On tap at Ambulance, creamy brown chocolate syruping and chewy vanilla beaning outdistance banana split splendor. Steady mocha intensity acquires sappy maple pining and mild dark roast hop bittering.
EDMUND’S OAST CHOCOLATE CARAMELS BROWN ALE
Soft-tongued ‘chocolate caramels’ confection needs richer creaminess and less phenolic hop astringency as lactose-aided bittersweet chocolate fudging, subtle vanilla sugaring and wispy buttercream frosting never broaden the semi-sweet base.
D9 BROWN SUGAR BROWN COW BROWN ALE
Brown-sugared caramel candied center, vanilla-daubed Colombian coffee smidge and toffee-spiced butterscotch whim depleted by mildly lactic, harshly phenol astringency.
EVIL TWIN NYC IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY AND THEY STILL DIDN’T CARE SOUR IPA
On tap at Pompton Craft House, dryly sour IPA places confectionery sugar-flossed birthday caking, vanilla-creamed waffle cone sweetness and cotton-candied fluff way below slightly vinous rosé-wined pink pineapple and pink guava tartness (and musty raspberry-strawberry mildewing).
BOLERO SNORT PIRATES DON’T EAT THE TOURISTS BLAST TIKI SOUR
On tap at Pompton Craft House, Sweet-Tart candied tiki cocktail knockoff (with ghoulish pale green hue) allows limey pineapple, raspberry and tangerine souring to lead the way as perfumed green apple, crabapple and cranberry mustiness stays recessive above acidulated pale malting.
ABOMINATION MAKE SURE IT’S DEAD
On tap at Taphouse 15, murkily amber hazed Smoothie-like fruited sour utilizes pineapple-like soursop, passionfruit-like curuba and pink guava adjuncts to perk up salted lemony verbena stead above mild lactic acidulated malting.
DSSOLVR ESCAPE ENGINE PINA COLADA CHEESECAKE SOUR ALE
Sticky cotton-candied ambrosia fruiting leads the way for enigmatic pina colada cheesecake knockoff. Salty pineapple, grapefruit and tangerine tang plus marshmallow-fluffed coconut and cinnamon toasting ultimately succumb to vinous green grape tartness, giving its lactose-aided dry side the edge. Wispy oaken cherry, crabapple and prickly pear illusions flutter beneath lemony pineapple-coconut sway.
RUSTY RAIL CHEAT DAY CHERRY CHEESECAKE SOUR
On tap at Capitol Craft – East Hanover, creamy cheesecake base topped by red cherry tartness and pastry-like powdered sugaring with wispy bruised orange, tangerine and tangelo flutters.
ARTISANAL BREW WORKS WARHEADS EXTREME SOUR WATERMELON
Tart Warheads-candied fruited sour lets sharp lemon-limed watermelon rind spritz engage salty Seltzer-like fizziness and floral-daubed strawberry rhubarb snip washed out by weakened Jolly Rancher gumminess. Wafting watermelon syrup sweetness never hits the tastebuds, but some vinous sourness coats the melon-‘headed’ finish.
SWELLS’A KAHUNA MATATA BARREL AGED SOUR ALE
Subtle rum barrel aging provides dissipating toasted sugaring to contrast tart pineapple-juiced oaken cherry and oaken vanilla adjuncts and vinous white-wined green grape esters. Leathery lactobacillus acidity escalates sour edge as dry bourbon wisps enjoin cidery pineapple-cherry finish.
ASLIN VOLCANO SAUCE SOUR ALE
On tap at Ambulance, lactic pastry-like Smoothie allows creamy milk-sugared vanilla sweetness to inundate yogurt-soured raspberry, blackberry and blueberry tartness as well as salted lime, candied pineapple and oaken cherry whims over raw wheat bed. Mild blueberry acidity picks up some unwanted mildewy plastered lacquer.
ASLIN BABY SHARK INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, pleasant dry-hopped Citra variant brings juicy grapefruit, clementine, tangerine and mango tanginess plus muted lemony lime bittering to sugary pale malting.
