On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, British pub-styled red ale lets toasted amber grains and leafy hop foliage crowd sweet brown apple bruise and sharp citric-soured lemon rot.
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FAT ORANGE CAT DO ALL 16 DANCES SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, lightly soured lemondrop-hopped farmhouse ale sweetens its white-peppered herbage and dry barnyard musk with honeyed banana-clove pleasantries.
TWO TON BANANAS FOSTER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, light vanilla creaming battles back lactic yogurt souring and tannic grape tartness. In the midst, rum-buttered banana daiquiri sweetness fades quick as dry plantain acridity sets in alongside tertiary boysenberry-gooseberry pucker. A bit waxy.
18TH STREET LAKE STREET EXPRESS SESSION PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, sassy sessionable sureshot (with cool cartoon label) coalesces bright citrus zest with dank bark-dried wood tones, grassy herbal notions and tingly spicing over dry cracker-like pale malts. Lemony orange, clementine and tangerine tang picks up ancillary pineapple, peach, mango and tangelo illusions.
PEEKSKILL SOUTHERN ACCENT LAGER
On tap at Ambulance, slightly soured tropical-fruited Australian hops redirect bready pale-malted, aluminum-yellowed, hybridized lager. Polite white-wined kiwi, guava and papaya illusions engage piney IPA-styled citrus spicing in clean moderate-bodied setting.
BRADLEY CHASING KIWIS PILSNER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, dryly tropical New Zealand-hopped pilsner retains subtle kiwi tartness above bready pilsner malting and raw millet groats. Dewy botanical kiwi adjunct leaves soft-toned gooseberry, cucumber, honeydew and melon rind illusions on the tongue. Mellow pilz pleaser.
WESTBROOK POPPIN PILS
On tap at Beef Trust, musky straw-dried maize and spritzy lemon bruise venture to sizable sourdough spine. Light herbal vegetal snip adds further acridity.
FOREIGN OBJECTS DIE DEUTSCHER HALTUNG KELLER PILSNER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, German pilsner-styled kellerbier brings stylish ‘rustic earthiness’ to biscuity sourdough breading, grassy hop astringency and musky floral-perfumed citrus murk. Hazy orange amber hue is richer than the liquid contained.
VICTORY CAGE RADLER
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, cloyingly effervescent lemonade-related radler pleases sugary summertime thirsts, but gets redundant flavorwise. Light ginger herbage seeps thru lemon-candied hop oiling (and lagered yeast) alongside syrupy pineapple, peach and grapefruit snips as frothy vanilla head recedes, leaving lots of tart lemonade sugaring.
TWO ROADS / EVIL TWIN SAIGON SCOOTER SELFIE VIETNAMESE STOUT
On tap at Woodstack Pizza, creamily brown-sugared coffee sweetness envelops rich java-influenced stout collab between two respected Connecticut brewers. Vietnamese iced coffee continuance gains light bourbon vanilla, milk chocolate, cacao nibs, cinnamon, molasses and café au lait illusions to further sweeten decadent coffee milkshake alternative.
EVIL TWIN AUN MAS A JESUS (BOURBON AGED)
On tap at Taphouse 15, leathery dry bourbon influence gains bitter Blackstrap molasses edge for oncoming dark chocolate, black coffee and oaken vanilla perk as well as slowly seared wood-burnt hop char.
KENT FALLS COFFEE MILK STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, off-dry medium roast Ethiopian coffee frontage gains mild chocolate-milked vanilla creaming to contrast light earth-scorched wood tones. Minor lactic souring encounters dainty espresso bittering in the backdrop.
