On tap at Plank Pizza, delightful ‘black and white milkshake’ knockoff combines syrupy dark chocolate fudging with creamy vanilla resilience. Lactose-aided mocha vanilla richness deepened by milk-sugared hazelnut coffee tones.
ROGUE HONEY MAMA’S SANTA’S PRIVATE RESERVE
Creamily chocolate tangerine pureed 2022 winter stout retains cocoa-nibbed citrus distinction. Oats-honeyed chocolate stead welcomes candied tangerine spritz with buttery sesame-seeded tahini influence. Sweetly tart dessert fruited mocha fodder.
SOUTHERN TIER COLD BREW COFFEE PUMKING NITRO
Creamily silken nitro cold brew coffee Pumking variant displays exuberant coffee-sugared pumpkin spicing. Luscious caramel latte, creme brulee, fudged chocolate, hazelnut coffee, cinnamon coffee, gingerbread cookie, mint chocolate and vanilla cake seduction presses up against wintry pumpkin-pied nutmeg, clove and ginger spicing as well as dewy peat moisture.
ICARUS B.A. DOUBLE MAPLE COCONUT & DESIST IMPERIAL STOUT (2022)
On tap at Taphouse 15, blending mellow Heaven Hill whiskey with vanilla-oaked Old Weller wheated bourbon, maple syrupy barrel-aged Imperial pastry stout reaches delightful crescendo. Adjunctive raw coconut milking and honey-glazed almond sugaring provide further succulent splendor to whiskeyed mocha sweetness. Recommended.
ICARUS YONDER MILD DARK ALE
On tap at Plank Pizza, traditional English-styled mild dark ale stays soothingly smooth and softly crisp, retaining flattish nitro feel without getting arid. Dried cocoa entry picks up subtle rye-flaked pumpernickel breading, caraway seeded nuttiness, crisp tobacco roast and musty coffee oiling atop dewy peat-soiled Maris Otter malting.
CARTON XI+ (2022)
On tap at Taphouse 15, luxurious eleventh anniversary barleywine blends creamily caramelized wheat wined dextrin with Grand Marnier-liqueured cherry cognac sugaring in brown-sugared rum barrel. Distant cinnamon coffee, vanilla and marshmallow illusions add extra dessert topping to sumptuous nightcap.
FAT ORANGE CAT ALL THE KOOL KATS ON THE BACK OF THE BUS NEIPA
On tap at Pompton Craft House, creamy vanilla sugaring coats peachy mango tang, orange-peeled yellow grapefruit bittering, salty guava-gooseberry souring and perfumed herbal spicing while lacquered pine contrasts honeyed pale malting below surface.
TWIN ELEPHANT / TAPHOUSE 15 SEVEN IPA
On tap at Taphouse 15, lemony yellow grapefruit bittering contrasts sweet orange-peeled pineapple, mango and peach tropicalia and creamy vanilla froth of zestful 7th anniversary collab. Hallertau Blanc-hopped green grape tartness, Nelson Sauvin-hopped gooseberry-guava souring and Simcoe-hopped herbal woodiness crease dry pale malt spine.
UNE ANNEE CHERRY QUAD
On tap at Ambulance, bittersweet medicinal black cherry tartness absorbs phenol spiced vanilla tannins in murky cellared fungi yeast setting. Candi sugar-glazed fig, plum and date illusions scamper.
SOUTHERN GRIST CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY COBBLER
On tap at Ambulance, lactose fruited sour brings extracted vanilla bean bitterness to pastry-like raspberry pureeing, bittersweet cacao nibs and bark-dried cinnamon opulence for nifty cobbler dessert.
BOLERO SNORT / GEARBLOCK DONUT LARD JELLY DONUT SOUR
Dandy pinkish amber fruited sour collab lets bustling lemon limed raspberry, strawberry and blueberry pucker gain jelly donut-powdered milk sugaring to contrast salted Sweet-Tart candied zing. A triple berry cake liquified! Recommended.
BOLERO SNORT AMALFI NAPOLI KETTLE SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, creamy milk-sugared vanilla bean paste coats tart lemon peel zesting and salty lime bittering. Quirky vodka-stoked crema di limoncello liqueur likeness maintained.
