On tap at Anthony’s Coal-Fired Pizza, proprietary moderation (brewed by FB) tosses caramel-spiced barley toasting and roasted tobacco crisping at mildly sweet orange-tangerine tanginess and teasing apple, pear and red cherry niceties for easygoing ‘food friendly’ fodder.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
KENT FALLS CONNTEXT
On tap at Ambulance, dry-hopped pale lager lets horse-blanketed barnyard rusticity and grassy hop astringency contrast spritzy floral-spiced lemon zest above mild sugared oats base.
BUDWEISER FREEDOM RESERVE RED LAGER
Halfway dependable moderation brings mild barley-toasted caramel sweetness to slightly coarse raw-honeyed molasses astringency and acrid corn-stalked dry hopping circa 2018.
THREES / BEARDED IRIS DREAMS OF YESTERDAY PILSNER
OWL’S BREW RADLER SHORT & STOUT
Unique stout-radler ‘beer and tea’ mix regales masala chai tea likeness with molasses-sugared cocoa nibs, coconut-watered pineapple juicing and agave nectar sweetness. Initial brown chocolate-y cinnamon bun blurt fades fast as tropical pineapple-coconut conflux gains latent red licorice-licked spiced tea
OWL’S BREW RADLER THAT’S MY JAM AMBER ALE
Advertised as ‘the perfect double brew,’ a Beer & Tea blend, utilizing floral darjeeling tea, lemon-peeled agave nectar and hibiscus flowering, it may put-off some with its (nearly) cloying molasses-like sugaring. Ginger-leafed amber ale base underscores above-mentioned adjuncts as well as tertiary apple-juiced cantaloupe, raspberry, white peach and nectarine fruiting. Interesting concoction for sweet-tart fans.
OWL’S BREW RADLER THE BLONDIE BEER & TEA
Tart amber brown-hazed lemonade/ wheat ale hybrid blended with subtle English black tea earthiness spreads botanical citrus-juiced agave nectar all over heavily sugared malt syruping. By the finish, eye-squinting lemon lime juicing recedes to Orangina-like mandarin orange zestiness.
CRICKET HILL BOURBON BARREL AGED DOPPELBOCK
On tap at Cricket Hill, tidy bourbon sway affects creamy brown chocolate sweetness and sharp hop-spiced dried fruiting. Subtle whiskey, sherry and burgundy whirs bring alcohol warmth to oncoming raisin-date-fig conflux and chewy caramel-toffee sugaring at busy finish.
CRICKET HILL JERSEY DEVIL IMPERIAL RED ALE – BOURBON AGED
Wild Turkey bourbon barrels add grain alcohol pungency to sharply pungent citrus bittering contrasting honeyed wheat spine. Zesty orange-peeled grapefruit rind bite persists, picking up distant tangerine, pineapple and peach tanginess. Moderate wood-soaked alcohol burn gains acidic edge at finish.
BIG MUDDY S’MORE STOUT
Smore’s nighttime campfire snack knocked off as a desirable sweet-toothed milk stout. Toasted marshmallow entry gains brown chocolate and Graham Cracker influence over its cookie dough malting, but flavor profile fades quick. Ancillary toffee, coconut and illusions deepen mildly creamed dessert sweetness.
SOUTHERN TIER SAMOA THIS IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, superb ‘dessert beer’ highlights pink Himalaya-salted brown chocolate luxuriance and coconut-flaked marshmallow sugaring above honeyed Graham Cracker malting. Re-creating a Samoan cookie with unrivaled success, it’s also similar to a S’mores campfire treat. Yummy.
STONY CREEK STONY JOE GOLDEN MOCHA STOUT
On tap at Curley’s, lovely golden-hued mocha stout cushions fulsome Guatemalan coffee roast with flaked barley-oats and dark chocolate malting. Fertile creamed coffee decadence lingers way above astringent hop char. Golden delight. Five years hence, canned version let milk-sugared Guatemalan coffee frontage fade into caramelized cream soda midst contrasting green peppered celery watering over mild barley-oats flaked sweetness.