On tap at City Tap – Cleveland, rich whiskey-bent Imperial Stout spreads subtle barrel-aged Traverse City bourbon sweetness across milky brown chocolate fudging, dark-roast coffee beaning, vanilla-spiced creaming, dark cocoa leaning and cola nut preening. Luxurious.
On tap at Plank Pizza, Jersey City brewer hooked up with local ModCup Coffee to make mild milk stout with midrange cold-brewed coffee roast upending bittersweet black chocolate complement and dark-roast nut remnant. Lightly creamed mocha nut char at finish reminiscent of dry Irish stout. In the can, mild coffee bean roast, dry espresso sashay, distant nuttiness and tarry black licorice licks define light-bodied collaboration.
On tap at Growler & Gill, velvety nitrogenated milk stout brings delightful Hershey’s dark chocolate syruping to cocoa-spiced vanilla adjunct above barley-roasted oats spine. Mildly creamed chocolate sweetness delicately caresses soft-watered pleasantry.
On tap at Growler & Gill, engaging milk-sugared brown chocolate fudging further sweetens toasted coconut, glazed vanilla and cacao nibs adjuncts. Tertiary toffee, Kahlua, hazelnut coffee and creme brulee notions add impressive backdrop.
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry cocoa-powdered dark chocolate frontage retains black-malted bittering, mild coffee roast and nutty respite.
On tap at Plank Pizza, mighty dark-roast Jittery Joe’s coffee bittering and cocoa-dried black chocolate residue pick up tart Montmorency cherry juicing atop hop-charred molasses oats base.
On tap at City Tap – Cleveland, fine mocha nutty resilience spreads atop maple-sapped oats toasting and mild hop char. Dark chocolate, toffee, burnt caramel and cocoa illusions sweeten sassy hazelnut adjunct.
On tap at City Tap – Cleveland, elegantly sweet bourbon oak aging provides warmth for creamy turbinado-sugared brown chocolate, vanilla, coconut, espresso and Vietnam coffee ascendency. Below the surface, fudged brownie, molasses, cinnamon and granola illusions add further pleasantries.
Stylishly washed-out canned version of weary dunkel. Dry sherry, sour chocolate and barren nuttiness flicker above toasted grain base.
On tap at Plank Pizza, mild milk-sugared “Strawberry Vanilla Cream Pop” loads distinctive IPA-like grapefruit-orange peel bittering onto tart vanilla-pureed vanilla sweetness. Minor pine resin reinforces zesty citrus affirmation of Citra-Mosaic hopped full body. Fun hybrid!
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, versatile nickel-hazed East Coast India Pale Ale satisfies lighter pale ale thirsts as well as hardcore IPA heads with its soft-toned fruit-juiced effervescence, sugar-spiced caramel malt subtlety and mild piney hop resin. Candied orange, pineapple, peach, mango, tangerine, yellow grapefruit and lemon tang brightens crisply clean moderate-to-medium-bodied enlightenment.
On tap at Taphouse 15, easygoing yellow-hazed India Pale Ale contrasts resinous Simcoe-hopped woodiness and tart lime zest with sugar-spiced lemon meringue alacrity above delicate malted spelt backbone. Soft-toned moderation may lack punch but its lemon-limed linger provides minor stylistic originality.
