On tap at Plank Pizza ’22, simply smooth helles lager provides muskily rustic Noble hop herbage, brisk lemon twist, pasty clay grouting and meager orange-oiled lemongrass snips to delicate salted cracker base, besting most stylistic competitors. On tap at Growler & Gill ’20, pleasant helles lager drapes dewy peat moss, dry stalked corn and grassy hop astringency over mild doughy wheat base. A fine rustic moderation.
On tap at Plank Pizza, mellowly understated Italian pilsner plies dry Hallertau Blanc-hopped green grape tannins and candied lemon spritz to polite salted cracker base.
On tap at Plank Pizza, dry clear golden Czech-styled Bavarian pilsner stays easygoing as musky herbal hops, spritzy orange oiling and sour lemondrop smidge reach cracker-like pilsner malting.
Soft-toned German-styled pilsner offers zesty floral-perfumed lemon spicing, dried maize astringency, musky herbal daub to sweet cereal grained pilsner malting for easygoing appeal.
Sensational wee heavy aged on Woodforde Reserve bourbon with coffee beans for six months retains creamy java insistence and sweet Scotch whiskeyed caramel malting. Taking Denizen’s Better Call Colette Scotch Ale and regaling its bourbon whiskey serenity with hazelnut coffee, vanilla frappuccino, caramel latte, gourmet chocolate, espresso and toffee illusions, this ‘Call Waiting’ is a must have for serious sweet-toothed mocha enthusiasts.
Rich cocoa bean entry given bourbon vanilla warmth thickened by molasses-sapped maple and hickory-charred coffee undertones. Along the way, dark chocolate syruping coats chewy anise stickiness, bruised cherry sweetness and subtle cognac notions underpinning decadent full-bodied elegance.
On tap at Yard House – Nyack, lovely nitro-injected stout offers fudgy milk chocolate sweetness to hazelnut-glazed vanilla, milk-sugared medium roast coffee and maple molasses tones contrasting minor dry hopped walnut char. Perfect silken confection.
On tap at Ambulance, gently frothed dry Irish Stout plies mildly acidic medium roast coffee tones to subtle walnut-charred dark chocolate bittering and black tea snips with predictable, less resonant Guinness-like result.
Soft-tongued milk-sugared dark cacao pleasantry and vanilla-daubed burnt caramel creaming contrast mild earthen hop char over molasses oats base of velvety semi-sweet chocolate fodder. Beneath, chalky mocha dryness encounters slight weedy dirtiness.
Sharp sugar-spiced banana puree and tart strawberry compote combine for slick rummy clean-tanned cocktail knockoff. Ultra-sweet cotton candied gloss slickens pineapple, peach and red apple fruiting as well as cherry Sangria spell. A strawberry-banana lollipop.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, rummy pineapple juicing reminiscent of a pina colada picks up creamy milk-sugared banana pureed vanilla sweetness and zesty lemon spritz. Try in lieu of whipped cream-topped pineapple banana pudding.
On tap at Growler & Gill, salty shandy-like Citra hopped brunch quencher lets dryly sour lemon lime pureeing, musky herbal snips and floral lavender swipe reach its raw wheat backbone before leaving a tart lemonade pucker.
