On tap at Growler & Gill, ‘soft’ yellow glowed pale ale retains lemon-dropped peach, yellow grapefruit, mandarin orange and mango juicing plus floral-spiced sugaring and lemongrass tea snip above pale malt base. Simple splendor rewardingly delivered.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
BRIX CITY JAROMIR LAGER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sturdy moderate-bodied bohemian lager (named after hockey star Jaromir Jagr) contrasts clean-watered corn sugaring and bready pilsner malting against lightly soured grassy-hopped orange and grapefruit tartness as well as placid herbal notions for crisp refreshment.
CARTON CORRETTO IMPERIAL CREAM ALE
On tap at Sogo Hibachi Grill, creamy milk-sugared coffee ground intensity gains subtle fennel, licorice and anise undertones as well as lightly embittered yellow grapefruit and lemon rind tartness. Tertiary cinnamon toast, anisette and chocolate biscotti illusions deepen sweet side of “Golden Imperial Coffee Cream Ale” while acidic bitter coffee aftertaste lingers on.
CARTON CUPID CHOCOLATE MALTED STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, inventive Valentine’s Day Box of Chocolates with floral-perfumed rose waft lets bittersweet black chocolate roast pick up bruised black cherry tartness. Fine creamy dessert treat for all chocolate lovers.
MILL HOUSE PANDAMONIUM RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, smoothly penetrable stout (despite heady 11% ABV) offers dry Blackstrap molasses adjunct to brown chocolate, anisette and cocoa tones above moderate barley-flaked oats spine.
HALF ACRE CHOCOLATE CAMARO
On tap at Ambulance, “dense lactose-sugared dessert beer” guides milky chocolate syruping into bittersweet cacao nibs landscape, picking up subsidiary vanilla, cola, black cherry and chicory illusions over its honeyed Graham Cracker base.
ANGRY ERIK NISSE NOG
On tap at Poor Henry’s, ‘creamy egg nog’ stout discretely plies milk-sugared eggnog influence to vanilla-sweetened black chocolate malting, picking up lively cinnamon-cumin-curry spicing and distant cola nuttiness along the way. Well-done Christmastime dessert.
PIZZA BOY SERGAENT ROMANCE
On tap at Cooper’s Seafood, wayward ‘chocolate strawberry cream stout’ defers black-malted dark chocolate stylization and wavering strawberry adjunct for unexpected wood-dried earthen dankness (and Band-Aid-like astringency) at the molasses-smoked mocha finish. Too much goin’ on for inconclusive dark ale.
THE BRUERY SHARE THIS MOLE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, creamy ‘mole sauce-inspired’ Imperial Stout brings mild heat to vanilla-beaned cacao nibs and fudgy dark chocolate. Ancho chilis and chipotle peppers softly influence mighty mocha molasses overhaul as sweet cinnamon-cumin-curry spicing reinforces smoky Mexican peppering.
BROTHERTON NOW ITS DARK
On tap at Poor Henry’s, bold 9.6% ABV lactic stout ferments tart Montmorency and Balaton cherries for bittersweet Madagascar vanilla bean adjunct and syrupy black chocolate malting. But its dried-fruited black cherry, blackberry and black grape influence gets buried by creamy chocolate-vanilla density at the charcoal-smeared mocha finish.
(BALADIN) SUPER BALADIN ZYMATORE – BOURBON BARREL
On tap at Poor Henry’s, vinous bourbon-barreled tripel takes a completely different trek than original Super Baladin’s caramel-candied wheat wine profile. Instead, sour white wine tannins acidulate Ransom Distillery bourbon oak, leaving limey yellow grape, plum and green apple notions on the tongue.
ROGUE NEW CRUSTACEAN BARLEYWINEISH IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE SORTA
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, boozy ‘cult fave’ loads intense 10.8% ABV solvency inside sharp barleywine-styled hop bomb. Lively grapefruit-orange-peach-pineapple-cherry tang immediately receives ethanol vodka-soaked respite. Resinous pine needling and aspirin-like medicinal astringency deepen gnarly bitter aspect. Not for faint-hearted soft palates.
