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STONE STOCHASTICITY PROJECT HIFI + LOFI MIXTAPE ALE

On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, blending an old strong ale with a lower gravity new beer in a red wine oak foudre, glassy vodka-fruited 8.8% ABV strong ale recalls an English barleywine for a sec with its toffee-spiced caramel alacrity. But then tannic oaken red wine esters, dry sherry leathering and barnyard acridity stumble into lemony grapefruit and orange briskness.

Stochasticity Project: HiFi + LoFi Mixtape - Stone Brewing - Untappd

COASTAL BREW WORKS TROJAN SEAHORSE IPA

On tap at Paragon, ambitiously fruitful flagship NEIPA stays stylishly robust, but retains only slight vanilla creaming despite rich crystal pale malt base. Bright citrus zesting contrasts tartly yogurt-soured tropical fruiting with remarkable clarity. Sweet orange-peeled lemon meringue piquancy, sharp yellow grapefruit bittering and peachy mango tang lean towards a West Coast IPA while sourly salted guava, gooseberry and green grape illusions nod towards a New Zealand-hopped IPA. A heady delight!

NJ beer: Coastal Brew Works enters Monmouth County craft brewery scene