On tap at Poor Henry’s, soft-toned hybridized Scotch ale brewed with tart cranberries and sweet orange peels picks up subtle plum-sugared goodness over dainty caramelized Scotch malts. A delicate delight.
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DU CLAW SAWTOOTH BELGIAN WHITE
Richer saccharomyces yeast strain, sweeter citric spicing and heightened floral herbage distinguish complex witbier from lighter stylistic varieties. Soft-toned Curacao orange peel adjunct, emerging Valencia orange tang and sugary coriander respite engage aromatic lavender, rosemary, lotus and mint illusions over cracked wheat base. Tertiary banana, peach and tangerine sweetness contrasts sly plantain dryness.
CONEY ISLAND HARD ROOT BEER
Sassy sarsaparilla-styled suds sustains stickily sugared soda syruping over casual vanilla, licorice and birch adjuncts. Light medicinal astringency girds dainty black cherry sweetness and mild ginger spicing of heavily creamed ‘hard’ root beer. More filling and dynamic (though arguably less palatable) than viable competitor, Not Your Fathers Root Beer.
(SMALL TOWN) NOT YOUR FATHER’S ROOT BEER (ALE WITH SPICES)
Olden-styled sarsaparilla provides a “taste of nostalgia” to 21st century beer snobs. Flavored like cola-derived Muggs Root Beer, this ‘ale with the taste of spices’ perfectly re-creates cane sugared styling (with only a hint of alcohol). Creamy vanilla extract drips lightly atop sticky sugar syruping. Light herbal hops barely dent the surface while anise-derived red licorice, cardamom and ginger undertones spice up the sweet-toothed root beer finish.
(PARKWAY) MAJESTIC MULLET KRISPY KOLSCH
Abrupt sour fruited cleansing relegates dank rye grain pungency and floral honeysuckle mist. Lemon-dried Valencia orange tartness gains vinous green grape wisp and tingly candied spicing, but light skunking’s hit or miss.
FULTON THE RINGER AMERICAN PALE ALE
Charming caramel-spiced yellow fruiting and resinous earthen grains outduel gooseberry-dried Nelson Sauvin-hopped white wining. Laid-back lemony orange-grapefruit souring contrasts sweet tangerine tang of dependable moderate-medium body.
FULTON LONELY BLONDE
Easygoing blonde slides spicy Saaz-hopped pale malting alongside zesty lemon splurge, creamed corn sugaring and soured citrus musk. Musty straw-grained backdrop picks up buttered white wheat whim beneath the tepid surface. Loud carbolic fizz drowns out a sizable portion of its ‘intimate’ flavor profile.
CISCO SHARK TRACKER LIGHT LAGER
Bland, straw-cleared, billowy white-headed light body ruined by astringent phenol hop desiccation and lack of noticeable sweetness. Instead, maize-dried rice caking, desolate popcorn whimper and unresolved citric souring dissolve atop dull white bread spine. Try Cisco’s Sankaty Light Lager instead.
KANE DEEP ROOTED
On tap at Plank Pizza, murkily wet-hopped Imperial IPA (with 7.1% ABV) contrasts rotted lemony grapefruit pungency with wheat-flaked pilsner malts and sticky sugared spicing. Musky citrus tartness gains light herbal nip, but damp Jersey-hopped acridity may be off-putting to lighter thirsts.
HOP CONCEPT LEMON & GRASSY INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Plank Pizza, refreshingly summery Imperial IPA (with well-disguised 8.5% ABV) balks at expectant ‘extreme’ hop bittering. Instead, brisk lemon zest and light sugared spicing provide smooth mouthfeel. Floral grapefruit-peeled tangelo, pineapple, orange, mango and peach tang reinforces brisk lemon-dropped Sorachi Ace hop sharpness. Lemon pith souring, fresh-cut grass astringency and faint lemongrass herbage fortify dank citric back end.
SCHLAFLY TASMANIAN INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Plank Pizza, propulsive dry-hopped IPA (with 7.2% ABV) brings affluent Galaxy-hopped tropical fruiting to resinous pine bittering and earthen floral accents. Bright yellow grapefruit-peeled pineapple, orange, lemon and clementine resilience as well as brisk mango, peach, papaya, tangerine and passionfruit tang overload pithy pale malting. Tremendous clarity, depth and fruitfulness lift engaging medium body.
BRIX CITY WET HOP PALE ALE
On tap at Plank Pizza, sharply embittered medium body given musky dry-hopped pungency and rotted yellow-fruited phenolics that will satisfy manly Czech pilsner imbibers or bolder Bavarian lager quaffers. Dank lemon putridity and tart orange desiccation rise above hay-like acridity of amped-up pale ale.