On tap at Mix It Up – Virginia Beach, bittersweet black chocolate milkiness picks up sweet toffee influence for efficient moderate-medium body.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
RAILHOUSE KA-BAR BROWN ALE
On tap at Growlers To Go – Duck, chicory-roasted chocolate malting gains fudgy toffee snip and distant hop-roasted nuttiness. Mild cola-pecan-hazelnut restraint hits the mocha finish.
GIZMO FAKE NEWS NEW ENGLAND IPA
On tap at Growlers To Go – Duck, straightforward amber-hazed New England-styled IPA retains smooth tropical fruiting and light grassy hop bittering. Brisk orange-peeled peach, grapefruit, mango and tangerine tang picks up piney bite. A tad underwhelming, but easygoing and safe.
WICKED WEED LIEUTENANT DANK INDIA PALE ALE
“Dank” pine resin drapes floral-spiced yellow grapefruit bittering and mild orange peel tang. Sharp citrus hop bite lingers as sour mango-guava tartness stays safely beneath.
VIRGINIA HIGH HEAT INDIA PALE ALE
Simply smooth streamlined pleasure brings lemony grapefruit tang to light resinous pining and mild oats-flaked base. Brisk Lemondrop and Galaxy hops inform subsidiary mandarin orange, passionfruit, guava and papaya tropicalia, heightening its sassy sweet ‘n sour fruitiness.
CAROLINA WIGGO! INDIA PALE ALE
One of four flagships brews, copper-bronzed medium-full body proves richer, creamier, ‘maltier’ and darker than typical IPA fare. Brown apple, bosc pear, tangerine and grilled mango fruiting heads to the fore alongside red ale-like toasted caramel spicing, overriding usual grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering as well as mild piney hop musk.
NEW BELGIUM MURAL AGUA FRESCA
On tap at Fishheads – Nags Head, blanched SweeTarts candy likeness gains sour gose-like salinity to contrast lemon shandy-like soda pop sweetness of underwhelming collaboration with Mexico’s Cerveceria Primus. Limey strawberry-watermelon Jolly Rancher illusions stay distant alongside wispy hibiscus and agave adjuncts. Murkily chalked fruiting remains nebulous.
NEW BELGIUM HONEY ORANGE TRIPEL
Sweet honey creaming drapes Seville orange peel tang, herbal-spiced white peppering and musty Belgian yeast cellar funk of respectable hybridized tripel. In the midst, candied pineapple, peach, tangerine and tangelo fruiting engages honeyed orange theme.
BREAKER ABANDONED MINE BARLEYWINE (MERLOT GRAPE MUSK)
Expressive Merlot grape musk provides lightly vinous blue grape esters for vanilla bourbon-infused oak tannins sweetened by caramelized barleymalts. Terse Chardonnay-buttered chestnut, pecan and praline undertones deepen its subtle complexity. Spritzy champagne bubbles add carbolic flare.
CLIMAX RASPBERRY HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Climax, soft-tongued raspberry puree tartness relegates mildly creamed banana-bubblegum sweetness and sour lemon tingle above delicate white wheat spine. Sweet-tart candied raspberry persistence pays off for fruitful hefe.
CLIMAX HOFFMAN HEFEWEIZEN
CLIMAX RASPBERRY BLONDE ALE
On tap at Darby House – Plainfield, tart raspberry insistence given brisk lemon zest as loud carbolic spritz provides crisply clean palate cleanser for valiantly variant blonde ale.
