On tap at Plank Pizza, bittersweet black-malted cocoa nibs influence gains dry oyster-shelled salinity and mild brown chocolate spicing. Briny cocoa continuance affects ancillary espresso, walnut and earthen peat illusions.
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MAGNIFY POINT OF DIVERGENCE STOUT – 2018
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, dark chocolate syruping drapes Christmas-spiced cinnamon toasting and gooey anise tonguing for Italian red wine-barreled stout. Subtle tannic grape esters softly penetrate cinnamon chocolate caking while tertiary black cherry, blackberry and blackcurrant illusions wisp below.
MAGNIFY MIND OVER MATTER DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MILK STOUT
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, creamily sweet milk stout loads dark chocolate syrup atop dainty cacao-nibbed bourbon vanilla fudging. Milked chocolate continuance picks up distant bruised cherry, prune, raisin and anise snips. Just a tad thin at the finish.
MAGNIFY DOUBLE COFFEE IT’S DAM COOL TURKISH COFFEE PORTER
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, prominent sugar-spiced Turkish coffee luster draped in dark chocolate syrup gains sweet cardamom-spiced burgundy, dark cherry and date illusions while tertiary Kahlua, anise, cinnamon and nutmeg wisps flutter below.
FLYING DOG GINGERBREAD PORTER – OAK-AGED
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, easygoing Christmas dessert treat (boasting surprisingly high oak-aged 10% ABV) imbues rye-whiskeyed chocolate malting with sweet gingerbread insistence. Raspy hop spicing tingles wintry maple molasses-tinged nutmeg-cinnamon-gingersnap seasoning.
GOOSE ISLAND PARKA PORTER
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, dark chocolate syruping drapes caramel-burnt nuttiness, casual coffee-cocoa confluence and soy-sauced earthen hop char. Semi-sweet, halfway rich and quite velvety.
(SHMALTZ) CHANUKAH: PASS THE BEER DARK ALE – 2018
Nearly sublime winter warmer (circa 2018) stays closer to original dark ale version from a few years back. Resilient caramel-malted chocolate roast, wintry cinnamon-nutmeg-ginger spicing gain and ebullient dried fruiting gain nutty coffee bean reminder.
SHMALTZ JEWBELATION 22
‘Jewdicious’ (11 malts, hops and ABV) 22nd anniversary ale spreads luxurious brown-sugared dried fruiting over oats-flaked honeyed rye base, gaining spiced mocha pleasantries in the midst. Sweet dubbel-like prune, raisin and plum conflux contrasts dank cellar dewiness throughout.
ABITA CHRISTMAS ALE (2018)
Wintry Christmastime dark ale (circa 2018) places coarsely embittered hop astringency very close to dry-spiced chocolate roast in unspecific blend. Obviously staying less sweet than previous versions, its ashen nuttiness overwhelms seasonal cinnamon, nutmeg and pine nut illusions.
BRIX CITY ELECTRIC JAMS
On tap at Poor Henry’s, mild lemon-soured green grape esters bring moderate acidic souring to limey salinity for mouth-puckeringly tart Double India Pale Ale-derived experience. Brix City’s Acoustic Jams grain bill and Citra-Mosaic-Eldorado hop blend underscore fine kettle-soured ale.
MIKKELLER / ALMANAC KNEAD TO KNOW SAISON WITH BRETTANOMYCES
Silken saison with light brettanomyces acidity offers sunny lemon spritz to raw-honeyed strawberry tartness and herbal-tinged hops for éclair-headed yellow belly. Creamy vanilla froth engages floury dough bottom of slightly eccentric moderation.
MIKKELLER FREDDIE MURKURY
On tap at Poor Henry’s, rounded tropical fruiting graces creamy vanilla-frothed caramel malt base of delightful Imperial IPA dedicated to flashy Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury. Evenly spread grapefruit, orange, tangerine, peach, mango and pineapple tang perked up by sweet floral perfumed notions contrasting light piney hop astringency. Heady 9% ABV hidden well.
