Fudgy peanut-buttered chocolate syruping enriches sweet maple glaze offsetting chewy tobacco-stained hop char and ashen walnut respite. Bitter dark-roasted peanut oiling contrasts bourbon vanilla sentiment beneath the surface.
SINGLECUT THINKING ABOUT THE WEATHER COCOA PORTER
“Brewed with chocolate,” cocoa-dried day old coffee entry picks up wood-seared walnut bittering and ashen hop char. Tarry tobacco-chawed Blackstrap molasses bitterness intensifies black chocolate rampage.
TURTLE SWAMP SKWASHBUCKLE IMPERIAL PORTER WITH PUMPKIN & SPICES
Richly creamed cola-nutted mocha seduction picks up brown-sugared cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger and clove spicing to fortify low key pumpkin pie dalliance. Dryly bittersweet mocha-stained pumpkin spicing gains weedy dark floral daub and dainty herbal licks over time.
FOREIGN OBJECTS BLACK CARPET MAGIC IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, slightly sour hazy golden NEIPA allows Hallertau Blanc hops to lead the way with Sauvignon grape mustiness settling alongside lemony grapefruit bitters and light hop resin. Yogurt-milked guava, gooseberry and mango illusions regale citric wined essence.
RAR NANTICOKE NECTAR INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at 98 Cannon – Chestertown, Md., juicy fruited floral-perfumed IPA retains zesty grapefruit tang as well as peachy pineapple, mango and nectarine sweetness teased by mild white peppered pining over caramel malt spine.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS STATE OF THE ART – RICE IPA
On tap at Beef Trust, dry Mosaic-hopped citric juicing reinforces lemony gooseberry-guava-pineapple-mango yogurt souring above slim rice wine base. At the midst, mildly embittered orange-peeled grapefruit pith zesting picks up slight floral-pined grassiness.
902 KIWI KRUSH NEW ZEALAND-STYLE IPA
Tartly fruited New Zealand hops bring soured kiwi salting to subtle guava, gooseberry, pineapple and passionfruit tropicalia as well as zesty grapefruit tang above white breaded pale malts. Mild lemon meringue piquancy and white grape esters fortify sharply spiced kiwi yogurt-milked finish (brewed at Kuka Brewing).
MUCKRAKER MUNDUS TURKISH FIG-COCONUT
On tap at Poor Henry’s, offbeat brettanomyces-enhanced sour ale lets lemon-limed raw coconut and unripe fig adjuncts build limestone wall against pilsner-like rye and oats breading. Fermented with foraged wild yeast, lightly acidic citric souring overwhelms fig-coconut conflux.
D9 WHISKERS BLONDE SOUR ALE
Aggressive flagship blonde sour ale only recommended to true ‘sourheads.’ Mightily vinous lemon-limed white wine souring permits hard-candied citrus pucker and musky floral tinge to venture into salty brettanomyces-bound gueuze lambic-like acidity above unmalted white wheat base.
SWEETWATER 420 MANGO KUSH WHEAT ALE
Mellow mango adjunct settles softly alongside dank pine resin and skunky ‘kush’ earthiness over cracked wheat spine. Sweet ‘n sour mango complacency gains slight pineapple daub and zesty citrus-spiced snip.
HARPOON UFO WINTER BLONDE HEFEWEIZEN
Washed-out seasonal hefeweizen (a.k.a. blonde vanilla coffee ale) needs deeper vanilla-creamed light roast coffee adjunct plus sweeter banana-clove penetration and tarter lemon-licked pilsner malting for better low-key affectation. Sugar cookie, vanilla wafer, lemon meringue and sourdough bread illusions stay distant.
SAMUEL ADAMS MOUNTAIN BERRY
Washed-out light-bodied limited edition (2020) fruit ale aged on tart raspberry-blackberry adjunct receives sour lemon spritz and mild hibiscus flowering before getting a tad phenol. Under-ripened berry flow too subtle and pale malt setting too dryly sedate.
