Light ‘n lively dry-bodied NEIPA loads sharply spiced yellow grapefruit, pineapple and peach zesting atop pale malt sugaring. Gentle citric bittering retains mild floral-daubed pine resin.
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BLACK POND TEARS OF AMBER ALE
Tosted amber graining occupies (nearly) harsh red-orange-yellow fruiting and astringent leafy hops, picking up sour whims knocking back desolate caramelized sweetness.
BLACK POND HELLA LITE LAGER
Dry ‘American light lager” places pilsner-malted rice adjunct alongside raw-honeyed straw grain astringency to its bready sourdough base. Mild orange oiled green grape tartness and wispy plantain snips waver.
BLACK POND FOAM ECONOMICS PILSNER
Easygoing straw-hazed pils lets Saaz/Loral hop combo provide delicate lemon spiced spritz and grassy wood tones for musky wet grained oated pilsner malt stead. Slight corn liquor snip as it warms.
HARDYWOOD BOURBON BARREL GBS
“Festive” bourbon-barreled milk stout loads wildflower honey upon variant’s fulsome cinnamon-toasted gingerbread stead. Along the way, thick black chocolate syruping and vanilla bean resonance soak into bruised black cherry, blackberry and redcurrant licks as well as raspy anise spicing, cinnamon coffee sweetness and whiskeyed peat swagger.
MAGNIFY S’MORES MIND OVER MATTER DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MILK STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, dandy Mind Over Matter offshoot, “the next iteration of the 8% double chocolate milk stout series,” gets conditioned on cocoa nibs, Graham Crackers and marshmallow. Creamy vanilla licks further sweeten lactic milk chocolate fudging. Wispy black cherry, blackberry and anise snips add to confectionery sweet-toothed S’mores knockoff.
SOUTHERN TIER IRISH CREAM STOUT
On tap at Ramsey Tap Room & Grill, sumptuously rich “cocktail inspired” Irish cream stout strictly for sweet-toothed chocolate lovers. Like an Irish Car Bomb (Guinness Stout, Jameson Whiskey and Bailey’s Irish Cream), its lusciously creamed brown chocolate entry, vanilla bean insistence and brownie-fudged cookie dough sweetness gain ground coffee bittering to contrast all of the above plus Kahlua, toasted coconut and black cherry cameos.
MC ALLISTER SIR FUZZY PANTS BOURBON AGED PECAN STOUT
Decadent third edition (11.5% ABV) of rich bourbon-aged stout. Creamy dark chocolate syruping drapes pecan-glazed bourbon vanilla sweetness as well as anise-spiced toffee, hazelnut paste, molasses cookie, fudged banana, cinnamon coffee and burgundy illusions for intense mocha-nightcap.
TWIN ELEPHANT END OF HEARTACHE IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, sweet milk chocolate coats Madagascar vanilla, toasted coconut and almond adjuncts of lactose full-bodied stout. Confectionery Almond Joy sway as well as coconut macaroon, marzipan, sugared coffee and Black Forest cake illusions add to decadent dessert profile.
RADIANT STRANGE HOW THE NIGHT MOVES
Tarry full-bodied Imperial Stout drapes dark chocolate syruping atop toffee-sugared fudged brownie sweetness and gooey anise remnant that fade quickly contrasting ascending hop-charred raw molasses bittering.
KANE SINGLE CASK BARREL ONE IMPERIAL MILK PORTER
Constantly revealing sundry flavonoids, creamily rich molasses-smoked chocolate caking, fruit-dried port, sherry and burgundy wining plus bourbon vanilla sweetness surged against Mexican distilled spirits like mezcal and tequila.
BLUE POINT RAINBOW COOKIE PORTER
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, decadent confectionery pastry knockoff lets jammy raspberry tartness seep into bittersweet cocoa nibs and almond pasted vanilla adjunct. At its midst, dark chocolate ganache creaming surges as tertiary dried cherry, blackberry and boysenberry notions reinforce raspberry rasp above buttery cookie dough base.
