On tap at Taphouse 15, salt-licked sour lambic with eye-grabbing pinkish rose hue brings lemon-limed acidity and oaken vanilla tannins to tart Montmorency cherry resolve. Aggressive Belgian kriek!
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CAMBRIDGE HENDRIX SOUR ALE AGED IN GIN BARRELS
On tap at Ambulance, mild gin influence barely registers alongside crispy cucumber watering and salty lemon-limed Berliner Weiss respite. Musky botanical snips increase gin-soaked peppercorn herbage, but tepid pale malt spine falters. A true acquired taste that’s wholly original despite limited appeal.
FAIR STATE HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Ambulance, perfectly stylized banana-clove-bubblegum sweetness gains unexpectedly sharp lemony orange peel zesting as well as easygoing spice-caked vanilla creaming above sugared dough base.
21ST AMENDMENT EL SULLY
Crisply clean pilsner-malted Mexican lager betters most in its light-bodied class. Zesty lemon-spiced hop spritz provides initial pep as raw-honeyed maize dryness comes aboard. Dry straw and wet grass welcome compost-wafted black pepper herbage below the surface. Sunny citric-splashed cracked corn finish never loses resilience.
RIGHT PROPER BEING THERE KELLERBIER
On tap at Ambulance, lightly lactic kellerbier (a.k.a. German zwickel) lets celery-watered lemon zest soak light white-peppered heat and grassy earthiness. Wispy lemongrass-hibiscus snips sneak in.
SCREAMIN’ HILL THE BARNWOOD PROJECT BATCH 2: OATMEAL STOUT AGED IN RYE WHISKEY
Smooth Buffalo Trace rye whiskey tones picks up creamy brown chocolate-spiced caramel malting emanating from brewers’ Oats N’ Hoes Oatmeal Stout for relaxing medium-full body. Mild brown-sugared oatmeal sweetness reinforces whiskeyed mocha splendor.
AVERY NUTTIEST PROFESSOR BARREL-AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
MAGNIFY SINISTER PRIME MINISTER IMPERIAL STOUT WITH MAPLE SYRUP
On tap at Ambulance, “liquid-pancaked maple syrup” enriches ample brown chocolate-spiced toffee sweetness of full-bodied stout. Subtle cappuccino, mocha latte, cocoa brownie and vanilla ice cream illusions increase chewy maple chocolate-fudged dessert treat.
PEEKSKILL YOU HAD TO BE THERE STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, expressive Costa Rican coffee roast, setback dark chocolate malting and mild cocoa powdering ride atop sedate hop char in clean water setting. Milk-sugared coffee sweetness peaks, then fades, as dry espresso tones come forth for tidy contrast.
BARRIER BIRD’S EYE VIEW
On tap at Growler & Gill, prominent Ethiopian coffee roast lingers seductively, gaining bittersweet dark chocolate creaming more so than advertised coconut/ cacao nibs scheme. Cold-brewed coffee midst gains mildly acidic lemon-twisted espresso milking ove
r reedy hops. Lush mocha finish relaxingly serenades onward.
ICARUS KALASHNIKOV COFFEE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Poor Henry’s, lusciously sweet caramelized chocolate richness and candied pecan glaze inform fabulous full-bodied stout. Dry dark cocoa bittering sits back alongside contrasted marshmallow-fluffed cinnamon toasting. Creamy chocolate luster gains sugary vanilla coating at the fudgy finish.
BENFORD O’SOO OYSTER STOUT
Briny oyster-shelled texture adds creamy resilience to black-malted dark chocolate and dried cocoa thrust. Tarry Blackstrap molasses bittering and ashen nuttiness deepen salty mocha template to its mild maple oatmeal spine.