Creamy cold-pressed Arabican coffee roast loses rich assertiveness as moderate nut-charred tar bittering ascends. Mild black chocolate syruping, bittersweet cocoa nibs reminder and wispy black cherry whir back up oats-flaked morning sipper.
ANGRY ERIK FIKA
On tap at Taphouse 15, relaxing creamed coffee milking gains pronounced black chocolate roast, moderate espresso perk and mild vanilla sweetness. Light wood-burnt singe resides below the bittersweet mocha theme. Perfect for brunch. On tap at Hoover’s, sharp cola, hazelnut and walnut illusions found space below creamed coffee, milked espresso and dark chocolate sway.
(OLD FORGE) RESOLUTION RYE STOUT
Fudgy milk chocolate creaming picks up light coffee roast, chalky cocoa serenade and earthen nut char reinforced by mild cedar sear. In the backdrop, dry black-malted rye bittering contrasts dried-fruited cherry, raspberry and blackberry snips.
TELEGRAPH STOCK PORTER
Murkily blended black chocolate and roasted coffee negatively coarsened by ashen hops. Dank black malt bittering and undefined dried fruiting never commit.
GISBERGA REINA DE ARAGON PORTER
On tap at George Keeley’s, dry sour-milked black chocolate malting, light-roast white coffee beaning, bitter cocoa snip, nutty reticence and raw molasses acridity retain clean-watered crisping, but metallic tinge mires murky mocha finish.
CZIG MEISTER MAPLE BACON CARAMEL RAUCHBIER
On tap at Beef Trust, delightful cornucopia of flavors blend well as peaty beechwood-smoked malts usurp sugary maple syruping and sweet bacon overtures. An unusual springtime prospect German rauchbier fans will enjoy.
CZIG MEISTER STRAWBERRY CREAM ALE
On tap at Beef Trust, summery soft-toned strawberry shortcake substitute with tidy lemon spritz gains mild vanilla creaming and lactic souring above astringent hop phenols, finishing a tad flat and undetermined.
LOUGH GILL MAC NUTTY
On tap at Growler & Gill, indefinite medium-bodied brown ale brings modest macadamia nuttiness to dry-spiced chocolate roast and lightly charred hop astringency.
BLACK HOG GRANOLA BROWN ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, bittersweet black chocolate malting and cocoa nibs influence nearly outweigh brown-sugared granola distinction as dark-roasted nuttiness singes its honeyed oats spine.
THREE 3’S DIPA
On tap at Taphouse 15, soft-tongued fruit spicing contrasts intensifying bitter dry-wooded hop profile. Lightly syruped grapefruit, orange and mango tropicalia lingers.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS STATE OF THE ART 54 DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, well-balanced medium body places honey-spiced tangerine, cantaloupe, peach and pineapple tang against lemon-peeled grapefruit bittering and resinous piney hop pungency above mild oats base. Stylishly fine mid-range fare.
HILL FARMSTEAD ABNER
On tap at Bronx Alehouse, illuminating medium-full body lets creamy sugar-spiced pale malts and floral swirls sweeten orange-peeled tangerine, mango, pineapple and peach tang as spritzy lemon zest tingles the tongue. For contrast, moderate piney hop bittering, fresh-cut grassiness and herbal restraint sidle the juicy fruited rampage.