Modestly enjoyable fizz watered pale lager. Crisp cereal grained barley roast, rice-dried corn flaking and mild rye breading contrast musky herbal hop astringency.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
KING’S ROAD PINCH HIT PILS
Streamlined pale golden Czech-styled pilsner with light earthen grain musk, spritzy lemon snag and pithy herbal spicing reaching creamy oats base. Dry-hopped floral citrus vibe adds slight diversion to usual mineral grained bohemian moderation.
STONY POINT BOURBON BARREL BULSONTOWN BELGIAN BROWN
Candi-sugared brown chocolate spicing and caramelized vanilla bourbon sweetness usurp cellared Belgian yeast funk as mild almond-chestnut-butternut-hazelnut conflux, distant dried fruiting and zippy mace-nutmeg seasoning underscore molasses-breaded mocha whiskey finish of lovely bourbonized brown ale.
FIRESTONE WALKER 25 (XXV) ANNIVERSARY ALE
On tap at Taphouse 15, luxurious barrel-aged stout blends Brandy Barrel Barleywine, Parabola Autumn Edition, Stickee Monkee Quad, Tequila Barrel Merkin Stout and Whiskey Barrel Wheat Wine for debonair 25th anniversary celebrator. Richly creamed dark chocolate syruping drapes bourbon vanilla sweetness, brandied sherry wining, cedar-burnt almond nuttiness, rummy molasses sugaring, caramel toffee fudging and honey-toasted tequila whims. Leathery oaken dryness sits way back, trying desperately to contrast its sweet sticky brandied mocha interior.
BONESAW CALL ME CHRIS BARREL-AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
Luxurious bourbon vanilla sweetness joins dry whiskey-rye barrel aging in fudgy dark chocolate setting that’s smoother than rich. Wood-burnt hop char bittering secures dewy whiskey bent as tertiary brandy, port and anise illusions flutter.
HOPPIN’ FROG THE FROG ABIDES WHITE STOUT
The Big Lebowski’s favorite beverage, a frothy vanilla-creamed, vodka-induced, coffee liqueur cocktail, gets knocked off in fine fashion. Despite its intense 8% ABV, the luscious mocha-vanilla designed elixir allows brief vanilla-creamed buttered rum, spongy white cake, lemon pineapple cheesecake, Bananas Foster, powdered sugar and marshmallow illusions to ‘abide.’ Fantastic!
VEIL HORNSWOGGLER COCONUT LORD
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent milk stout conditioned on coconut retains bittersweet wood-burnt dark cocoa prominence, lilting bourbon-burgundy conflux and creamy vanilla resilience that simply outdo any toasted coconut expectancy. Nevertheless, its rich cake-battered chocolate pudding fudging serenades the tongue, picking up tertiary toffee, caramel, hazelnut and buttered pecan sugaring.
SOUTHERN TIER CARAMEL PUMKING IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, gingerbread-honeyed cinnamon and nutmeg seasoning plus brown-sugared vanilla creaming add serious autumnal sweetness to powder-sugared caramel glaze of extraordinary Pumking variant. Pumpkin pie spicing maintains alongside caramel candied confection, picking up slight cream soda, candied yam and nutmeg shortcake snips for extra sweet-toothed goodness.
DREKKER BRAAAAINS PICNIC PUNCH SMOOTHIE SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, sweet-tart peach, apricot and raspberry adjuncts pick up lemony sea-salted brining to contrast lactic vanilla-beaned marshmallow sugaring of frothily slushed smoothie.
LONE EAGLE STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE IPA
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, upfront sweet-tart strawberry influence seeps into Madagascar vanilla-beaned oated wheat creaming, gaining light milk-sugared marshmallow fluff. But its pureed strawberry adjunct falls off.
BRIDGE AND TUNNEL FUCK THE VIRUS COCONUT NEIPA
Spritzy pale yellowed moderation brings sweet coconut juicing to lemony pineapple zesting, mandarin orange caking and wispy guava-passionfruit souring as mild marshmallow creaming sweetens its finishing ginny vodka whir. A busy adjunct IPA with a chewy soft tone.
NEW JERSEY LEMON MERINGUE PIE DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Hoover’s, classic lemon meringue dessert given soft-tongued marshmallow vanilla sweetness to combat mild limey souring. Tart lemon meringue piquancy rides above delicate Graham Cracker backbone. Some acidic lemon oiling rails against its sweet-tart essence.
