On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, chewy Imperial Stout plies red raspberry puree adjunct to milky dark chocolate syruping, sedate black coffee roast and burnt caramel malting. Sour cherry tartness and medicinal cherry coughdrop snip deepen bittersweet raspberry rasp above dank woody hop musk.
RIVER HORSE SPECIAL ALE W/ COCOA NIBS – CASK
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, cask version of maple-malted amber ale stays smooth and warming. Relaxing cocoa nibs influence brings milky coconut sway and mild brown chocolate sweetness to the fold as ever-increasing peppery jalapeno burn smolders the light mocha finish.
(DE PROEF) PREARIS QUADROCINNO ALE WITH COFFEE BEANS
Fine coffee-infused Belgian dark ale brings cellar-like yeast musk to nutty Costa Rican coffee roast, steadfast Belgian chocolate spicing and burnt caramel licks. Subsidiary burgundy-wined fig, raisin and chestnut sweetness gains mild vanilla nudge while well-watered dewy peat earthiness grounds its piquant mocha molasses finish.
FINBACK 3 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
On tap at Ambulance, fudgy black chocolate malting gains wispy vanilla-cinnamon adjunct to contrast slight black pepper burn as well as nutty coffee remnant.
OMMEGANG SIREN’S SONG DARK ALE
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, creamy brown-bodied Belgian dark ale (limited edition – 2017) makes fine winter warmer. Ripe fig and raisin adjuncts enjoin burgundy-wined black cherry, prune and banana fruiting above mocha-spiced molasses bread sweetness. Dark Belgian candi syrup thickens the mocha fruited frontage.
JERSEY GIRL QUEEN GAMBRINUS TRIPEL
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, tropical version of King Gambrinus tickles the fancy with moderate mango, pineapple and watermelon adjuncts draping sour lemon-candied tartness as well as wispy hibiscus-chamomile herbage. Not quite as convincing as the King, yet mildly enticing for fruit ale lovers.
FREE WILL BROWN BEARD RUM OAK BARREL-AGED IMPERIAL BROWN ALE
Elegant oak-aged brown ale successfully expands upon Free Will’s Coffee Oatmeal Brown Ale with yummy rum dousing. Rich tawny-browned full body adds coffee beans to molasses and cane sugar while aging in Caribbean rum barrels. Mellow spiced rum warmth serenely sweetens persuasive dark-roast coffee overtones and polite whiskey snip. Ancillary black chocolate, dark cocoa and pina colada illusions swing by the molasses-sapped oats spine of rummy dessert treat.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS HARD HAT
On tap at Ambulance, stylishly moderate Cascadian Dark Ale sidles charcoal-burnt dark chocolate and black coffee overtones with dry Citra-hopped grapefruit, orange and lemon tang plus charred pine remnant above dry oats spine. Less pronounced bitterness will draw in softer palates.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS POWER TOOLS IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, well-balanced moderate-to-medium body guides floral-perfumed fruit bouquet above dank piney hop bittering and herbal restraint. Lemony grapefruit, orange, pineapple and peach tang picks up hard-candied tartness at easygoing sugar-spiced citrus finish.
HEAVY SEAS / STONE PARTNER SHIPS BROWN IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, nutty hybridized India Pale Ale provides Blackstrap molasses adjunct for bitter “hop mayhem.” Black pepper-spiced brown chocolate and cocoa malting gains slight walnut sear above scorched earthiness.
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE AMERICAN FUNK INDIAN PALE ALE AGED IN OAK
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, soured oak-aged medium body layers wild brettanomyces funk upon bright IPA-like grapefruit and orange tang as well as salted grape esters and moderate citric hop bittering. Mild mango-clementine and tangerine illusions flutter by.
EQUILIBRIUM MC2
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing Imperial IPA-styled moderation offers polite pineapple, orange, grapefruit and mango tang to resinous piney hop bittering.
