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ALLEGHENY CITY BREWING COMPANY

United States Brewpubs,

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

In the historic northside Deutschland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, the booming German-influenced business district houses the multitiered ALLEGHENY CITY BREWING COMPANY. Down a side street from its 2016-opened brewery, this casual taproom (christened May 2024) brings the semi-formal warmth and elegance of a cozy parlor to life.

Allegheny City’s brewhouse (a 7-barrel system with fermenter room and packaging area) services the taproom with its commendable traditional in-house fare, but hard seltzer, soda, cider and cocktails are also available. On my October ’25 midday stopover, the wife and I grab bar seats and sink seven suitable suds.

A black-gated alleyway courtyard leads to the entrance of the two-storied red brick pub. The main bar space services the front beer garden, fire pitted side deck, second floor mezzanine and homey plant-ensconced solarium (with four-seat tables).

Mild lemon musk saddled the musty grain stead of dry light-bodied Rally Pilsner, a mildly herbal-floral hopped pleasure.

Dry Norside Kolsch snuggled rustic barnyard graining inside compote lemon rot given brisk cucumber water crisping.

Raspy raspberry tartness caressed Starlake Raspberry Wheat, letting phenol hop spicing ransack waning white wheat waver.

Candied pineapple, peach and tangerine tang joined grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering for Mon Ripper West Coast IPA, a Centennial-Simcoe hopped medium body with dry herb-daubed pine spine.

Lively grapefruit-forward Most Dope Hazy IPA splashed salted orange-peeled pineapple tanginess upon mild floral-daubed spicing and tidy pine respite secured by dry pale malting.

A fruited sour variant, Fruita – Blueberry/ Raspberry, strung Pez-candied tartness thru acidulated oaty malts.

The only dark ale on tap this autumn eve, Deutschland Brown, left coffee-stained nuttiness and powdered cocoa on dewy residue.

PENN BREWERY

United States Brewpubs,

PITSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Celebrating the city’s German heritage, Pittsburgh’s PENN BREWERY came to fruition in 1989 as Allegheny Brewpub. Residing at an old red brick factory with an illuminated arched sign bearing its name, its old industrial setting harkens back to 19th century urban architecture.

Penn’s white tile-floored entrance leads to the right side bar of the multi-tiered complex. The U-shaped, copper-topped, wood-stooled bar features a tap station servicing the booths, tables and benches across the way. Windowed brew tanks and multiple TV’s fill out the main bar space. A red-tiled basement catacomb called the Ratskeller provides bench and pew seating and could be used for parties. And the narrow walkway works as a makeshift beergarden.

Terrific “Ethnic-Pittsburgh” food included wurst, schnitzel, pierogi, and goulash plus sandwiches, soup and salad were available.

My wife and I settled in at noon on a Saturday, October ’25, to tackle six previously untried suds alongside the wienerschnitzel.

Dry German-styled Kaiser Pils pitted musky lemon-rotted Noble hop herbage against roasted barley crisping.

Nebulously dry Oktoberfest dragged cheesecloth gauze into its leafy hop astringency, coarse cereal graining and barren nuttiness.

A terrific autumnal ginger beer, Pumpkin Shandy, loaded powder-sugared pumpkin spicing atop honeyed Graham Cracker, retaining a sharp edge as cinnamon, nutmeg and clove seasoning sweetened the pumpkin pie finish.

Another radler-styled lager, the more conventional Lemon Shandy let sparkling water crisping tingle its lemon-juiced honeyed wheat entry and sweet lemonade continuance.

Delightful eggshell-headed Weizen placed candied orange, bruised banana and clove-nutmeg spicing atop sweet sourdough breading.

Reliable Munich dunkel, Penn Dark, tossed dried cocoa, glazed walnut, molasses toast, spiced toffee and fig at moderated dark-roast hop bittering.

ELEVENTH HOUR BREWING COMPANY

United States Brewpubs,

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Residing at a beautifully renovated red bricked stone columned roadhouse in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville section, ELEVENTH HOUR BREWING COMPANY opened 2017. Family-owned and operated, the pristine establishment’s casual homey vibe and elegant wood design contrast the towering industrialized aluminum brew tanks staged beyond the bar.

Inside, Eleventh Hour’s elongated, corrugated aluminum-fronted, wood-topped bar services three butcher block community tables and five wooden four-seaters. The olden wood ceiling, plumber piped draught board, shiny epoxy floor and large air ducts bring a rustic feel to the tidy pub.

A tented cement-floored umbrella-lined deck offered further seating.

During my October ’25 visit, tried seven homemade “balanced, reliable” craft brews.

Floral-perfumed Noble hop herbage and mild lemon licks serenaded German pilsner, Noble Spirit, a dry pilsner malted light body.

Soft-toned hoppy blonde, Allegheny Flight, stuck dry lemony herbal musk inside barley-roasted Vienna malt sweetness.

Dryer-than-usual kolsch, Archer Heavy, let laidback lemon pit bittering and wispy floral herbage reach raw honeyed pilsner malts.

Lemon-tinged orange briskness, red apple tartness and green grape tannins softly guided Maibock, an acridly barnyard, straw-dried moderation.

Equally soft on the tongue, Planets & Gods: Ouranus IPA splashed lemon zest across orange peeled sweetness and peachy pineapple tang, picking up light herbal snips.

Politely bitter and dry NEIPA, Cole Bear, coalesced West Coast-styled piney dankness and yellow grapefruit bite with orange-candied pineapple twang and guava whims of a hazy New Englander.

Dryer-than-sweet English barleywine, Ye Olde Lamplighter, posted dry bourbon and sweet sherry notes as well as dark cherry, red grape and plum nuances to caramelized molasses malts.

TRACE BREWING

United States Brewpubs,

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

After visiting Andy Warhol Museum on a seasonably warm Friday at noon, October ’25, headed to Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield section to toss back a few at TRACE BREWING (with a satellite taproom uptown). Opened springtime 2021, Trace occupies an old warehouse next door to fabulous Liberty Beer shop.

Serving home brewed coffee as well as beer, cider, cocktails and wine, the casual neighborhood pub features a ten-seat wood top brick-fronted bar (with twenty taps), strewn metal-wood tables, fluorescent flytrap lights and exposed pipes. A rustic right side room with seating leads to an alleyway beergarden. Rear brew tanks store the stylishly amiable suds.

Founder Dave Kushner, whose experience includes stints at Harpoon Brewery, John Harvard’s – Cambridge, Lord Hobo and Remnant Brewing, also organizes events for Trace. Special thanks to Phat Bagels for the bagels and candied jalapeno dip.

Peaty barley-roasted graining and dry Noble hop musk centered autumnal Festbier, picking up lemondrop tartness, mild Scotch licks and leafy dew.

Chameleonic NEIPA, Bricks & Bridges, let cologne perfumed citrus zesting reach lacquered pine stead as lemon balm, candied pineapple, honeydew and ‘Juicy fruit gum’ illusions sidled minty eucalyptus swipes.

DANCING GNOME

United States Brewpubs,

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Consuming a large metal-furnished aluminum warehouse in the Pittsburgh borough of Sharpsburg, DANCING GNOME opened its original taproom one block down in 2016. An early focus on ‘hop forward’ brews eventually led to a more varied traditional menu crowded with appreciable Euro-styled fodder upon my October ’25 perusal.

A polished copper top bar faces the gray subway-tiled draught board, liquor-stacked wood shelving and large on tap menu. The epoxy-floored, gray-walled, high ceilinged taproom features skinny community tables, stooled wood tables, several orange crossbeams and windowed brew tanks. A wood benched patio section adds outside seating.

Dancing Gnome’s large screen TV showed the Penguins home opener against the Islanders while I snagged four easygoing yellow suds and two dark ales on a crisp autumn night.

Dry grained mustiness and musky hop bittering united for German-styled Pilsner, a fluffy-headed gold body with oated spelt barnyard acridity and light lemon licks meeting at saltine cracker stead.

Specialty-grained German moderation, Spelt Lager, retained earthen spelt, alfalfa and millet dryness for its frisky citrus hops.

Peacherine and Citra hops reinforced Cubism India Pale Ale’s brisk tropical zesting as lemony yellow grapefruit bittering, waxy gooseberry-guava tartness, candied pineapple tanginess and white peach sweetness gathered above creamy oats.

Even creamier oats regaled Art Deco India Pale Ale, underlining lemony grapefruit, pineapple and orange rind bittering.

On the dark side, cask conditioned English porter, Guard The Tower, welcomed coffee-burnt dark chocolate nuttiness.

A less mocha-insistent milk stout, Dead Sleep, encored with dark chocolate syrup draping nutty coffee, mossy soy and charred wood.

CHIMERA BREWING COMPANY

United States Brewpubs,

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Just south of Pittsburgh in the suburban borough of Castle Shannon, CHIMERA BREWING COMPANY opened in the summer of 2024 at the former spot housing Mindful Brewing. Renovated and rechristened as Chimera, their ‘craft, cuisine and community’ logo and modern Greek mythology twist prove worthy.

Inside an Industrialized, cement-slabbed cabin, its elegant aluminum atrium and angled roof mesh with the cabin’s brown wood base. A picnic-tabled turf patio welcomes patrons to the cozy neighborhood pub. A prominent Chimera insignia centering two winged lions takes up a side wall. The twelve plastic-seated bar features a silestone top and twenty-plus tap handles line the white tiled draught board.

Nifty ancient Greek characters brighten the back walls and a right side dining area services brews alongside pizza, burgers, wings and sandwiches. Three pinball machines counter the bar and TV’s pack the place.

Never afraid to experiment beyond stylistic boundaries, Chimera is one of Pittsburgh’s best breweries.

On my late afternoon October ’25 jaunt, I ate Italian Rhapsody pizza (sweet sausage, roasted red peppers, mozzarella, ricotta and spinach) while polishing off eleven of the fourteen choice homemade four-ounce draughts.

Rustic barnyard mustiness saddled raw-honeyed lemon musk, letting its overall dryness envelop moderate-bodied Persephone’s Light Lager, a subtler kolsch variant.

A ‘historical’ German kottbusser, nebulous oats flaked pilsner malting, raw molasses acridity and mild lemon oiling made Oat So Sweet the only mediocrity in the bunch.

Lacquering candied peach Schnapps syruping atop honeyed wheat, Fields Of Elysium Peach gained sharp perfumed hop musk.

Flagship New England IPA, Perpetual Flux, splashed spritzy Citra/ Nelson Sauvin hop sunshine thru mild pine lacquer as bittersweet lemony orange-peeled grapefruit tanginess mingled the dainty guava-gooseberry tartness moderating its sugary pale malting.

Authentic Belgian yeast serenaded Bacchus Trappist Tripel, a spunky alcohol-fueled delight with orange-bruised lemon meringue tartness, honeyed banana sweetness and mild herbal spicing.

Doughy peanut buttered Vienna lager, Mc Nutter’s Afternoon Delight, picked up drifting red grape and dark cherry snips over floury cocoa buttering.

Confectionery dark lager, S’more-Gasm left marshmallow fluff upon dark chocolate and vanilla-creamed Graham Cracker base, segueing to phenol hop astringency.

Another dark lager, German-styled dunkelweizen Dumb Dumb & Dunkel, stayed creamily smooth as chocolate-breaded fig and date reached molasses toast bottom.

Powder-sugared pumpkin pie spicing and mild citric perfuming embodied Pie Oh My!, an autumnal charmer sprinkling ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon on pastry-floured pie crusting.

Dryer-than-usual Baltic Porter, Daddy Fabric, placed caramelized dark chocolatey black coffee alongside plummy black cherry tartness.

Loud chili peppering perked up Mole-inspired stout, Mexican Emperor, leaving slight Band-aid astringency on the backend.

REVELATION BREWING COMPANY

United States Brewpubs,

REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE

Birthed in 2016 as a pilot brewing test station, REVELATION BREWING COMPANY soon operated as a bustling residential neighborhood pub in Rehoboth Beach – and since 2023, a production facility in Georgetown, Delaware (at the former 16 Mile brewery) opened about thirty miles away from this beach town watering hole.

For those “pouring and consuming” Revco beers onsite at the gray aluminum Rehoboth barn house, a casual pub atmosphere surrounds the cozy joint. Its snug concrete-floored main space features an L-shaped bar with twelve draught taps and two sidled TV’s. Interestingly, the bar top’s lacquered surface includes black and white photos of Delaware’s brewing history.

Just outside, aluminum-tabled wicker seats fill the tent area. Splendid homemade wood-fired pizzas went well with Rev’s highly sessionable suds.

Musky barnyard hay contrasted sweet corn sugaring and biscuity bottom of 1791 Pilsner, a polite light body with herbal Saaz hop sash.

Dry Mexican lager, Equilibrio, left spritzy lemon-limed fizz on tortilla-chipped corn malts, leaving a slight tequila hint on its easygoing profile.

Classic lime-juiced ginger beer, Sussex County Mule, a blonde ale based on a mule cocktail, gained tart orange spot and botanical chamomile snip.

Gluten-free Citra-Amarillo-hopped Truth In The Juice Hazy IPA merited stylish attention with its lemon-sugared tangerine tang and millet-grained biscuity rice base given slight marshmallow vanilla fluff.

Brisk grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering fronted dry Mother-In-Law IPA, a smooth medium body with grassy-hopped herbal pining and mild peach-mango-guava splash.

Dry-hopped Imperial IPA, Grateful Nation, serenaded orange-peeled grapefruit tanginess and zesty tangerine twist with lacquered pine atop sugary pale malts.

Bettering its nebulous dark lager-related stylish competition, Schwarzbier’s dewy mossing soaked dehusked dark malts, prune-stewed black cherry tartness, black-red licorice spicing and musty grape tannins.

Light-roast coffee oiling paraded sweet coconut toasting for Cocoa Nut Joe Porter, a peat-mossed, dark roast-hopped medium body with dried-fruited mocha java center gaining buttery chestnut-pecan conflux.

Soft-toned Irish nitro stout, Brother Phineas, combined chocolate wheat sweetness, light cocoa powdering and nutty coffee mildness.

WOODSTOCK BREWING

United States Brewpubs,

Inside a roughhewn, pine-fronted, Western-styled mini-mall in the tiny Catskill Mountains hamlet of Phoenicia, WOODSTOCK BREWING provides easygoing straightforward beers in an “Industrial chic setting that suits the relaxing environment of this hunting and fishing community.

Woodstock’s rustic epoxy-floored main room features a slate top bar with twelve draughts at its white tiled back plus pipe-fitted wood community tables, unfinished benches and black metal rooftop beams. The large glass-encased production facility supplies beer and a separate left side space adds more seating.

My wife and I perused Woodstock late July ’25 mid-afternoon to quaff nine stylishly standard suds. Cocktails, margaritas and wine were available alongside sandwiches, tacos and salads.

Unfiltered German-styled light body, Woodstock Pilsner, stayed dry as honeycomb astringency and barnyard hay acridity reached fresh baked breading.

Dry pale-bodied helles-styled Woodstock Lager plied raw honeyed citrus spicing and fresh-cut grass to pilsner-malted baked breading.

Flagship pale ale, Baby Dragon, a Cascade-Citra-Columbus-hopped moderation, draped candied orange tanginess and Meyer lemon zest atop oats-flaked pilsner malts.

Exquisite Imperial IPA, I Dream In Yellow, let crayon waxed orange lollipop tartness, vibrant grapefruit zesting, dry rum sugaring and floral lavender peppering coalesce above lightly creamed oats.

Another worthy Imperial IPA, Endless Cycle, gathered sunny grapefruit tanginess and mellow guava-gooseberry tartness into resinous pine dryness atop oats-flaked wheat creaming.

Candi-sugared pilsner malting saddled Westmalle-styled Outer Rings Tripel, a rummy Belgian pale ale (9% ABV) with lovely lemon meringue, creamy banana and pineapple candy fruiting plus slight vodka nip.

Tart raspberry-jammed strawberry and blueberry acquired salty lemon-dried acidity for fruity gose, All The Berries, finishing with a pink rosé sparkle.

Fulsome Baltic Porter, Before The Fall, blended Maris Otter malts with milk chocolate sweetness and dewy rye flouring, leaving modest coal, hazelnut and walnut snips.

Bustling (11% ABV) barleywine, Shikkoku No Senshi, combined dried fig, desiccated orange and spiced rum illusions over mocha-kissed Maris Otter malts.

SUBVERSIVE MALTING & BREWING

United States Brewpubs,

Opened February 2020 in an inconspicuous overhead-doored gray brick mechanic’s garage, SUBVERSIVE MALTING & BREWING is a nifty New York farmhouse nanobrewery in the town of Catskill. A rickety black foil sign leads patrons to the grain silo-sided pub house.

Crafting “simple and expressive” beers appealing to a wide range of people’s palates, Subversive takes its farm-to-table motto seriously.

Rustic cafe benches and a cozy couched section front the parlor-styled plank wood bar (cornered by two TV’s). Brew tanks are staged at the rear alongside a small canning area. As a malt house, Subversive utilizes floor-germinated roasted malts made from locally sourced grains.

Wine, hard cider and cocktails were available as well as burgers, sandwiches and salads.

It’s noontime in 105-degree weather as I sink five Subversive suds at one of the stone-grounded black picnic table under the covered deck on my late July ’25 trip. Unfortunately, they were out of flagship, Tiny Glasses Kolsch.

“Pillowy Euro pils,” Puff Puff, a light-bodied softie, left fizzy lemon upon its sweet-spiced floral hops and mild herbal tinge above doughy bread-crusted cereal graining, picking up latent maize straw dryness.

Year-round hazy India Pale Ale, NY Nectar, stayed soft on the tongue as well, letting yellow grapefruit and orange rind bittering delicately graze subtle spicing, light pining and grassy hop astringency.

Offbeat dry-hopped West Coast IPA, Verdant Voyage, let dank pine and nutty rye redirect pineapple-guava tartness plus wispy papaya-pineapple tanginess above mild pilsner malting.

Classic farmhouse ale, Subversive Saison, stayed easygoing as orange-bruised lemon meringue and dried plantain retained candi-sugared coating.

Smoothly creamed nitro stout, Dark Harvest, placed roasted coffee next to Cocoa Puffs chocolate malting, creamy eclair fluff and dewy earthiness.

ARROWOOD FARMS

United States Brewpubs,

On a warm and humid Thursday afternoon in late July ’25, my wife and I enjoyed an all day brewfest going south from the Catskill’s Subversive Malting & Brewpub, then Phoenicia’s Woodstock Brewing and finally, Accord’s sustainably-minded farmhouse brewery and distillery, ARROWOOD FARMS. Crafting “unique beverages inspired by nature, tradition, and regional agriculture,” Arrowood sits atop the hilly rural farmland village.

Becoming a tap house during 2016, the brown aluminum cement-floored barnhouse also includes outdoor tents, a metal-furnished slate porch and small-staged pavilion. Inside, the expansive wood top bar services a casual lanterned table area and couched section. Like an elegantly designed humble abode, Arrowood’s homey warmth and highly approachable, stylishly conservative brews prove to be relaxing.

Cider, cocktails and wine were also available alongside light pub fare. I consumed all eight in-house draughts.

Dry German pils, Accordion, sprung spritzy lemon fizz upon light herbal spicing and salted pretzel-like pilsner malting.

Flaked corn adjunct gave sessionable light lager, Cicada, its cereal grain crisping, leaving salty lemon fizz and dotted herbal licks.

Coriander-spiced white ale, Rabbits Foot, put lemony orange and banana fruiting subtly atop delicate oated wheat base, picking up white peppered lemongrass and ginger snips.

Dry-hopped hazy pale ale, Sky Top, brought lemon candied tartness to lively spicing and subtle herbage.

Honey India Pale Ale, Petal Pusher, let mild wildflower honey astringency spread across lemony grapefruit peel zesting, floral orange blossom grassiness and oaken vanilla snip.

Hazy IPA, Polly, placed dry lemony grapefruit tanginess across resinous pine tones, leaving mild pineapple-mango tropicalia on its lightly spiced citric finish.

Fruited kettle sour, Porch Beer – Cherry, sank salty cherry musk into oaken vanilla, green grape tannins and lightly embittered cranberry-raspberry flourish.

On the dark side, Black Sheep Brown Ale serenaded its dewy cocoa base with mild dark-roast hop bittering contrasting honey-roasted macadamia, walnut and hazelnut illusions.

VOSBURGH BREWING COMPANY

United States Brewpubs,

Situated at an unassuming gray overhead-doored barn house in the Hudson Valley town of Elizaville, VOSBURGH BREWING COMPANY began its journey in 2015. On the former site of Sloop Brewing at a family-owned farm, Vosburgh is an agrarian-based nano pub designed by Mark and Hope Stier and ex-Gun Hill Road brewmaster Kieran Farrell.

Perched in the rural rolling hills, Vosburgh’s grey cement-floored barroom features old catacomb columns, round and square wood tables, exposed pipes and ten draughts at the sight-stooled bar (with plank wood backdrop). Windowed brew tanks peek out from behind. Most of the stylish liquid fare is dry or off-dry.

My wife and I head outside to down seven proprietary brews at one of the awninged picnic bench on a warm mid-July ’25 eve.

Dry German light body, Terra Pils, let Hallertau Blanc hops provide green grape tannins, guava tartness, mandarin orange sweetness and lemon musk for its barnyard-dried oats base, picking up mild lemongrass, green tea and ginger illusions.

Utilizing local Vosburgh hops (grown on the farm), easygoing dry lager, Elizaville Helles, scattered prickly lemon licks alongside raw-honeyed graining and hay-like earthiness.

Lemony grapefruit briskness led Chinook-Centennial-hopped moderation, Summer Ale, picking up mild orange tang to contrast arid grassy-hopped pining over its white bread base.

Red, orange and yellow fruiting gained mild dry-spiced perfuming for wheat-honeyed maibock, Poppybock, allowing apple, tangerine, peach and pomelo illusions plus fig licks to gather.

Perfectly centrist New England IPA, double dry-hopped How Lucky linked lemony grapefruit bittering and mild white peach, mango and guava tropicalia to delicate floral spicing and resinous pining over light oats creaming.

Another NEIPA, Silver Nails, utilized Nelson Sauvin hops to awaken dry green grape and gooseberry tartness alongside piney grapefruit bittering.

Aged in Taconic Distillery barrels, the 10% bourbonized version of Boom Pah Imperial Stout let bourbon chocolate syruping melt into maple oats sugaring, bruised cherry sweetness and milk coffee creaming.

KINGSTON STANDARD BREWING COMPANY

United States Brewpubs,

KINGSTON, NEW YORK

A casual delight, KINGSTON STANDARD BREWING COMPANY proudly serves ‘simple small batch beer’ alongside downhome pizza. Clean is what brewer Tait Simpson’s shootin’ for with these snazzy sessionable suds. Open six years by May ’25, the Kingston-based nanobrewery resides in a white brick barn house (with high arched ceiling, matching overhead doors and small brew area) next to the coolest grocery store ever.

The cafe-styled pub features a spiffy off-white wood paneled serving station with stainless steel bar top and stainless steel draught taps. Seven community tables and picnic benches crowd the covered front deck. Side picnic tables add further seating.

On my mid-July ’25 early evening sojourn, tried all seven tapped Kingston Standard brews and brought home a few more (reviewed in Beer Index).

My favorite, soft-toned dry-hopped India Pale Lager, El Dorado, let its hard-candied yellow fruiting spread alongside dried pine tones, bitter currant waves and sweet floral riffs, leaving El Dorado-hopped yellow grapefruit, pineapple and lemondrop glisten.

Lively lemon licks and light herbal spicing dotted marzipan-sweet Helles Lager.

Floral-spiced lemon zest and woody hop restraint regaled off-dry Pale Ale.

Busy cold filtered moderation, Kolsch, sprinkled spritzy lemon mist on sweet corn sugaring, polite herbage and mild arugula peppering, retaining fresh-baked French breading.

Dry barnyard crisping and hay-like wild oats desiccated blanched coriander-spiced orange sweetness for white bread-backed Wit, a slightly astringent stylish departure.

Soft-toned Altbier prodded sweet peat moss with musty dried fruiting and dark floral dusting atop black pepper breading.

Needing a tad more oaken cherry tartness, dry Flemish Red, Frida, retained moderate acidity as green grape esters, cider vinegaring and raspberry souring seeped thru.

Unofficial flagship, light roasted black lager, Schwarzbier, coalesced mild dark roast coffee with dehusked barley, debittered chocolate and musky dried fruiting.