On tap at Taphouse 15, relaxing creamed coffee milking gains pronounced black chocolate roast, moderate espresso perk and mild vanilla sweetness. Light wood-burnt singe resides below the bittersweet mocha theme. Perfect for brunch. On tap at Hoover’s, sharp cola, hazelnut and walnut illusions found space below creamed coffee, milked espresso and dark chocolate sway.
Fudgy milk chocolate creaming picks up light coffee roast, chalky cocoa serenade and earthen nut char reinforced by mild cedar sear. In the backdrop, dry black-malted rye bittering contrasts dried-fruited cherry, raspberry and blackberry snips.
Murkily blended black chocolate and roasted coffee negatively coarsened by ashen hops. Dank black malt bittering and undefined dried fruiting never commit.
On tap at George Keeley’s, dry sour-milked black chocolate malting, light-roast white coffee beaning, bitter cocoa snip, nutty reticence and raw molasses acridity retain clean-watered crisping, but metallic tinge mires murky mocha finish.
On tap at Beef Trust, delightful cornucopia of flavors blend well as peaty beechwood-smoked malts usurp sugary maple syruping and sweet bacon overtures. An unusual springtime prospect German rauchbier fans will enjoy.
On tap at Beef Trust, summery soft-toned strawberry shortcake substitute with tidy lemon spritz gains mild vanilla creaming and lactic souring above astringent hop phenols, finishing a tad flat and undetermined.
On tap at Growler & Gill, indefinite medium-bodied brown ale brings modest macadamia nuttiness to dry-spiced chocolate roast and lightly charred hop astringency.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, bittersweet black chocolate malting and cocoa nibs influence nearly outweigh brown-sugared granola distinction as dark-roasted nuttiness singes its honeyed oats spine.
On tap at Taphouse 15, soft-tongued fruit spicing contrasts intensifying bitter dry-wooded hop profile. Lightly syruped grapefruit, orange and mango tropicalia lingers.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, well-balanced medium body places honey-spiced tangerine, cantaloupe, peach and pineapple tang against lemon-peeled grapefruit bittering and resinous piney hop pungency above mild oats base. Stylishly fine mid-range fare.
On tap at Bronx Alehouse, illuminating medium-full body lets creamy sugar-spiced pale malts and floral swirls sweeten orange-peeled tangerine, mango, pineapple and peach tang as spritzy lemon zest tingles the tongue. For contrast, moderate piney hop bittering, fresh-cut grassiness and herbal restraint sidle the juicy fruited rampage.
On tap at George Keeley’s, wondrous amped-up version of brewers’ ambitious Dangerous Precedent glistens with juicy lemon zest, bitter orange-peeled grapefruit resilience and tangy mango-peach-pineapple conflux. Brilliantly detailed Mosaic-Citra-Centennial-Azacca hops reinforce sunny tropical fruiting, creamy sugar-spiced pale malting and light floral sweetness.
