Robust espresso-milked cocoa fudging embraces caramel latte sweetness over mild tobacco-stained hop char. Ancillary toffee, Kahlua and cappuccino illusions deepen superb dessert treat.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
SIXPOINT SPILLED BEANS PORTER AGED IN WHISKEY
On tap at Taphouse 15, warmly spirited whiskey-barrel aged 5Beans Baltic Porter lets Turkish coffee and smoky black cardamom spicing of original version to invite honeyed chocolate smidge to contrast oaken vanilla tannins as latent rye, star anise and espresso illusions emerge.
FIFTH HAMMER DELAY PEDAL IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, semi-sweet Ecuadorian cocoa nibs richness and latent coffee tones override any adjunctive orange zesting, leaving syrupy chocolate on the back end. A good orange chocolate caked dessert.
SPRINGDALE GRAIN REAPER BARREL-AGED BARLEYWINE
On tap at Ambulance, thin bourbon barrel aged barleywine stays laidback as caramelized vanilla sweetness regales mildly dried-fruited cherry, fig and date tartness and distant sherry-burgundy wining over sedate malted oats.
COMMUNITY BEER WORKS THE WHALE BROWN ALE
On tap at Ambulance, walnut-dried coffee tones snag caramelized chocolate malting and ambush burnt toast reminder.
EQUILIBRIUM ASTRO FLUFF INDIA PALE ALE WITH MARSHMALLOW
On tap at Growler & Gill, lovely fruit-forward milkshake IPA spreads milk-sugared marshmallow over peaches and cream entry as well as sour passionfruit, salty mango, sweet banana, candied cherry and freshly squeezed orange juice resilience. Yet it’s the sharp lemon-limed yellow grapefruit and pineapple zesting that shines thru at the confectionery orange creamsickle finish. Exuberantly excellent.
BRIX CITY PARROT JAMS
On tap at Beef Trust, lactose milkshake IPA contrasts semi-sharp orange peel bittering and tart pineapple puree and pink guava puree adjuncts with vanilla-creamed marshmallow sweetness for zestful Citra-Mosaic-hopped moderate-to-medium body. Tangy pineapple-guava tropicalia reinforced by lightly pined yellow grapefruit, mango, clementine, kiwi and passionfruit illusions.
LAWSON’S FINEST TRIPLE SUNSHINE IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, sweetly soured tropical fruiting wades thru honeyed pale malts contrasting dank floral-herbed pine resin in luscious fashion. Lightly embittered pineapple, grapefruit and lychee adjuncts gain tangy mango, tangerine, nectarine, honeydew and cantaloupe auxiliary plus red cherry snips and ambrosial mandarin orange licks. Meticulously detailed ‘Sunshine’ offshoot.
DISTRICT 96 / AURORA SUPER SNAKE AF
On tap at Ambulance, dry Phantasm Sauvignon blanc hop powdering adds tart lemon meringue piquancy and mild passionfruit-lychee-guava influence to tidy grapefruit, tangelo and mandarin orange tang contrasting coniferous pining before reaching its delicate pale malt spine.
FIFTH HAMMER RUNWAY TURTLE DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Ambulance, lemony grapefruit zesting stays crystalline in soft-watered mineral grain setting, leaving light herbal spicing upon the tangy citrus finish.
FIFTH HAMMER RIFFS AND RELICS INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, lemony grapefruit and orange tanginess picked up polite piney bittering and mild grassy astringency to contrast its sugary pale malt base.
GREAT NOTION SUPER INVADER DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, softly creamed entry invites lightly embittered grapefruit zing to tangy orange peel zesting. In the recess, floral-daubed mango, pineapple and tangerine illusions gather ’round wispy resinous pine tones.
