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.
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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.
902 SLURPEE SOUR ALE BLUE RASPBERRY
Fizzy pale green cleared Berliner Weisse relegates tart blue raspberry souring for lime-salted kiwi, pineapple and mango tropicalia, but it gets way too cloy despite moderate citrus acidity. Sweet-Tart Pez candied pucker glides into salt-rimmed Margarita reminder. A slick 7-11 kiddie cocktail knockoff.
RADIANT ECLIPSE BROKEN SYMMETRY SOUR ALE WITH BLACKBERRY & BLOOD ORANGE PUREE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, tart blood orange-pureed blackberry adjunct reinforces fruited candy souring of pinkish blush sour ale. Salted grapefruit, kiwi and mango tropicalia plays possum.
THE BRUERY TERREUX OUDE TART
On tap at Ambulance, tannic ruddy amber Flemish-styled red ale (aged in red wine barrels) drapes balsamic vinegar atop oaken cherry tartness and leathery barnyard funk. Sharp cherry-cranberry-crabapple souring submerges musky grape skin tannins and dry limey bittering.
BRIX CITY LATE NITE JAMMING STRAWBERRY PIE A LA MODE
On tap at Taphouse 15, tart pastry-styled Imperial Sour Ale dupes strawberry rhubarb pie with frosty milk-sugared marshmallow sweetness. Tart strawberry midst locates mild lemon-candied orange oiling and bubbly champagne misting.
