TWISTED PINE RASPBERRY WHEAT
Washed-out fruit ale retains reserved raspberry tartness over sedate honeyed wheat backbone. Soapy carbolic fizz drenches ancillary lemon-soured Jolly Rancher nuances of watermelon, cherry and green apple.
DEVILS BACKBONE EIGHT POINT INDIA PALE ALE
Straightahead medium-bodied IPA brings mid-range piney fruiting to spice-hopped florality and resinous mineral-grained earthiness. Hop-forward grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering picks up zesty lemon tartness as well as cotton-candied pineapple, peach, cantaloupe, melon and pear sweetness. Delicately pine-tarred hemp, pine nut and walnut undertones help brisk citric spritz contrast crystal malt sugaring. Never too brash for softer tastes.
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE SCOTCHTOWN SCOTCH ALE
Vague Scottish-styled medium body brings nebulous earthen grained dewiness to mild Scotch-dried caramel toasting and earthen smoked malts. Ancillary fig-sugared maple nuttiness fades into the metallic-tinged ether.
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE MAIN ST. VIRGINIA ALE
Traditional all-grain brewing technique used to create uncertain amber-toned German altbier. Dewy English Bitter-styled earthen mustiness and mild tea-like acridity override vinous Kolsch-like grape souring to frail caramel-toasted rye malt spine. Spicy citric sweetness barely registers.
TWO ROADS WORKER’S COMP SAISON
Reliable farmhouse ale for sessionable imbibing. Sweet candi-sugared Belgian yeast gains tangy tropical-fruited spicing above herbal-hopped flaked rye, dried oats and straw wheat. White-peppered pineapple, banana, mango, peach and passion fruit illusions increase intensity.
TWO ROADS OL’ FACTORY PILS
Musky German-styled pilsner loads astingent dry-hopped bittering atop pungent grain-husked earthiness and brisk lemon tartness for robust quencher. Sturdy toasted rye backbone picks up resinous hardwood grit and wispy perfumed snip. Serve to Czech lager lovers as nifty bohemian alternative.
(CLIPPER CITY) HEAVY SEAS CUTLASS AMBER LAGER
Complacent moderation (formerly Heavy Seas Marzen) lacks focus and gets washed-out. Buttered biscuit-like Vienna malting, phenol-spiced lemony orange nip and toasted white bread spine stay thin. Cardboard-y caramelization needs sugary boost.
GREEN FLASH EAST VILLAGE PILSNER
Sessionable Czech pils (a.k.a. Fizzy Yellow Beer) offers gruff mineral graining and raw-honeyed wheat husk to lemony wood-dried Saaz hops. Skunked yeast bittering scours rustic straw-hay-barnyard parch as herbal nuances wisp by the mild biscuit-y spine.
STONE ENJOY BY 04.01.13 IPA
CHELSEA BOURBON BARREL BLACKHOLE STOUT
On tap at Pony Bar, vigorous bourbon-aged stout carries forth with luscious oats-charred coffee bean bittering contrasting buttery oaken vanilla serenity and chewy black chocolate creaming. Toffee, coconut and hazelnut illusions seep inside the caressive mocha blend. Black cherry hints waver below the dry bourbon wining.
GOOSE ISLAND NAUGHTY GOOSE AMERICAN BROWN ALE
Distinguished English Brown Ale knockoff retains rich molasses-sugared creaminess and milky brown chocolate sweetness, contrasting the ashen oats-charred nut roast to its caramel nougat center. Peated rye malting deepens hazelnut coffee nuances as well as tertiary pecan, almond and peanut clusters. Chewy dark chocolate toffee reminder enhances nutty mocha finish.