On tap at Growler & Gill, demure nitogenated Irish stout brings mildly creamed dark-roast chocolate and nutty coffee tones to the fore in soft-tongued manner. Black cherry smidge seamlessly enjoins dark mocha template alongside ancillary espresso, dark cocoa and tarry Blackstrap molasses illusions.
On tap at Triton – Long Beach Island, milky dark chocolate syrup rides above cocoa nibs, vanilla and walnut illusions while mild hop char provides underscored bitterness. Crisply clean mineral water flow lightens the blackened mocha finish.
Lemony hop spritz dovetails meat-cured beechwood kilning of kellerbier-inspired rauchbier (with floating yeast clumps). Cereal-grained citrus spicing of lagered yeast kellerbier blends fairly well with campfire-doused rauchbier styling. In the midst, brown-sugared smoked ham and bacon sweetness picks up boggy peat mossing.
On tap at Growler & Gill, turbid orange-mango-hued ‘fruit bomb’ lets sour lemon-dropped passionfruit, guava and apricot puree adjuncts create subtly sour setting. Mild limey bittering and stolid Vienna malts underscore dry IPA hybrid.
On tap at Growler & Gill, enigmatic, turbidly orange-hued Imperial IPA utilizes pungent Equinox, Mosaic and Citra hop dust to perk up tart guava, passionfruit, mango, clementine and grapefruit illusions against groaty oats (picking up a latent clay-like plasticity). Beneath the surface, oily cannabis-snipped pine resin brings musky bittering to ginger-leafed floral and herbal notions.
On tap at Growler & Gill, amber-hazed medium body retains bitter hop-dusted grapefruit tang. Dank piney hop musk contrasts floral-bound citrus zest.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, lemony grapefruit and orange pith bittering receives musky herbal wood tones for lightly creamed, amber-hazed, medium-bodied, New England-styled IPA. Dusky El Dorado/ Wakatu hop confluence provides limey passionfruit acidity.
On tap at Tapastre, juicy yellow-clouded Northeast-styled IPA retains soft-toned citrus-spiced flow. Initial lemony yellow grapefruit prominence gains orange-peeled pineapple, mango and peach tang above mild pine-needled hop musk.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, resiliently crystalline floral-fruited medium body stays brisk as sharp grapefruit-peeled orange rind, mango, pineapple and peach juiciness spreads across resinous pine and earthen wood tones contrasting sweet pale malts. Refreshingly crisp, clean, assertive.
On tap at Tapastre, soft-toned moderation utilizes subtle lactose yeast souring to affect dry-hopped, yellow-hazed, Northeast-styled IPA. Lightly salted lemondrop, grapefruit and lime tartness buzzes by pineapple-passionfruit-guava conflux above grassy hop astringency for sessionable summertime fodder.
Refreshingly clean pine-combed tropical fruiting regales turbidly amber-hazed medium body. Aggressive grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering contrasts sugar-glazed peach, mango, pineapple, honeydew and tangerine tang for juicy tongue sensation. Beneath, grassy hop astringency counters floral-spiced citrus spritz and caramel malt sweetness.
Pleasant one-time ’18 release stays stylistically subtle as mellow yellow grapefruit tang and teasing mandarin orange wisp pick up light vanilla creaming over light wheat-flaked malting. Grassy herbal hops add mild bittering to citric fanfare.
