On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, mild marzen links lightly creamed raw-honeyed Augustiner Vienna malting and biscuity lager yeast to serene citric-spiced briskness and dewy leafy-hopped earthiness. Note: ‘Oak’ in Oaktoberfest refers to Oakland, California’s annual beer festival instead of any true oak influence on the flavor.
Considerable bourbon-barreled barleywine strikes a nerve with rich molasses-candied fruiting, chewy caramel malt creaming and boozy 11.7% ABV sway. Luscious bruised cherry, moscatel sherry, port, cognac and triple sec illusions pick up spicy tingle. Perfect late night dessert treat.
On tap at Eddie’s Roadhouse, fudgy molasses-thick black chocolate syruping and dark-roast coffee respite reach rich climactic midst as spicy anise tingle works its way into the mix. Understated champagne yeast adds white winy wisp but gets lost inside the marvelously creamed and sneakily liquor-drenched (15.1% ABV) mocha dessert treat.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, exquisite bourbon-barreled Curieux Tripel infused with muted cane-sugared cold press coffee retains soothingly soft-toned Jim Beam bourbon whiskey warmth and mildly creamed molasses-honeyed sweetness. Floral-perfumed citrus zest upends oaken vanilla, coconut, pecan and tobacco illusions. Delicate Ethiopian coffee bean adjunct fades fast at calming Scotch finish.
On tap at Doherty’s, syrupy black chocolate entry deepened by dark-roast hop bittering for limited edition 2016 version. Creamy chocolate center picks up wispy molasses-caked vanilla, coffee, caramel and cocoa illusions as well as tingly sugared spicing.
Fruity Belgian-styled strong ale combines sweet banana daiquiri sugaring, white-peppered Chardonnay/ Sauvignon Blanc wining and tangy peach-pineapple-grapefruit-tangerine conflux above ginger-honeyed crustal malting. Crystalline water crisping provides clean backdrop but aspiring-like astringency lingers lengthily.
Sessionable novelty brings light watermelon adjunct to slightly sharp IPA fruiting as lemony orange-peeled grapefruit and pineapple tang subtly subsides above white-breaded biscuit base. Soft-toned summertime serenity for lighter fruit ale thirsts.
On tap at Doherty’s, cask conditioned black lager integrates light and dark roasted Red Barn coffee with soured lemon rind bittering and wispy yellow grapefruit peel subtlety. Hickory-singed hop char aids polite bitterness of soft-toned burnt coffee finish.
On tap at Doherty’s, delightful milk stout adds sweet cinnamon-ginger seasoning to rich black chocolate template. Spiced-up milk chocolate fudging picks up cookie dough respite and recessive black cherry souring. In the can, creamy milk chocolate syruping saturates ginger-rooted cinnamon and nutmeg spicing as coffee-toned cocoa powdering enhances the robust mocha intensity.
Brewed in collaboration with Russia’s Zagovor, rounded Baltic porter blends dark-roast mocha nuttiness with molasses-sweetened black licorice vigor and latent coffee-vanilla insistence. At the back end, mildly fudged chocolate sequence picks up subtle dried fruit, toffee and cola illusions.
Despite disgustingly derisive shit-stained underwear label, affable English-styled brown ale retains delightful sugar-glazed roasted nuttiness, polite molasses oats sweetness and mildly creamed caramel-chocolate malting over light hop char. Subtle walnut, hazelnut and chestnut illusions recline.
Delightful doppelbock drapes creamy chocolate malting above moderated orange blossom honey adjunct and bittersweet dried fruiting. Chewy brown-sugared prune, raisin and fig illusions pick up mild banana breading as well as tertiary rum-spiced sherry, burgundy and almond wining by the delicate chocolate fruitcake finish.
