Tart red raspberry entry gains lightly coriander-spiced Himalayan sea salting and lemon-squinted cranberry pucker to reinforce its lactic sour edge above a dry white wheat bed. But its mildly pungent washed-out raspberry finish flattens.
SIXPOINT JAMMER
Dry sea-salted coriander tartness and tangy lemon-limed zing rig refreshingly crisp and mildly acidic light-bodied gose. Perhaps too unassuming at briny seltzer-watered citrus finish. Easy drinkin’ summertime fodder too evaporatively desolate taste-wise for bolder thirsts.
FINBACK ZERO POINT COCONUT GOSE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, sea-salted coconut milking gains lactic lemon-soured yogurt tartness, leaving a spritzy carbolic thrust upon the mildly acidic sour-fruited tropical finish. Sedate pineapple coconut souring retains limey dryness.
FORDHAM MIDNIGHT BLUE GOSE
On tap at Grey Fox Grille, lemon-dried blueberry tartness regales salty coriander expectancy in subtle manner.
BROOKLYN BREWERY
An essential part of Williamsburg’s Renaissance, BROOKLYN BREWERY is located alongside Brooklyn Bowl and one block down from Mc Carren Park in the heart of hipsterville.
Opened during 1988 and gaining tremendous exposure from world renowned brewmeister, Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewery makes one of the finest lagers ever invented – for starters.
During July ’19 on a sweltering Friday evening before my High Times softball game, I got to once again peruse the mighty warehoused pub. Inside a rustic brick-walled space with several community tables and a 30-seat U-shaped wood-top bar with silver mash frontage, this large watering hole features multiple draught taps. A makeshift stage area with colorfully painted mural fills the far left bar area.
Tonight, I grab the four-sampler package with previously untried suds (Petite IPA, Come As You Weary English Dark Mild, 1,001 Nights Saison and Stonewall Inn IPA) alongside a pint of complex Sherry-aged cocktail-styled barleywine, Capataz. All are reviewed at Beer Index.
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BROOKLYN CAPATAZ
Highly complex barleywine aged in Ximinez and Amantillado sherry barrels (with hidden 11.3 ABV) loads tannic red wine goodness upon caramelized dried fruited sweetness. Muscat grape, dried cherry, sugared fig, stewed prune and currant illusions gather strength alongside rich chocolate malting for awesome velvety cocktail.
BROOKLYN PETITE IPA
Juicily sessionable lo-cal moderation brings dry Cascade-Simcoe hop urgency to wispy pale malt sugaring and spritzy lemon Seltzer splash. Mildly effervescent orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering contrasts slight grassy hop astringency and dainty wood tones.
BROOKLYN STONEWALL INN IPA
Demure Citra-hopped moderation celebrating Stonewall Inn’s 50th Anniversary for gay rights retains spectral flavor profile reminiscent of prideful rainbow coalition. Juicy grapefruit-peeled orange tang and sweet pineapple-peach-tangerine-mango tropicalia provide mellowly fruitful presence for grassy-hopped pine needling and mild juniper bittering of sessionable celebrator.
BROOKLYN 1,001 NIGHTS
“Heady saison” plies lacquered varnishing to dried lime, cardamom and honey blossom adjuncts, gaining ginger affluence as well as herbal lemongrass-sage-thyme seasoning and floral lavender-lilac-jasmine snips by the busy finish of botanical farmhouse ale.
BROOKLYN COME ALL YOU WEARY
On tap at Brooklyn Brewery, delectable English dark mild ale brings sweet dewy peat mossing to cocoa-powdered chocolate malting and sweetish dried fruiting over biscuity barley base in finest stylish fashion.
FORDHAM GYPSY LAGER
On tap at Grey Fox Grille, pasty off-dry helles lager utilizes herbal Perle hops and corn-buttered Vienna malts to bolster murkily raw-honeyed orange and fig notions, but fails as its vegetal bottom drags down the musty fruit-dried finish.
SECATOGUE BREWING COMPANY
WEST ISLIP, NEW YORK
Spending many a summer playing ball and ridin’ Fire Island waves at the wholesome smalltown Long Island community of West Islip as a kid, I was totally readied to enjoy my sojourn to SECATOGUE BREWING COMPANY. Finally, a well-respected brewpub less than a mile from my grandparents old home on Malts Avenue just ‘cross the trax.
Named after the Native American inhabitants of yore, Secatogue landed in a newly built white-columned brick building with Classical high black ceiling expanse, large brew room and pristine pub.
West Islip-raised homebrewing enthusiast, Ken Srubinski, leads the family-backed entrepreneurial business, utilizing experienced assistant brewer, Gabe Calero (formerly of Fort Pierce, Florida’s Sailfish Brewing and a local Babylon restaurateur).
Scattered metal-wood tables fill the pub’s crystalline white-walled open space. A beautiful white-topped slate bar top with blue-tiled siding adds elegance to the 12-stooled L-shaped serving station (with a café-styled floral-designed wallpaper section bringing springtime aspirations).
Ten blue-tiled draught handles served a splendid array of crisply brisk sedations on my noontime June ’19 stopover with cousins, wife and dog in tow. We tried eight superfine suds at the small outdoor patio area.
First up, hazily opaque yellowed light-bodied flirtation, Cosmic Blonde (used as the base for the ever-popular Berry Blast), brought dry-wooded citrus bliss to creamily seduction crystal malts, herbal restraint and grassy hop astringency.
Sessionably fruitful dry-hopped moderation, OOF IPA, gained sharp grapefruit, orange and lemon bittering as well as ethanol-licked herbal daubs to contrast its peachy pineapple tanginess.
Floral-bound hibiscus, salty citrus zesting and strawberry rhubarb tartness overrode dryly resinous pining for pinkish amber rosé-inspired Pink Hibiscus IPA.
Prickly citrus sharpness led double dry-hopped medium body, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy NE IPA, retaining lightly soured mango-guava-gooseberry tropicalia and pasty Maris Otter malting.
Smoothly lupulin-powdered double dry-hopped pleasantry, Lupulin Pillows NE IPA, stayed slightly one-dimensional in good stead as juicy grapefruit peeled orange rind bittering surged over a sugary pale malt setting.
Soft-tongued tropical effervescence guided Lengthy Island Imperial NE IPA, a juicily fruited summertime treat with salt-licked lemony grapefruit zesting riding atop brisk mineral grain crisping.
Arguably the best, most rounded and juicy of the New England-styled India Pale Ale entrants, zesty tropical delight, Screaming Space Cowboy Double IPA, advanced its sunny lemon-peeled grapefruit piquancy and tangy orange-rimmed pineapple sweetness above modestly creamy sugar malts.
Nutty hop-charred black malt bittering countered barley-roasted chocolate sweetness for espresso coffee-finishing Irish Stout, The Darkest One We Have, leaving dry bourbon whiskey snips on the back end.
Below is a link to fabulous article ’bout Secatogue.
https://www.ediblelongisland.com/2019/06/24/secatogue-brewing-co-opens-in-west-islip/