On tap at Plank Pizza, mighty dark-roast Jittery Joe’s coffee bittering and cocoa-dried black chocolate residue pick up tart Montmorency cherry juicing atop hop-charred molasses oats base.
VICTORY BLACKBOARD SERIES #4 OATMEAL PORTER WITH HAZELNUT
On tap at City Tap – Cleveland, fine mocha nutty resilience spreads atop maple-sapped oats toasting and mild hop char. Dark chocolate, toffee, burnt caramel and cocoa illusions sweeten sassy hazelnut adjunct.
PERRIN NO RULES VIETNAMESE IMPERIAL PORTER
On tap at City Tap – Cleveland, elegantly sweet bourbon oak aging provides warmth for creamy turbinado-sugared brown chocolate, vanilla, coconut, espresso and Vietnam coffee ascendency. Below the surface, fudged brownie, molasses, cinnamon and granola illusions add further pleasantries.
BENNY DUNKEL DARK LAGER
Stylishly washed-out canned version of weary dunkel. Dry sherry, sour chocolate and barren nuttiness flicker above toasted grain base.
BOLERO SNORT SVB IPA
On tap at Plank Pizza, mild milk-sugared “Strawberry Vanilla Cream Pop” loads distinctive IPA-like grapefruit-orange peel bittering onto tart vanilla-pureed vanilla sweetness. Minor pine resin reinforces zesty citrus affirmation of Citra-Mosaic hopped full body. Fun hybrid!
BROTHERTON JERSEY DEVIL IPA
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, versatile nickel-hazed East Coast India Pale Ale satisfies lighter pale ale thirsts as well as hardcore IPA heads with its soft-toned fruit-juiced effervescence, sugar-spiced caramel malt subtlety and mild piney hop resin. Candied orange, pineapple, peach, mango, tangerine, yellow grapefruit and lemon tang brightens crisply clean moderate-to-medium-bodied enlightenment.
BROTHERTON LIQUID SMILE
On tap at Taphouse 15, easygoing yellow-hazed India Pale Ale contrasts resinous Simcoe-hopped woodiness and tart lime zest with sugar-spiced lemon meringue alacrity above delicate malted spelt backbone. Soft-toned moderation may lack punch but its lemon-limed linger provides minor stylistic originality.
ALPINE WINDOWS UP INDIA PALE ALE
Sharply streamlined floral-perfumed fruiting retains blissful moderation. Lemony orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tang picks up dank hemp-oiled resin and latent herbal nip above lightly sugar-spiced pale malting. Tropical pineapple, papaya, peach, nectarine, guava and tangerine illusions further heighten its fruity frolic.
HEAVY SEAS THE ALPHA EFFECT IPA
Gleaming limited edition India Pale Ale escorts bittersweet orange-peeled grapefruit pith juicing above dankly resinous piney hop astringency and dry mineral-grained pale malting.
FLYING DOG DENALI IMPERIAL IPA
Experimental Denali hops prop up sunny ‘pineapple and citrus’ tropicalia as well as prickly sugar-spicing, light floral-perfumed licks and resinous pine oiling above biscuity pale malt base. Moderate grassy hop bitterness lingers at zesty fruit finish.
FLYING DOG TROPICAL BITCH BELGIAN IPA
Lively Belgo-American convergence spreads India Pale Ale-derived citrus zestiness, sharp sugared spicing and wafting floral bouquet atop herbal white-peppered Belgian yeast. Brewed with tangy mango, pineapple and passionfruit adjuncts, its honeyed peach, quince and tangerine subsidies enhance the tropical finish.
FLYING DOG SALT & PEPPER TRIPEL
Expansive tripel unites pink Himilayan sea salting and coriander spicing of a gose with the subtle black peppercorn heat and soured lemony orange zest of a smoked saison. Honeyed tripel yeast sweetens bruised orange midst and distant banana-clove sugaring, gaining groat-y crayon likeness (or cheap vodka whir).
