cotton-candied fluff way below slightly vinous rosé-wined pink pineapple and pink guava tartness (and musty raspberry-strawberry mildewing).
On tap at Pompton Craft House, Sweet-Tart candied tiki cocktail knockoff (with ghoulish pale green hue) allows limey pineapple, raspberry and tangerine souring to lead the way as perfumed green apple, crabapple and cranberry mustiness stays recessive above acidulated pale malting.
On tap at Taphouse 15, murkily amber hazed Smoothie-like fruited sour utilizes pineapple-like soursop, passionfruit-like curuba and pink guava adjuncts to perk up salted lemony verbena stead above mild lactic acidulated malting.
Sticky cotton-candied ambrosia fruiting leads the way for enigmatic pina colada cheesecake knockoff. Salty pineapple, grapefruit and tangerine tang plus marshmallow-fluffed coconut and cinnamon toasting ultimately succumb to vinous green grape tartness, giving its lactose-aided dry side the edge. Wispy oaken cherry, crabapple and prickly pear illusions flutter beneath lemony pineapple-coconut sway.
On tap at Capitol Craft – East Hanover, creamy cheesecake base topped by red cherry tartness and pastry-like powdered sugaring with wispy bruised orange, tangerine and tangelo flutters.
Tart Warheads-candied fruited sour lets sharp lemon-limed watermelon rind spritz engage salty Seltzer-like fizziness and floral-daubed strawberry rhubarb snip washed out by weakened Jolly Rancher gumminess. Wafting watermelon syrup sweetness never hits the tastebuds, but some vinous sourness coats the melon-‘headed’ finish.
