On tap at Growler & Gill, heavenly Nutella-like cocoa spread with luscious coconut-flaked Malomar confection and vanilla caramel macchiato interlude gains creamy Hershey syruping over honeyed Graham Cracker for perfect sweet-toothed decadence. Tongue-coating chocolate pudding skin enticement picks up chewy marshmallow fluff to enhance impressive treacly mocha dessert.
EQUILIBRIUM MOBIUS VANUATU VANILLA PORTER
On tap at Growler & Gill, substantial bittersweet vanilla creaming shuffles inside dry coffee-stained black chocolate stead. In the backdrop, hop-charred ashen walnut bittering absorbs caramel macchiato, glazed almond and bourbon sweetness, leaving chocolate chip remnant.
MONTCLAIR WHISKEY BEER
Dry whiskey-bound single malt Scotch entry obtains polite burgundy-bourbon elegance in caramelized oaken vanilla setting, picking up subtle orange, cherry and chestnut illusions. Peat-smoked whiskey bite at finish seals the deal for boozy number.
BOLERO SNORT BYK CZECH DARK LAGER
Soft-toned honeyed rye buttering, chestnut-roasted waddle seed nuttiness and wavered coffee tones seep into subtle molasses-nipped dried fruiting. Mild cocoa-dried Vienna malting caresses dewy finish.
LUDLAM ISLAND BECKY PUMPKIN SPICED LATTE
Sweet pumpkin pie spicing given vanilla-creamed powdered sugaring and caramelized cappuccino milking that sits daintily on the tongue of enticing dessert. Lactose pumpkin-spiced caramel latte rampage picks up rum cake sedation as well as wintry cinnamon-nutmeg-clove seasoning and confectionery gingerbread cookie minting.
J. WAKEFIELD 24TH STREET BROWN ALE
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing nutty brown ale leaves bitter dark chocolate-fudged coffee roast upon peanut-skinned walnut char contrasting buttered pecan scamper. Dry nutty mocha finish gains only mild cocoa syruping.
HANK HUDSON JERSEY GIRL BROWN ALE
Raw-honeyed Blackstrap molasses bittering lingers subtly alongside mild black chocolate chalking and walnut-seared dark-roast hop char. In far distance, musky orange oil seeps inside bitter chocolate nuttiness.
MORTALIS HYDRA: PINK GUAVA, PINEAPPLE, MANGO
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dandy tropical fruited Smoothie unites waxy pink guava tartness with tangy pineapple zesting and salty mango pep, picking up pulpy orange juicing, peachy banana sweetness and lemon meringue piquancy in heavily vanilla-creamed oated wheat setting.
DREKKER APPLE BAR SLANG DU JOUR SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, superb Smoothie sour initially replicates spicy apple cobbler pie. Flake-crusted baked apple warmth nearly edged out by lactic vanilla-creamed banana puree richness as ancillary cling peach, syrupy pear, lemon cookie, coconut cream and brown-sugared cinnamon sweetness contrasts milder salted lemon meringue tartness above honeyed wheat wafer bottom.
WELDWERKS PINEAPPLE PIE SOUR ALE
Captivatingly juxtaposing briny lemon-candied acidity and limey pineapple salting against lightly marshmallow-creamed Graham Cracker sugaring, nifty Berliner Weiss variant retains yogurt-milked ‘Smoothie pastry’ resonance. Tart oaken cherry dryness penetrates citric-embittered pureed pineapple pulpiness, ridding most of the residual honeyed vanilla sweetness as soured green mango, guava and gooseberry riffs advance.
HUDSON VALLEY SILHOUETTE: BRUNCH STYLE SOUR IPA WITH PEACH
On tap at Growler & Gill, fizzy tart peachiness swept forward by lemony yellow grapefruit salting, sour yogurt milking and vibrant Mosaic-Citra hop tropicalia. Mildly acidic lemony peach pucker picks up lacquered clay chalking.
BENT WATER MANGO GUAVA KETTLE SOUR
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, lightly salted mango-guava puree given mildly acidic lemon souring for tartly soft-tongued tropicalia.