On tap at Taphouse 15, honey-dripped IPA fruiting meets dewy pale-malted lager yeast and grassy-hopped pine resin. Bitter orange rind persistence gains zesty orange-tangerine-mango tang. Despite heady 7.8% ABV, ethyl astringency is low.
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EAST ROCK BLACK LAGER
Lightly smoked dark chocolate bittering enjoins freeze-dried coffee sourness and distant earthen mossing for silken black-malted schwarzbier. Stylishly OK.
EAST ROCK HOPFEN LAGER
Bavarian-styled hop-forward pale lager offers orange-oiled melon rind dryness and zesty lemon spritz to grassy Noble-hopped astringency above biscuity lager yeast.
MAYFLOWER WAGGLE DANCE FARMHOUSE ALE
Delightful honey adjunct sweetens dry pilsner-malted, citric-spiced saison. Zesty lemon-peeled grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang gains white wine spritz over mild barnyard-desiccated rye, spelt and wheat graining. A spry honeyed farmhouse ale.
GRIMM BLACKBERRY ORANGE POP! BERLINER WEISSE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, tart ruby red marooned Berliner Weisse places zesty lemon-peeled orange zest next to mildly acidic raspberry tannins and lactic sour-milked yogurt pungency. Smoothly sharp blackberry souring continues to the puckering lemon bruised finish, gaining wispy raspberry, boysenberry and kumquat illusions.
WHITE BIRCH RASPBERRY BERLINER WEISSE
Tart raspberry puree syruping stays subtle against limey bittering that pervades slightly vinous brut champagne spritz and lemon-candied cranberry respite. Minor vinous acidity dots salty coriander base of thin sour pleasantry.
NORTH COAST BERLINER WEISSE – TART CHERRY
Salty lime pucker lingers gently on the tongue with mild acidity as tart cherry licks serenade pinkish amber-hued dry body. At the finish, sharp lime-dried cherry souring gains brisk blush champagne spritz, mild rosé wining and tannic green grape smidge.
MAGNIFY DON’T STOP NOW GOSE
On tap at Taphouse 15, pinkish magenta-hazed gose brings stylishly soft-toned salted coriander dryness to sour cherry, guava and mango adjuncts. Tart raspberry pucker enjoins sour tropical fruiting alongside dainty yellow-pink grapefruit bittering above mildly acidic oaken vanilla base. Fine hybridized gose.
COUNTER WEIGHT WORKHORSE PILSNER
Crisp clear-yellowed German-styled pils provides briskly carbolic salted lemon spritz for grassy Noble-hopped dryness, leaving light floral-spiced herbage and mild wood shavings upon the biscuit-y cracker back end. A superfine hoppy pilsner.
SOUTHERN TIER NITRO S’MORES IMPERIAL MILK STOUT
On tap at Growler & Gill, Irish Car Bomb-like nitro stout retains soothingly creamed dark chocolate syruping, honeyed Graham Cracker sugaring and sweet vanilla serenity (somehow recalling above-mentioned cocktail that combines Jameson Whiskey, Bailey’s Irish Cream and Guinness Stout). Black Forest cake, fudged brownie, crème brulee and cocoa milk illusions add further richness to extraordinary dessert treat.
NAP TIME EXISTENTIAL VOID
On tap at Ambulance, mild oak-charred Black Dirt Bourbon Whiskey aging softly soaks into dark-roast coffee and black chocolate resonance, leaving dry rye notions in the midst. Nut-seared mocha richness overrides rye whiskey tones by wide margin.
BOLERO SNORT EL MOOCHADOR MEXICAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Richly creamed Mexican-styled full body remains boldly well-balanced yet lusciously soft-tongued. Exuberant mocha-spiced sweetness increases brown-sugared cinnamon adjunct to contrast mild ancho-pablano peppering above molasses-glazed flaked oats malting. Minty chocolate luxuriance gains lovely milk-sugared coffee, bourbon vanilla, cocoa nibs, crème brulee, café au lait, coconut and hazelnut undertones. Recommended.
