Easygoing pink-glowed ‘sour wheat’ leaves subtle salted raspberry tartness upon mild yogurt-milked oaken vanilla tannins and rosé, white zinfandel and pink blush wining as well as distant grapefruit-cranberry souring for spritzy fruited seltzer-like Berliner Weiss.
On tap at Jealous Monk, crushable hazy golden bronzed Citra-Mosaic-hopped pale ale collaboration with nearby Willimantic retains easygoing grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang above grassy pine resin and spicy crystal malts. A softer, less bitter India Pale Ale.
On tap at Jealous Monk, mild beechwood smoke permeates desolate smoked meat wisp and slight herbal Hallertau-hopped pilsner malting of one-year anniversary smoked helles posing as a light-bodied, less flavorful rauchbier.
On tap at Jealous Monk, crisply easygoing Baja-inspired Mexican lager places sea-salted lime zesting next to peppery agave perfuming in dry corn malt setting. In the can, briny citric zesting lacks resolve as papery pilsner malts and stale breading ground sea-salted lime adjunct and cologned agave snap.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, tart cranberry adjunct given candied apple-glazed red grape, strawberry, raspberry and blueberry subtleties in lightly syruped soda-like shandy. Spritzy lemon zesting sinks into sweet-tart berry merriment.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, ‘sumptuous’ bourbon-barreled KBS stout variant lets sharp cinnamon spicing penetrate cocoa-nibbed vanilla and chocolate sweetness. Mellow bourbon warmth seeps into molasses-sugared chocolate syruping coating cinnamon-spiced vanilla, toasted coconut-almond conflux, mild coffee sway and dried cherry tartness.
On tap at Schatzi’s – New Paltz, richly creamed lactose-sugared pastry stout makes for perfect sweet-toothed nightcap. Ample brown chocolate creaminess mingles vanilla bean and hazelnut adjuncts with confectionery coconut-toasted marshmallow sweetness above honeyed Graham Cracker base. A milk chocolatey Mounds Bar candy bar knockoff with toffee-spiced snip.
On tap at Taphouse 15, lovely bourbon-aged Vermont maple syruping drapes marshmallow-sugared vanilla creaming and confectionery chocolate creme sandwich cookie richness above Graham Cracker base. Below its S’mores-like sweetness lies cinnamon bark, pecan, peanut and praline illusions.
Unique pastry stout utilizes almond-pasted Thistle honey to enrich lactose dark cocoa creaminess and spiced vanilla resonance. Milk-sugared coffee, cappuccino and espresso tones fortify its honeyed chocolate intensity as tertiary caramel latte, toffee, black cherry, black grape, hazelnut, cola and almond illusions contrast underlying charcoal-seared hop astringency.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, creamy dark chocolate syrup drapes sweet pumpkin spicing as brown-sugared cinnamon, nutmeg and clove contrasts lightly hop-charred roasted pumpkin brining. Buttery cocoa powdering and slight coffee swipe consume rich pumpkin-spiced finish.
On tap at Ambulance, dry bruised black cherry tartness saddles nutty cocoa nibs base for pleasingly easygoing nitrogenated Black Forest-caked stout.
On tap at Taphouse 15, enhanced brown ale plies coffee, hazelnut and cinnamon to lightly maple molasses-sapped chocolate malting, gaining ancillary sarsaparilla, almond and bourbon vanilla splendor. Cinnamon-hazelnut coffee frontage holds steady.
