On tap at Burger Loft, ‘crushable’ light-bodied blonde ale brings mild tropical fruited spicing to the fore above delicate oats-dried rye malting and musty hay-like rusticity. Wispy yellow grapefruit tang wavers.
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EVIL TWIN DOUBLE BARREL JESUS IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN BOURBON
Luxuriously complex full-bodied stout aged in bourbon drapes muscavado-sugared molasses sap and fudgy black chocolate syruping on spicy dried fruiting to contrast tarry dark-roast hop char. Oaken bourbon vanilla midst gains burgundy, port and whiskey boozing. Mild black coffee, chocolate mousse, dark cherry and marshmallow illusions surface at rich bourbon-doused mudcake finish of 12% ABV dessert treat.
JUGHANDLE OUR 1ST VOWS PORTER
On tap at 381 Main, divergent Baltic Porter coats coffee-milked brown chocolate spicing with winey bourbon-burgundy tones, subtle black grape esters and whimsical coconut daubs.
KASTEEL BARISTA CHOCOLATE QUAD
“Elegant” dried-fruited mocha entry gains molasses-smoked toffee sweetness and vanilla-spiced caramel malting to contrast recessive black chocolate-roasted milked coffee bittering. Sugared fig, raisin and date nuances abound. Wispy bourbon vanilla licks gain peaty tobacco roast beneath the surface. Gentle on the tongue despite heady 11% alcohol warmth. 2017 re-tasting: Sweet-spiced chocolate liqueur entry gains bourbon, molasses, vanilla, toffee, caramel and Turkish taffy tones and an herbal nip.
THE BRUERY GUAVA LIBRE!
On tap at Burger Loft, bold Imperial Cream Ale (collaboration with Florida’s Funky Buddha) sets forth with sugared guava adjunct gently teasing sedate vanilla-creamed crystal malts – re-creating Cuban guava pastry. Mild orange spicing plus tertiary lemon custard, nectarine, peach, pineapple and melon snips reinforce tropical feel.
CARTON / BURIAL SHINSHU IMPERIAL CREAM ALE
On tap at 381 Main, soft-tongued cream ale collaboration with Asheville’s Burial lets aromatic ‘vanilla cake battering’ sweeten honeyed orange-tangerine tartness and dainty Scotch licks. Moderate salted miso influence contrasts mildly creamed vanilla stead.
LAWSON’S FINEST LIQUIDS SIP OF SUNSHINE
On tap at Burger Loft, wildly popular juicily fruited ‘lupulin-laden’ Imperial IPA guides tangy pineapple, mango, grapefruit, orange and tangerine tropicalia above fulsome floral bouquet, grassy hop astringency and earthen wood dankness. Resiliently bright sunshiny effervescence gathers strength at briskly clean fruit-punched finish.
CZIG MEISTER U.S.S. GALAXY IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at 381 Main, likable Galaxy-hopped medium body comes across like an English-styled IPA as dewy peat soiling and leafy earthiness override spicy navel orange tartness. Light passionfruit, kiwi and papaya undertones via Galaxy hopping.
ALEMENTARY SKETCHBOOK: HOPS & DREAMS
On tap at 381 Main, dry Imperial IPA provides peachy tangerine tang with juniper-licked herbal licks, resinous pine oiling and murky vegetal whims.
FIRESTONE LEO V. URSUS FORTEM IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at 381 Main, bold 20th Anniversary Imperial IPA plies zesty lemony orange-tangerine tang to pine-needled hop bittering, dark-roasted wheat malts and mildly creamed sugar spicing. Ancillary grapefruit, mango and peach illusions add fruitful depth.
HILL FARMSTEAD DHARMA BUM
On tap at Burger Loft, dominant Simcoe-hopped bittering brings wood-dried citric fruiting to the fore. Steadfast grapefruit and orange rind bittering soaks into fresh-cut grassiness as moderate oaked pine parch settles below.
SMUTTYNOSE EAST COAST COMMON LAGER
Sturdy 2017 dry-hopped spring seasonal utilizes highly carbolic lager yeast to re-create San Francisco-styled steam beer. Mildly bitter citric spritz seeps into delicately pungent resinous hop astringency. Lemony grapefruit spurt and teasing fig-date conflux linger lightly above grainy earthen malts.