Brewer’s initial offering re-creates traditional Irish red ale with peated whiskey easement leading to honeyed tea resonance. Nominal cardboard-like sugar glass sweetness contrasts dry Scotch malts, calm hop astringency and light citric tease.
Brewer’s initial offering re-creates traditional Irish red ale with peated whiskey easement leading to honeyed tea resonance. Nominal cardboard-like sugar glass sweetness contrasts dry Scotch malts, calm hop astringency and light citric tease.
Feisty copper-glazed pale ale, nearly as rich as its viscous hue, indirectly approximates an Irish ale with dewy peat malts spread across light pumpernickel rye breading and resinous piney hops. Fig-dried grape souring and dessicated grapefruit bittering coat the earthen bottom.
Lighter, less complex and more approachable than brewers’ Pale Ale. Mild green hop bittering politely embitters nebulous citric splash to frail white breaded backdrop. Fresh-cut grass waft seeps into delicate floral background.
On tap at Shoreline Beverage, well-integrated Long Island nanobrewery’s curious hybrid will please its cold-weathered Anglo base. Dirty earthen peat graining provides Extra Special Bitter coating for wintry cinnamon-gingerbread spicing. Fig-sugared chocolate and cocoa malting underscores nickel-coppered medium body. Vegetal tinge hidden beneath.
On tap at Shoreline Beverage, robust mocha dessert beer recalls chocolate chip cookie or Sugar Daddy candy bar on the sweet side. Black chocolate-malted cacao nibs influence enhanced by vanilla bean, molasses, toffee and jellybean illusions. Ashen hop astringency and tobacco chaw acridity embitter wavered smoked bourbon recess to milked coffee backend.
Voluminous bourbon-barreled Imperial Stout (circa 2013) gains warmth for soothing nightcap. Smoked bourbon saturates black coffee overtones and dark-roasted chocolate malting. Candied Jack Daniels whiskey sweetness picks up steam thereafter as lovely espresso, molasses, vanilla, anise and gingerbread undertones contrast hop-charred wood burn.
On tap at Shoreline Beverage, piney IPA-defined grapefruit peel bittering heightened by tea-bagged Extra Special Bitter-like peated rye malting. Dried orange musk spreads across sugary pineapple, peach and mango sweetness, settling beside mildly astringent herbal-hopped citric pining above toasted barley base.
Absolutely approachable moderate-bodied IPA will gain acceptance from lighter thirsts and jaded hopheads alike. Sunny lemon-seeded tartness picks up mild grapefruit bittering and resinous piney dankness. Tertiary peach, mango and pineapple fruiting sweetens the backend. Light rye breading provides soft bed.
Well-rounded oak-barreled Flanders Red Ale layers Spanish Madeira-like wining atop sour raspberry vinaigrette, bubbly champagne, green grape, Granny Smith apple and wild berry illusions. Residual-sugared oaken cherry niche heightens residual sweet ‘n sour grape-juiced cider nuances.
Serendipitous oak-barreled amber ale with rusty nickel hue spreads syrupy Grand Marnier orange liqueur warmth and medicinal whiskey-daubed Cognac likeness over caramel-malted butterscotch bottom. Chardonnay-buttered brandy, bourbon, port and plum wine notes crowd rotted blood orange, tangerine, peach and cherry souring at the midst. White grape, green raisin and moldy fig tartness flutters through tertiary honeyed herbal notions.
Uniquely rigorous hybrid balances peat-smoked German rauchbier grit with mild Russian Imperial Stout mocha sedation. Beechwood-smoked campfire setting picks up stylistic Band-aid astringency for ascending dark chocolate malting and mild coffee roast. Cured meat leathering gains prominence over fudgy molasses midst. Tertiary creme brulee, honeyed whiskey, black cherry, roasted tobacco and maple-sapped bacon illusions scamper by.
Dramatic ink black-hued full body brings busily creamy chocolate-covered blueberry dessert profile to the fore. Dark-roasted chocolate richness and nutty coffee roast pick up wood-burnt Blackstrap molasses thickness. Smoked bourbon, dry burgundy and pinot noir wining glaze the mocha finish. An amazing plethora of robust flavors get pushed forward without getting mushy.