Dry corn-husked grain musk and herbal hop tinge pick up lemony yellow grapefruit sunshine reaching saltine cracker base of easygoing moderate-bodied ‘house’ lager.
ABOMINATION OLD GHOULISH LAGER
Crisp clear pale yellowed light lager nearly tepid as whiskey-daubed sour mash seeps into mild lemon spritz above timid white bread spine. Not ghoulish at all.
RELIC PILS
On tap at Jealous Monk, mildly pungent grain musk receives Noble-hopped herbal lemon spritz and delicate floral-perfumed spicing for crisp light-bodied Bavarian pilsner
GRIMM UTOPOS PILSNER
On tap at Growler & Gill, lively Motueka-hopped lemon spritz and delicate floral-spiced mandarin orange tease gain mild musky graining at salted cracker base of faux-German-styled pils.
TRIBUS BIER
Traditional dry German pilsner is Connecticut brewery’s delightfully approachable light-bodied flagship. Mild wet grain musk sops up straw-dried barnyard astringency and herbal Saaz-hopped lemon spritz over thin salted cracker base.
BLACK POND MR. KITTY
Light-roast coffee tones pick up mild nuttiness, dark-roast hop oiling and raw molasses bittering. Freeze-dried coffee finish gains black chocolate sway.
BLACK POND OLD PUT IN A BARREL
Dry Milan & Greene whiskey barrel-aged brown ale coalesces dewy peat soiling with barleycorn sour mash, rye molasses breading and cocoa bean sedation before flattening out to tannic red-wined black grape musk.
BLACK POND MACHU PICCHU JALAPENO SAISON
Green jalapeno chili peppering intensively heats up moderate-bodied, yellow cleared, flat headed sour saison. Lemony acidity and green grape vinegaring add bitter edge above leathery barnyard acridity.
BLACK POND HOLD MY JUICEBOX NEW ENGLAND IPA
Straightforward Mosaic-Amarillo-Simcoe-hopped NEIPA offers mellow yellow grapefruit zing and pineapple-salted guava, passionfruit and guava tartness to lightly embittered dry wood tones.
BLACK POND MOVES NEW ENGLAND IPA
Light ‘n lively dry-bodied NEIPA loads sharply spiced yellow grapefruit, pineapple and peach zesting atop pale malt sugaring. Gentle citric bittering retains mild floral-daubed pine resin.
BLACK POND TEARS OF AMBER ALE
Tosted amber graining occupies (nearly) harsh red-orange-yellow fruiting and astringent leafy hops, picking up sour whims knocking back desolate caramelized sweetness.
BLACK POND HELLA LITE LAGER
Dry ‘American light lager” places pilsner-malted rice adjunct alongside raw-honeyed straw grain astringency to its bready sourdough base. Mild orange oiled green grape tartness and wispy plantain snips waver.
