Brisk, crisp, citric-dried hop stead certifies fizzy lemony orange candied spicing embedding gluey sugar-wafered white wheat base. Mild strawberry, pear and quince illusions flutter. Simple, soft-toned, golden-hued pleasure lighter IPA thirsts may enjoy.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, lively lemon musk spritzes across raw-grained pilsner malts and herbal hops, gaining slightest lemony grapefruit zing and mandarin orange swipe in the fizzy midst. Closer to a sunny yellow fruited blonde ale than a traditional helles lager.
Dewy mildewed earthiness clogs mild coffee patter, snug dark-roast hop bittering and feint nut char of middling dark lager.
Dry pale malted moderation lets dewy moss soak wispy lemon scurry, grassy hop astringency and mild black peppering.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, abstruse Italian-styled pale lager with exclamatory moniker, ‘snappy’ Noble hop bittering, particular chrysanthemum-marigold florality and mild herbal spunk backing lemony perfume-oiled navel orange essence.
REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE
Birthed in 2016 as a pilot brewing test station, REVELATION BREWING COMPANY soon operated as a bustling residential neighborhood pub in Rehoboth Beach – and since 2023, a production facility in Georgetown, Delaware (at the former 16 Mile brewery) opened about thirty miles away from this beach town watering hole.
For those “pouring and consuming” Revco beers onsite at the gray aluminum Rehoboth barn house, a casual pub atmosphere surrounds the cozy joint. Its snug concrete-floored main space features an L-shaped bar with twelve draught taps and two sidled TV’s. Interestingly, the bar top’s lacquered surface includes black and white photos of Delaware’s brewing history.
Just outside, aluminum-tabled wicker seats fill the tent area. Splendid homemade wood-fired pizzas went well with Rev’s highly sessionable suds.
Musky barnyard hay contrasted sweet corn sugaring and biscuity bottom of 1791 Pilsner, a polite light body with herbal Saaz hop sash.
Dry Mexican lager, Equilibrio, left spritzy lemon-limed fizz on tortilla-chipped corn malts, leaving a slight tequila hint on its easygoing profile.
Classic lime-juiced ginger beer, Sussex County Mule, a blonde ale based on a mule cocktail, gained tart orange spot and botanical chamomile snip.
Gluten-free Citra-Amarillo-hopped Truth In The Juice Hazy IPA merited stylish attention with its lemon-sugared tangerine tang and millet-grained biscuity rice base given slight marshmallow vanilla fluff.
Brisk grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering fronted dry Mother-In-Law IPA, a smooth medium body with grassy-hopped herbal pining and mild peach-mango-guava splash.
Dry-hopped Imperial IPA, Grateful Nation, serenaded orange-peeled grapefruit tanginess and zesty tangerine twist with lacquered pine atop sugary pale malts.
Bettering its nebulous dark lager-related stylish competition, Schwarzbier’s dewy mossing soaked dehusked dark malts, prune-stewed black cherry tartness, black-red licorice spicing and musty grape tannins.
Light-roast coffee oiling paraded sweet coconut toasting for Cocoa Nut Joe Porter, a peat-mossed, dark roast-hopped medium body with dried-fruited mocha java center gaining buttery chestnut-pecan conflux.
Soft-toned Irish nitro stout, Brother Phineas, combined chocolate wheat sweetness, light cocoa powdering and nutty coffee mildness.
On tap at Growlers To Go – Duck, coconut-toasted marshmallow adjunct pervades fudge-sauced Mud Pie richness, dark cocoa syruping and honeyed Graham Cracker base of decadent pastry dessert stout. Vanilla-frosted coconut macaroon midst gains wintry nutmeg-clove spicing. Bold confectionery nightcap.
On tap at Growlers To Go – Duck, richly creamed confectionery S’mores 10W-40 variant layers dark chocolate syrup atop marshmallow toasted Graham Cracker base, allowing sweet vanilla and cinnamon adjuncts to parade thru heavy mocha frontage.
Rich symphony of decadent dessert flavors gives bustling Imperial Stout its lovely nightcap warmth. Thickly fudged chocolate syrup receives Madagascar vanilla creaming coating caramel-salted toasted coconut adjunct. Gingerbread, Graham Cracker, Nutella hazelnut, Dutch chocolate and marshmallow illusions pervade the gooey mocha center alongside glazed pecan, spiced rum and burnt espresso snips.
On tap at Growlers To Go – Duck, silken smooth stout invites nutty dark chocolate and mild coffee roast to maple oats base. Dark-roast hops fortify mocha-chalked walnut, cola and Brazil nut jut.
On tap at Growlers To Go – Duck, nutty ‘High Octane’ cold-brewed coffee frontage retains rich mocha decadence. Below the java surface, rummy Kahlua sweetness contrasts oily dark-roast hop bittering.
On tap at Growlers To Go – Duck, offbeat Belgian strong ale defers caramelized pilsner malting for more pungently boozy (9.2% ABV) and fruitily phenolic profile. Spritzy IPA-like floral-perfumed lemony yellow grapefruit stead blocks sweet pear, apple and white grape illusions while distant peppery-hopped mustard seeding seems misplaced.
