Compact chestnut brown porter closer to a nut brown ale as its charred walnut bittering and ashen hop sear counter sweet almond-chestnut subtleties in wavering chocolate-roasted caramel setting.
BACK EAST PORTER
OXBOW TOWN LINE PORTER
Peaty spelt wheat redirects coffee-roasted black chocolate bittering a tad as cedar-smoked molasses, glazed pecan, hazelnut cake and dark cherry illusions drift thru dry anise-spiced midst. At the smoked mocha finish lies brown buttered spelt chocolate cookie remnant.
LITTLE WILLOW MR. BROWN ALE
Mellow cocoa nibs bank nutty caramel roast and muted dark fruiting above bread-crusted chocolate oats base.
CAIUS FARMS DOMITIANUS BARLEYWINE
Elegant 15.1% abv barleywine aged in cognac and bourbon barrels given brown-sugared British pale and crystal malting plus figgy raisin-prune dried fruiting and spunky whiskeyed cherry glaze over bittersweet dark cocoa base. Spirited dry burgundy, sweet sherry and blackberry brandy serenity daubs evolving bourbon vanilla-spiced warmth. Spectral array of Anisette liqueur, candied cherry, burnt molasses and Graham Cracker illusions indulge the busy backend of luscious nightcap.
CAIUS SENECA THE YOUNGER WHEAT FARMHOUSE ALE
Dry sour saison (a funky earthen Belgian farmhouse ale) pleats lemony green grape esters to light white wining showcasing Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigios splendor above acidulated wheat base. Distant white peach, prickly pear and sharp cider illusions flutter.
ALLAGASH MY ONE AND ONLY SOUR RED ALE
Aged on tart raspberry, plum and Flanders Red-like oaken cherry souring, brettanomyces yeast-induced red ale picks up vinous lemon-juiced green grape tannins over acidulated raw wheat. Distant blackberry, cranberry and pomegranate snips penetrate musty dried fruited surface.
BRANCH & BLADE PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STRAWBERRY NANNER SOUR ALE
Lightly marshmallow-fluffed vanilla creaming caresses strawberry tartness and banana sweetness as mouth puckering orange concentrated lemon juicing ascends thru lactic strawberry-banana Smoothie. Only its pencil shavings-like graphite tinge works against the finishing berried banana cheesecake richness.
MEIER’S CREEK BERRY MANILOW
Assorted berry yogurt entry of puckered fruited sour regales loud blackberry-blueberry tartness and wispy strawberry-huckleberry-elderberry reprieve in salty acidulated wheat setting. Soothing blackcurrant tang stays recessive.
SOUTHERN TIER STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE IMPERIAL ALE
“Picnic time” strawberry-waffled, French toasted shortcake with syrupy maple sapping retains creamy vanilla butter caking. Sweet perfume-spiced hop phenols enhance tart strawberry continuance as sugary rum soaks back end of 8.6% ABV ‘Imperial’ ale.
IRON DUKE DEAD NUTS RYE IPA
Popular flagship lets narrow rye influence nestle softly into lemony grapefruit pith bittering and lightly spiced tangerine-mango-peach tang. Minor floral-daubed pining and slight herbal whim seep into rye-dried tropical fruiting.
ARMADA MERMAID COVE INDIA PALE ALE
Sweet pineapple waft welcomes brisk tropical-fruited India Pale Ale. Zestful lemony orange spritz sprays peachy pineapple tang and mildly dank piney hop dryness.
SHIP BOTTOM WATERMELON SUNSET DOUBLE IPA
Persuasive watermelon adjunct nearly submerges stylish Citra-hopped lemony grapefruit bittering, Huell Melon-hopped guava-passionfruit souring and El Dorado-hopped pine lacquering as tart Jolly Rancher-candied sweetness borders on cloy. Tropical watermelon essence never wavers, gaining rummy 9% ABV sugaring.
