On tap at Taphouse 15, muted ‘oatmeal chocolate stout’ brings black-malted dark chocolate and coffee subtleties to distant black grape, bourbon and burgundy blurts above delicate toasted oats spine.
SAUGATUCK DARKER THAN YOUR SOUL
Solid medium-bodied stout offers black chocolate fudging, light-roast coffee richness, mild molasses sap and latent cola-walnut tones to toasted barley-flaked spine. Below the cocoa-dried dark chocolate surface, de-husked malts add dewy peat earthiness to neutralize mild tar-like bittering.
CZIG MEISTER TIRAMISU MILK PORTER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, soft-toned nitro version of tiramisu-styled ‘milk porter’ offers creamy éclair sweetness to milky chocolate mousse sedation, mild vanilla resonance and distant stone fruiting.
RIVER HORSE CHOCOLATE PORTER
Perfect chocolate milkshake re-creation brings creamy brown chocolate overtones to its dirty earthen base as mild vanilla-toffee sweetness contrasts light cocoa-beaned coffee bittering in the backdrop.
CARTON PEACH SWISHER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, fabulous brown-bodied peach version of liquefied swisher cigar drapes dried peach puree syruping atop dank blunt-like cannabis acridity, oats-smoked pale wheat malts and crisp charcoal-fired tobacco roast. Peach blunt likeness picks up subdued black grape, walnut and black chocolate undertones as well.
BRIX CITY / POOR HENRY’S LYCHEE BOOM BOOM WILD ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, splendid collaborative effort between Little Ferry brewer and Poor Henry zymurgist, Jesse, is a hazily beige-yellowed brettanomyces-soured wild ale utilizing floral-spiced lychee and vanilla beans to secure its dry-hopped (Citra-Galaxy) base. Alongside mildly acidic lychee adjunct, subtle unripe strawberry, passionfruit and yellow grapefruit illusions pick up herbal fennel, rosemary and thyme seasoning at crisp, clean sour-candied finish.
BRIX CITY CUVEE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, vibrant limited edition cuvee blends three vintage ales with wild yeast for tannic wine-soured champagne appeal, lightly vinous white grape tartness and tidy green apple pucker.
SLOOP SANGRIA RED
On tap at Growler & Gill, busy lactobacillus-cultured sour ale brings tart Malbec grape juicing as well as mild blood orange, peach, raspberry and cranberry adjuncts to salty Berliner Weisse base. Sparkling-wined green grape tannins add further vinous sourness to the Sangria finish.
OSKAR BLUES OLD JUICY BASTARD
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, ‘hoppier’ amber-hued Americanized barleywine allows sharp India Pale Ale fruiting to infiltrate barleywine-ish dewy malt sweetness and chewy caramel backbone while minor alcohol bite ascends at the dry-hopped grapefruit-peach-tangerine finish.
OSKAR BLUES THE G’RAUCH IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, well-done rauchbier/ IPA hybrid (in collaboration with local Colorado brewers, Ska) brings smoky campfire, beechwood and mesquite tones to crisply clean citrus fruiting. Barley-smoked cured meat pleasantry keeps rauchbier likeness lingering longer and stronger than casual orange, grapefruit, peach and apricot illusions.
THREE 3’S WHEATEZE IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, pleasant citrus-soured tartness gains earthen peat mossing and resinous pine oiling above dried wheat-oats spine. Astrignent phenols deepen its moderately bitter end.
SLOOP GREEN ISLANDS IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, easygoing India Pale Ale brings dank oats graining to tropical yellow grapefruit, navel orange and mandarin orange Crystal clean citrus mouthfeel contrasts musky pine hop astringency.
