On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, dry Irish Stout brings stylish dark chocolate-bound coffee roast to the fore as unsweetened black licorice tones gain hold above moderate hop char.
TOMFOOLERY SINISTER PUMPKIN STOUT
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, dry earthen musk contrasts caramel-burnt brown chocolate malting, receding cinnamon-spiced pumpkin sweetness and subtle minty tingle of heady medium body.
DEVIL’S CREEK CARAMEL APPLE BROWN ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, lingered brown-sugared cinnamon apple overtones gain rich chocolate fudging and molasses-sweetened toffee, vanilla and butternut illusions. A most welcome candied apple alternative.
BACKWARD FLAG MIL-SPEC BLACK IPA
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, grain-roasted dark chocolate malting, musky black grape tartness and scorched earthiness converge for fulsome medium body.
BOLERO SNORT CYPRESS LOVE IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE AGED ON CYPRESS
Delicately resinous cypress wood dusting affects soft-tongued Citra-hopped IPA of Bolero-Cypress collab. Mild grapefruit, pineapple and orange tang subtlety lingers over dry-wooded hop astringency. Mildly creamed crystal malts sweeten the midst. Candied peach, mango and tangerine undertones secure delicate citric nature.
BOLERO SNORT MOOSAIC INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, mild milk-sugared lactose seeps into pronounced IPA fruiting, light grassy hop bittering, dank hemp oiling and ‘pillowy’ oats base with nary a trace. Crisply clean Mosaic hop tropicalia offers floral-spiced grapefruit, orange, tangerine, peach and mango tang.
BRIX CITY DOPE NOSE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, resilient golden-beiged medium body drapes juicy orange and grapefruit tang above mild floral-daubed pine hop bittering. Clean-watered crisping really brings out the expressive citrus splendor.
SPELLBOUND CHERRY BELGIAN TRIPEL
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, sweet ‘n sour red cherry juicing gains tart candied banana spicing and honeyed malt sugaring to contrast musky herbal peppering and musty green grape esters.
NEW JERSEY BEER CO. CHAIRMAN OF THE GOURD
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, pleasant autumnal moderation offers subtle gourd crisping to mild orange peel zest and spicy hop tingle. Sugared yam, sweet potato and squash illusions aid pumpkin pie finish.
2ND ACT HOUSE KOLSCH
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, brisk lemony grapefruit tang embittered further by dry wood-toned grassy hop astringency. Wispy sauvignon blanc-like white wining whittles away some citric acidity.
EIGHT & SAND BUZZKEEPER SAISON
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, hardy New Jersey-honeyed saison yeast emphasizes herbal rusticity as sweet-spiced pineapple, grapefruit and orange tanginess rides above candi-sugared crystal malting.
ICARUS PINEAPPLE HINDENBURG HABANERO PALE ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, mellow habanero burn deepens in the throat while candied pineapple sweetness struggles for room atop pale-malted caramelization. A zestier pineapple tang would be welcome.
