Stylishly mish-mashed bronze-cleared semi-dark Czech lager unites spritzy lemon-dropped tartness with dry fungi-mossed dewiness, leafy hop astringency and sour cider riff over bland white breaded bottom.
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JACK’S ABBY PRIDE AND PARQUET HOPPY LAGER
Easygoing yellow-cleared cumulus-headed dry lager brings mild lemony grapefruit-orange tang to wood-toned grassy hop astringency over delicate pale malting of IPA-inspired Celtics fodder. Floral citric spicing tingles dry finish.
FLYING DREAMS NIGHTMARE AFTER CHRISTMAS IMPERIAL STOUT
Rich nut-charred coffee overtones merge with fudgy brown chocolate sugaring and smoky dark cocoa bluster as tertiary dried fruiting (black cherry, fig and prune) fights back latent Blackstrap molasses-spiked oily hop pining.
FLYING DREAMS FUEL AMERICA COFFEE STOUT
Enduring cold brew coffee thrust gains tarry hop-charred nuttiness in robust dry Irish stout setting. Profound medium-roast Brazilian/Columbian coffee distinction is undeniable. Black coffee lovers unite!
FLYING DREAMS DOUBLE MANDO DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
Dry Mandarina Bavaria hops provide tart tangerine-clementine boost to mango-salted grapefruit bittering above sticky malt syruping. At the finish, ethyl alcohol astringency (8.9% ABV) and resinous pine sap cling to pasty citrus-sugared malting.
FLYING DREAMS SOUR CHERRY GOSE
Ultra-dry kettle-soured reddish-glowed gose parlays tart oaken cherry pucker into vinous lemon-limed green grape acidity and polite coriander-spiced Himalayan pink salting. Distant cherry rhubarb pie, cherry coughdrop and hard-candied cherry undertones flutter.
TOPPLING GOLIATH TERM OIL COCONUT MONSTER COOKIE IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, resounding bourbon barrel-aged Assassin Stout variant drapes honey-glazed coconut sweetness with peanut buttered chocolate fudging above rich cookie dough bottom. Mild bourbon whiskey alcohol burn persists as chocolate pudding reminder completes coconut mocha macchiato-like nightcap.
BRIX CITY FLASHY AFFAIR 6TH ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL PASTRY STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent 6th anniversary pastry stout subtly dabs Buffalo Trace whiskey across lactose-aided Madagascar vanilla creaming, cinnamon-spiced maple syruping and honeyed Graham Cracker spine for French Toast breakfast cereal-inspired knockoff. Dough-fried churro, spiced bourbon and mint chocolate illusions add recessive pleasantries.
MAN SKIRT BEAN COUNTER COFFEE MILK STOUT
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, creamy Ethiopian Yirgacheffe cold brew coffee entry gains seared walnut bittering and mild berry tartness. Mellow vanilla-tinged cocoa sweetness underscores milked coffee nuttiness.
NEW JERSEY BEER CO. CUPS OF PEANUT BUTTER & CHOCOLATE IMPERIAL PORTER
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, creamy peanut butter-smeared dark chocolate richness gains walnut-seared cola nip and mild gingerbread coffee riffs, finishing like a heavily peanut-oiled Reese’s Pieces confection.
YARDS FRENCH TOAST BITES
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, lactose milk sugaring seeps into buttercream-frosted vanilla sweetness and maple-molasses cinnamon toasting guarding loosely defined brown ale. But phenol citric-tinged astringency slightly hampers maple-syrupy French Toast finish.
SIERRA NEVADA OVILA DUBBEL BARREL-AGED
“Beguiling” barrel-aged dubbel steeped in red wine and bourbon stays mellow as caramelized dried fruiting soaks up chewy brown chocolate sweetness. Brown-sugared bruised cherry, red grape, green raisin and fig tones caress whiskey-bent bourbon serenity for mild complexity.
