Approachable pale lager draught utilizes mildly fruited Americanized Galaxy-Mosaic hops, Guinness house yeast and dry Irish barley. Lemony orange-dried apricot sedation shadowed by resinous pine wisp and fresh-cut grass astringency as lightly creamed pale malts form fuzzy foamed sweetness.
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(LION) STEGMAIER PORTER
Happily reminiscent of Mackeson XXX Stout with its bittersweet dark-roast black chocolate malting, dry cocoa powdering, caramel-burnt toffee influence and polite creaminess. Below the mocha surface, moderate hop-charred bittering affects charred nut remnant.
(LION) STEGMAIER WINTER WARMER
Pleasingly underwhelming winter-spiced moderation tingles tongue with brown-sugared malt sweetness. Vague cinnamon-nutmeg-gingerbread-cardamom illusions receive mild hop astringency by inconclusive finish of fair holiday celebrator.
(LION) STEGMAIER INDIA PALE ALE
Unassumingly mild IPA places tangy grapefruit-peach-orange-tangerine-pineapple blur atop astringent hop musk before lingering aspirin-like phenol finish falters.
SHINER HOME SPUN CREAM ALE
Dry raw-honeyed wheat malting picks up light popcorn buttering and wispy hop astringency for efficient moderation.
ELLICOTTVILLE 1/2 BAKED PEANUT BUTTER PORTER
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, boldly indecisive full body needs deeper dark-roasted peanut butter penetration to compete with black chocolate-coffee influence and earthen hop char. Mildly creamed oats-toasted mocha continuance deprives peanut, cola and hazelnut illusions.
ELLICOTTVILLE KEEPIN’ IT PEEL CITRUS IPA
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, ‘sharp grapefruit and lime peel’ bittering gains dry wood tone as tangy lemon, orange and peach illusions provide sweet-spiced contrast.
ELLICOTTVILLE SKI BUM WINTER ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, wintry India Pale Ale loads evergreen-fresh coniferous pine tones upon sharp orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering and sweet floral remnants. Tangy peach, tangerine and pineapple illusions provide ancillary comfort.
ELLICOTTVILLE BLOOD ORANGE HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, Napa Valley blood orange adjunct felt abruptly above hefe-styled banana and clove sweetness. Plastique groating coats blood orange influence while funky herbal wisps remain low-key.
ROGUE COLD BREW IPA
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, rich cold-brewed Stumptown coffee roast seeps into dry piney citrus hop bittering with full force. Glorious java influence ascends above candied grapefruit, lemon and orange tang as mocha-defined caramel latte, cocoa powder and espresso illusions flutter softly.
OSKAR BLUES HOTBOX COFFEE IPA
Well-balanced array of Simcoe-hopped piney yellow fruiting and cold-brewed Ethiopian coffee bittering. Dark-roast mocha malting brings cocoa nibs influence to the fore as lemony grapefruit-mango confluence increases.
MAGNIFY CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, rapturous hop-bomb loads yellow grapefruit peel and orange rind bittering atop lingered bone-dry piney hop astringency. In the backdrop, tangy lemon, mango, orange and tangerine illusions subside as piquant grapefruit wallop continues.
