On tap at River Of Beer, invigorating Belgian-styled pale ale brings brisk lemon-limed tropical fruiting to honeyed pale malts and moderate citric hop bittering, leaving strong ethyl alcohol astringency at the finish. Juicy mango, honeydew, melon, tangerine and lychee illusions sweetly brighten the zesty lemon overtures.
On tap at Amazing Grapes, busy oak-aged Belgian strong ale (7.8% ABV) humbly integrates rum-spiced oaken bourbon serenade with zesty orange juicing, creamy vanilla sugaring and sweet caramel malts. Molasses whiskey respite and wispy peach tones round out Creamsickle-like medium body.
On tap at Ambulance, elegant 2016 medium body (with well hidden 10.9% ABV) offers toffee-spiced caramel sugaring and brown chocolate sweetness to molasses-draped dried fruiting. Sugarplum, cherry, fig, raisin and tannic grape illusions pick up light bourbon tinge at buttery finish.
On tap at Ambulance, heady amber-hazed springtime medium body (with well hidden 8% ABV) brings lemony orange peel briskness to floral dry-hopped spicing, honeyed caramel sweetness and cracker-like pilsner malting. Subtle Chardonnay, lemon meringue, banana and apple undertones endear zesty citrus frontage.
On tap at Ambulance, summery soft-toned witbier “brewed with lemon and orange peel” retains tangy dry-hopped citric appeal above subtle sugar spicing and biscuit-y wheat-honeyed oats spine. Zesty grapefruit-orange-pineapple rasp brings sweet ‘n sour nuances to deepen up-front citric peel bittering.
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing orange blossom-honeyed saison (a collaboration between Florida’s Saint Somewhere and Texas-based Jester King) lets sour lemony grapefruit tartness override subtle floral perfumed hop bittering and dry straw-grained acridity. Wispy peppercorn pungency affects fading honeyed citrus finish.
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, perplexing oak chip-aged barleywine (circa 2016) stays stylishly moderate as oaken vanilla and honeyed pear adjuncts get lost among whiskeyed grain malting and blearily finishing 10.8% alcohol burn. In the distance, champagne grape, dried cherry and green apple tartness wavers.
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, lightly creamed dessert-like milk stout subtly soaked in amaretto oak chips places confectionery Marshmallow Fluff sugaring alongside cacao nibs-roasted dark chocolate fudging. Mild vanilla, cookie dough, espresso and coconut illusions add further sweetness to contrast moderate hop char.
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, fudgy molasses syruping drapes smoky grain-roasted black chocolate prominence, ancillary cocoa-dried coffee contingent and sweet vanilla inflections above nutty pumpernickel bittering. Soy-sauced black tea notions contrast dried-fruited black cherry, raisin and prune illusions beneath the surface.
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, ‘luscious’ English-styled old ale allows port-soaked oak chips to subtly affect caramel-toasted chocolate malting (of original Old Brown Dog Ale) and vanilla-spiced marzipan piquancy above mild earthen hop resin. Rum-spiced pecan, chestnut and butternut illusions gain syrupy brown-sugared molasses sweetness as well as flickering fig-date passivity.
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, affluent candi-sugared dark chocolate sweetness inundates plummy black cherry tang above oak-toasted pumpernickel base. Burnt caramel, toffee and coconut illusions contrast earthen barnyard-dried hop char.
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, thrillingly ‘harmonious’ 2016 Smuttynose/ Barcade collaboration arguably the best saison ever devised. Luscious candi-sugared vanilla bean sweetness uploaded alongside tingly cinnamon spicing and wispy Italian plum adjunct provides beautiful contrast to stylish citric tartness. Tangy grapefruit, orange and tangerine briskness outdo lemon meringue and lime sorbet tartness above crystalline water base.
