Profound full body brewed with resilient espresso beans (from Toledo’s Flying Rhino coffee grinders) loads lactose-sugared coffee roast atop thickly creamed milk chocolate sweetness and oats-sugared molasses sapping. Major vanilla upheaval halfway thru further sweetens chocolate-caramel malting. Dark spiced rum, rum raisin, black cherry and red cherry puree illusions intensify the busy backend of marvelous breakfast treat.
Floral-spiced citrus overtones from Amarillo hops ride above sugary cookie dough malts. Sweet orange peel zest overtakes ripe red plum, peach, grapefruit and berry illusions as well as tertiary pineapple, mango and melon tropicalia. Dank hop resin brings mildly alcohol-burnt ashen astringency to the fruitful finish.
Mild tropical fruited IPA regales Ruby Red and yellow grapefruit rind bittering with soily grassy-hopped pungency to contrast sugary crystal malting. Floral-daubed pineapple, mango, tangerine, guava and kiwi tang provides tropical fruitcake finish, gaining resonant lemony grapefruit respite during the elongated aftertaste.
Leaning more towards the moderate side, well-balanced India Pale Ale evenly blends sweet tropical fruiting, stylish citric hop bittering and caramel-toasted cookie dough malting. Sugar-spiced pineapple, red grape, tangerine, mango and peach tang contrasts grapefruit-peeled orange rind bitterness and reddy hop wood tones.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, creamy Belgian chocolate-spiced raspberry fruiting will charm sweet-toothed dessert lovers. Like a chocolate-dipped raspberry tart or chocolate raspberry truffle, its temptingly rich decadence proves addicting. Chewy cocoa-fudged raspberry puree entry picks up molasses cookie sugaring, nutty coffee splurge and dried fruited respite. Distant blackberry and black cherry undertones as well as casual cola, hazelnut and pecan nuances fluctuate beneath dark-roasted mocha malting. Bottled version: bittersweet raspberry-pureed Godiva chocolate likeness fortified by blueberry compote, bruised cherry and plum wine illusions.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, straight-ahead amber-hazed moderation brings lightly creamed caramel toasting and floral hop spicing to sharp red-orange fruiting. Pleasingly sugar-spiced peach, red apple, ruby red grapefruit, clementine and tangerine tang never relents.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, centrist American pale ale utilizes nationalistic Superman motif to describe sessionable lawnmower fare. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit bittering brings IPA appeal to sweet red cherry, mango, pineapple, melon, blood orange, mandarin orange, tangerine and passionfruit tang. Resinous grassy-hopped floral spicing and restrained pale malting pick up subdued raw wood tone beneath the fruited surface.
Nearly as powerful as its wild animal moniker, allowing pungent citrus piquancy, burnt rye breading and distant pumpernickel souring to contrast floral-honeyed tropicalia. Strong grapefruit-peeled pineapple bite emboldens the resinous hop bittering while less prominent navel orange, red grape, peach and tangerine tang sweetens the hibiscus tea-like backdrop of devasatingly robust India Pale Ale.
On tap at Craft House, distinctly wet-hopped British-styled India Pale Ale brings dewy minerality to reedy wood tones, dry-spiced fig and mild herbal nuances. But its meandering flavor profile lacks definition.
Marginal fruited lager suffers from washed-out blueberry tartness and dissipated blueberry waft as Seltzer-like carbolic fizz drowns out any pale malt influence. Bland hop phenols receive mildly acidic metallic astringency.
Refreshingly smooth white-peppered citrus hop pining, sweet orange peel briskness and saffron-spiced coriander sugaring set the mood. Lemon zest, mandarin orange, navel orange, mango, tangerine and peach illusions gain candied pineapple spree and delicate floral bouquet above mild biscuit backbone. Fresh-cut grass, reedy wood tones and herbal peppercorn respite provide contrasting dryness. Centrist-minded veteran brewers hit one right down the middle with one of the best springtime White IPA’s ever.
Laughing bear on label matches cheery experience quaffing amiable amber yellowed medium body (with billowing champagne-headed yeast sentiment). Initial citrus splurge picks up stylish banana-bubblegum-clove sweetness above caramelized wheat malts. Brisk carbolic thrust heightens lemony grapefruit tartness and sweet orange peel briskness at sugar-spiced fructose finish.
