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.
ZYWIEC SESSION IPA
Since 2018, well-known Polish brewer has made these blandly dry India Pale Ales. Wavering fruited spicing, shuttered piney bittering, gluey cardboard malts, spoiled herbage and minimal body put this closer to a boringly misguided pale ale.
PARADOX BEAVER BITE NEW ENGLAND IPA
OK flagship NEIPA with soft-toned grapefruit-peeled orange licks, peachy tangerine tang, mild piney bittering and dark floral dabs over lightly creamed crystal malting.
PARADOX CAPTAIN JACK MAIBOCK
Soothingly easygoing maibock with subdued lemon-candied orange, tangerine and cherry tang plus mild herbal spicing reaching polite caramelized pale malt bottom.
EVIL TWIN NYC EVIL MOON APPLE + PEAR WIT
On tap at Taphouse 15, sweet sticky apple juicing and bruised pear browning retain sugary splurge as candied peach-tangerine-orange snips plus light coriander spicing stay distant at cloyingly saccharine-licked apple and pear finish.
BEER TREE MASHING PUMPKINS
On tap at Taphouse 15, dewy pumpkin seeded salting meets mild autumn spicing for easygoing pumpkin ale. Pumpkin-skinned butternut squash sedation contrasts tingly clove-nutmeg-cinnamon spicing and dried orange residue.
NEW JERSEY HYPNOTIC PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, earthen pumpkin seeded salting drifts inside sweet crystal-malted pumpkin pie spicing and light vanilla creaming, leaving sharp cider residue on rangy autumnal moderation.
DROWNED LANDS SCYTHE PUMPKIN ALE
Fine foeder fermented pumpkin ale contrasts subtle maple-glazed caramelized pumpkin spicing against earthen gourd musk. Gingery nutmeg-clove spicing stays soft above Vienna-malted spelt, red wheat and millet graining, retaining easygoing appeal without losing flavonoid depth.
DYCKMAN TRIPL3 TRIPEL
Creamy rum-soaked banana sweetness, tangy bruised orange scamper and plummy apricot swagger reach honeyed malt base contrasting white-peppered herbage and sharp cider bittering of rich Belgian tripel.
DYCKMAN OKTOBERFEST
Off-dry marzen lets honeyed tea dewiness, musty orange musk and dried prune mildness reach cloy honeyed Vienna malting. And its pasty lagered malts prove cloy.
