On tap at Growler & Gill, breathtakingly soft-toned auxiliarized stout retains heavenly mocha dessert sweetness. Aged on toasted coconut, roasted almond and vanilla beans, its bourbon-licked brown chocolate uplift provides seductive climax. Fudge brownie, chocolate cake, caramel nougat, marzipan, sugared hazelnut, praline and almond biscotti illusions deepen rich profile.
On tap at Ambulance, Award-winning homebrewer Chris Banker and Tijuana’s Insurgente Brewery got together with San Diego’s Stone to develop this fascinating hybridized stout. Up-front, Mexican black chocolate sweetens dark-fruited assurance, mild chili peppered burn, delightful cinnamon-nutmeg spicing and wavering coffee roast. Black cherry, black grape and sugared fig illusions settle below the surface. Cookie dough yeast enriches smoky cocoa-dried chocolate finish of complex dessert treat.
On tap at Ambulance, exhiliratingly unconventional collaboration with North Carolina’s Wicked Weed and Oregon’s Ecliptic successfully blends barrel aged Belgian tripel with red-wined tequila twist for daring IPA. Brisk pineapple, peach, grapefruit, mango, melon, lemon and pear fruiting contrasts subtle piney hop resin and light vodka-like alcohol astringency. Lively citrus finish fortified by agave nectar influence.
On tap at Ambulance, bright yellow grapefruit tang and brisk pineapple-orange follow-up deepened by resilient citric-pined Cascade hop astringency. Juicy lemon nuances, polite floral wisps and key lime pie illusions come and go. In bottled version, lingering lemon seed bitterness contrasts sweet orange-peeled grapefruit and pineapple tang while mild alcohol astringency stays distant.
On tap at Ambulance, dry citric-embittered saison branches into lightly acidic sour ale styling with its proprietary farmhouse yeast imparting a musty hay-like earthiness upon naturally carbonated calcified limestone minerality and fresh well water crisping. Lemon zest brightens underlying green apple, white peach and lime tartness.
On tap at Growler & Gill, ‘reincarnated’ dry-hopped 2015 saison stays lightly tart as sour lemon-pitted musk and musty brettanomyces-influenced barnyard leathering outdo herbal tropicalia. Delicate grapefruit rind, orange zest and green grape influx picks up faded lemongrass, chamomile and peppercorn whims. Distant pineapple, mango, passionfruit, kumquat and lime illusions flutter softly.
On tap at Ambulance, polite light-bodied Belgian wit collaboration with Allagash and Bluejacket blends stylish citric-spiced hop briskness with tempered pink peppercorn bittering and wispy brettanomyces musk to its soft straw wheat spine. Lemony yellow grapefruit, mandarin orange and blood orange illusions complemented by fragrant orange blossom perfuming.
On tap at Ambulance, tremendous fruit-spiced Belgian strong ale provides brown-sugared prune, raisin, fig and black cherry luster as well as banana-bruised clove, nutmeg and cinnamon spicing to milky chocolate-caramel creaming. Spritzy carbolic thrust enlivens flavor profile, allowing tertiary port-wined purple grape tannins, rummy fruitcake sweetness and light vanilla nuances to elevate the dried fruit splendor of reliable medium-bodied sureshot.
Peculiar straw-paled medium body showcases lacquered cantaloupe sugaring, delicate Belgian yeast spicing and light pilsner-rye malts, but rubbing alcohol whir deadens impact. Overripe peach, banana, nectarine and honeydew illusions contrast mild lemon peel bittering. Cloying cantaloupe adjunct fades as mellow yellow grapefruit tartness, salt-watered lemon rind souring and wispy berry whims gather alongside musty farmhouse-dried grassy hop rusticity. In recess, honeysuckle florality and botanical herbs battle back waxy crayon respite.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, spunky dark wheat ale brings smoky black patent malting to burnt rye toasting, nutty pumpernickel breading and day-old coffee remnant. Soft-watered mineral graining contrasts lightly pungent hop char in the backdrop. Serve to robust porter-stout imbibers.
On tap at Mahwah Bar & Grill, soothingly smooth summertime saison retains moderate-bodied hazy yellowed hue. Mellow lemon-soured yellow grapefruit zest and delicate mandarin orange wisp pick up lightly spiced white peppering. But weak white wheat backbone and stylistic desiccated farmhouse rusticity barely register.
On tap at Mahwah Bar & Grill, approachable moderate-to-medium-bodied India Pale Ale will please lighter thirsts with its amiable grapefruit-orange-pineapple fruiting, light pine influence and silken sugar malt creaming. Muted floral herbage masked at juicy citric-hopped finish. On tap at Plank Pizza, floral-wafted pineapple and yellow grapefruit tang picks up plum-sugared mango, peach, papaya and melon sweetness as well as herbal tea snip. In canned version, brisk clean-watered IPA surges forth with tangy orange-peeled yellow grapefruit juicing, picking up pineapple, mango and peach illusions over lightly creamed pale malt sugaring.
