On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, summery citrus splendor shines brightly as tart lemon-candied blood orange adjunct gains lively pink grapefruit influence and subtle Sauvignon Blanc souring above light pale malting.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
OUTER LIGHT LONESOME BOATMAN ALE
Better on tap where its phenolic astringency’s kept to minimum. Otherwise, sweet caramel-toasted oats and sourdough malts nearly drain murky red apple, peach and tangerine illusions and latent almond sweetness.
14TH STAR RECRUIT GOLDEN ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, crisply clean moderation allows peppery herbal spicing to perk up mild lemon tingle and dry maize respite over crusty buttered bread spine in slightly engaging manner.
EDMUND’S OAST BUCKET OF FLOWERS WITBIER
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, fine hybridized witbier reveals black-peppered rosebud flowering for sweet coriander-spiced orange peel zesting and mildly creamed white wheat malting. Floral citrus spicing gains herbal resonance over time.
SINGLECUT LIFTON HELLES LAGER WITH GREEN TEA & LEMON VERBENA
On tap at Ambulance, well-designed green tea-infused lager with zesty lemon verbena tartness gains lightly spiced lavender, fern, sage and clove influence. An offbeat herbal lemon tea alternative.
ICARUS EXTINGUISH PILSNER
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, expansive dry-hopped pilsner brings summery Australian hops forward, leaving grape-soured pear, honeydew and cantaloupe fruiting upon its dark floral fennel herbage and mildly acrid hay-seeded barnyard leathering.
PIPEWORKS PREMIUM PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, musky maize-dried lemon oiling perfectly re-creates crisp old styled premium pilsner styling. Straw-dried grain malts gain plain cracker breading as perkily citric carbolic briskness cuts down mildest sulfuric smidge of well-designed light-bodied pils.
ARMADA TOMB OF THE PHAROAHS
Mild aluminum-cleared, cumulous pearly-headed, German-styled pilsner brings desiccated lemon tartness and herbal perfumed hop musk to acrid barnyard graining. Dry barleycorn bottom lightly anchors easygoing gypsy brew.
BOULEVARD WHISKEY BARREL STOUT – 2019
Richly creamed whiskey-barreled Imperial Stout (2019 version) drapes brown chocolate syruping upon molasses-sapped bourbon vanilla thickness, leaving oak-charred dark whiskey sentiment for bold nutty mocha finish. Ashen hop bittering counters sweet chocolate nougat, stewed prune, pureed raisin and gooey anise crescendos. A superior chocolate whiskeyed confection.
JACKIE O’S DARK APPARITION STOUT WITH VANILLA & COFFEE BEAN AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS
Luxuriously rich bourbon-barreled Russian Imperial Stout gives desirable coffee-beaned vanilla adjunct a fudgy dark chocolate creaminess underscored by oaken hop-charred nuttiness. Caramel-burnt bourbon sweetness escalates marvelous mocha chewiness, allowing coconut, marshmallow, anise, black cherry and blackberry illusions to enter the decadent full-bodied fray.
PRAIRIE / EVIL TWIN BIBLE BELT IMPERIAL STOUT
Richly creamed collaboration aged on coffee, vanilla, chili and cacao nibs combines the fudgy dark chocolate malting, molasses-smoked muscovado sugaring and wood-burnt hop char of Evil Twin’s Even More Jesus with rummy bourbon-spiced alacrity for decadent dessert treat. Mild chili heat slightly sears robust vanilla-mocha stead, leaving chocolate mousse, Black Forest cake, chocolate eclair, fudged brownie and hazelnut cappuccino illusions on the busy finish (as well as not-too-subtle anise, cinnamon and marshmallow snips).
DOGFISH HEAD WOOD-AGED MILES DAVIS BREW
Popular kiln-smoked dry stout given leathery oak-aged treatment. Raw-honeyed molasses bittering and dry bourbon-burgundy conflux determinedly influence black-malted Bakers chocolate pungency, freeze-dried coffee spunk, fungi brown tea musk and black licorice snip. Mildewed black grape esters and tarry hop char stay mellower than original ‘brew.’ A dryer version at 9% ABV.
