On tap at Plank Pizza, cold brew coffee roast takes on fudgy milk chocolate sweetness for delightful milk-steamed espresso (a.k.a. Cortado) knockoff. Lingered chocolate latte, cappuccino, iced coffee and nutty brown chocolate illusions stay heavenly.
Fudgy vanilla ice creamed dark chocolate entry receives mild cinnamon spicing to contrast slightly bitter hop char over buttery corn-flaked barley roast. Tertiary brandy, black cherry, Banana’s Foster and black grape illusions subtly graze fried ice cream caking. At the finish, maple-glazed chocolate donut pastry sweetness arrives.
Robust espresso-milked cocoa fudging embraces caramel latte sweetness over mild tobacco-stained hop char. Ancillary toffee, Kahlua and cappuccino illusions deepen superb dessert treat.
On tap at Taphouse 15, warmly spirited whiskey-barrel aged 5Beans Baltic Porter lets Turkish coffee and smoky black cardamom spicing of original version to invite honeyed chocolate smidge to contrast oaken vanilla tannins as latent rye, star anise and espresso illusions emerge.
On tap at Ambulance, semi-sweet Ecuadorian cocoa nibs richness and latent coffee tones override any adjunctive orange zesting, leaving syrupy chocolate on the back end. A good orange chocolate caked dessert.
On tap at Ambulance, thin bourbon barrel aged barleywine stays laidback as caramelized vanilla sweetness regales mildly dried-fruited cherry, fig and date tartness and distant sherry-burgundy wining over sedate malted oats.
On tap at Ambulance, walnut-dried coffee tones snag caramelized chocolate malting and ambush burnt toast reminder.
On tap at Growler & Gill, lovely fruit-forward milkshake IPA spreads milk-sugared marshmallow over peaches and cream entry as well as sour passionfruit, salty mango, sweet banana, candied cherry and freshly squeezed orange juice resilience. Yet it’s the sharp lemon-limed yellow grapefruit and pineapple zesting that shines thru at the confectionery orange creamsickle finish. Exuberantly excellent.
On tap at Beef Trust, lactose milkshake IPA contrasts semi-sharp orange peel bittering and tart pineapple puree and pink guava puree adjuncts with vanilla-creamed marshmallow sweetness for zestful Citra-Mosaic-hopped moderate-to-medium body. Tangy pineapple-guava tropicalia reinforced by lightly pined yellow grapefruit, mango, clementine, kiwi and passionfruit illusions.
On tap at Growler & Gill, sweetly soured tropical fruiting wades thru honeyed pale malts contrasting dank floral-herbed pine resin in luscious fashion. Lightly embittered pineapple, grapefruit and lychee adjuncts gain tangy mango, tangerine, nectarine, honeydew and cantaloupe auxiliary plus red cherry snips and ambrosial mandarin orange licks. Meticulously detailed ‘Sunshine’ offshoot.
On tap at Ambulance, dry Phantasm Sauvignon blanc hop powdering adds tart lemon meringue piquancy and mild passionfruit-lychee-guava influence to tidy grapefruit, tangelo and mandarin orange tang contrasting coniferous pining before reaching its delicate pale malt spine.
On tap at Ambulance, lemony grapefruit zesting stays crystalline in soft-watered mineral grain setting, leaving light herbal spicing upon the tangy citrus finish.
