Category Archives: Beers A-Z
OMMEGANG GAME OF THRONES: HAND OF THE QUEEN BARLEYWINE
On tap at Curley’s, easygoing English barleywine brings tingly brown-sugared molasses sweetness to quaint orange-peeled red cherry, red grape, plum and banana piquancy as well as vanilla whiskeyed snip above flaked barley-oats cushion. Caramel malt base contrasts grassy hop astringency beneath the lightly ethanol fruit-spiced surface.
EVIL GENIUS HAN SHOT FIRST DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Biggie’s, perfumed orange-peeled pineapple and grapefruit tang given sour lemon respite and sticky pine sapping above sugary pale oats malting of refined moderate-to-medium body. Grassy hop astringency stays low as tertiary peach, mango and tangerine illusions flitter below. Slight plastique waxiness wavers.
LIC BEER PROJECT MILES FROM NOWHERE DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, satisfactory double dry-hopped middleweight lets moderately bitter grapefruit, pineapple and orange tropicalia gain mild hop acidity and piney sidebar to absorb its juicy fruiting.
THE ALCHEMIST THE CRUSHER DOUBLE IPA
Another highly praised Alchemist elixir (alongside world famous Heady Topper). Sharp lemony orange rind and grapefruit peel bittering picks up resinous pine-needled cannabis dankness. Juicy mango-tangerine-peach tang and tart gooseberry-passionfruit piquancy deepen initial grapefruit-orange luster over lightly creamed crystal malts in well-balanced manner.
DOMINION DOUBLE D DOUBLE IPA
Totally streamlined and a bit stylistically unassuming, yet quite quenchable. Sweet-spiced grapefruit and orange tang as well as mild dark-roast graininess embittered by resinous piney hop char and mild juniper snip as ashen aftertaste ensues.
SHEBEEN HADOUKEN IPA
Murkily hazed amber-browned New England-styled IPA allows juicy lemony grapefruit bittering to surge past sweet peach-pineapple-mango-tangerine tang and delicate herbal spicing. Creamily frothed caramel malting lingers behind, contrasting mild coniferous pining below pureed citrus overtures.
ADIRONDACK LAKE GEORGE’S IPA
Sufficient stylistic rep blends moderately bitter orange-peeled lemon rind acidity, sharp piney hop resilience and mild juniper nip with onrushing peach-mango-pineapple-melon-tangerine tang.
COMMON ROOTS GOOD FORTUNE IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, promising New England-styled IPA blends tropical El Dorado and Galaxy hops with floral wood-dried Amarillo hops for stylishly dryer medium body. Parched lemony grapefruit bittering contrasts milder pineapple, passionfruit and peach tanginess above sugary pale malt spine.
SVENDALE FISTFUL OF FURY NEIPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, approachable amber-yellow hazed Northeast-styled India Pale Ale retains stylishly juicier tropical hop stomp, richer malt bill and softer mouthfeel. Lemony orange-grapefruit tang gains moderate bitterness towards the middle as tertiary mango-papaya-kiwi illusions flutter behind.
NEW BELGIUM TARTASTIC LEMON GINGER SOUR ALE
PLATFORM CITY BOY BERLINER WEISSE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, tart hard-candied raspberry pureeing soaks up salty carbolic spritz of light-bodied Berliner weisse. Lemony red currant seeps into soured raspberry tannins, perfumed green grape esters and mild balsamic vinegaring midway. Lightly acidic finish recalls sourer raspberry currant jam.
