SAMUEL SMITH ORGANIC CHOCOLATE STOUT

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Luxuriously sweet dessert beer perfect for chocolate lovers everywhere. Fudgy maple-sugared creaminess prevails over smooth well-watered medium body to its chewy caramel nougat center. Along the way, cocoa-buttered brown chocolate, creme brulee, coconut, toffee, Kahlua, vanilla, chocolate bourbon truffle, chocolate rum cake, chocolate liqueur and marshmallow illusions contrast less prominent Baker’s chocolate and cacao nibs astringency. Raspberry-pureed cherry cordial nuances add further depth. Try in lieu of Milk Duds. Minor mocha dilution at busy finish not withstanding, this here’s one damn good sweet stout.

OMNIPOLLO LEON

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Interestingly fulsome Belgian pale ale brings bulging white-wined champagne yeast to herbaceous white-peppered citrus luster. Floral lemon zest brightens orange-peeled ruby red grapefruit, yellow grape and pineapple fruiting above sugary crystal-malted baguette bottom. Pungent barnyard-wafted Belgian yeast funk picks up salty mineral-grained earthiness and light chamomile tea nuance. Sour lemon-candied finish latently puckers crisp amber-hazed medium body.

HARPOON UFO PUMPKIN ALE

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Lively, crisp, easygoing Halloween treat brings luxurious pumpkin pie spicing to mild honeyed barley backbone. Cinnamon-toasted gingerbread, nutmeg, coriander and allspice decorate sweet-seasoned medium-bodied fare. Vanilla, sassafras and sugared yam illusions make cameos. On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, 2016 draught version’s pumpkin puree-spiced gingerbread sweetness increased by a hair.

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FOOLPROOF REVERY RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT

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Smooth and mildly creamed cocoa-headed mahogany body may lack richness of bolder competition, but not by much. Typical Imperial Stout template unfolds as oats-flaked dark chocolate malting and descending coffee bean bittering welcome softer stylistic sentiment. Mild anise influence dries out to ancillary Blackstrap molasses and Baker’s chocolate riffs. On tap at Doherty’s, smoked chocolate overtones pick up creme brulee, espresso and anise illusions as well as ephemeral black cherry wisps.

JUST BEER LIZZIE’S FAMOUS 81 WHACKS RED IPA

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Pleasant amber-reddish IPA takes the softer approach. Well-balanced medium body combines nutty pine comb resonance with molasses-breaded sugaring and moderated dried fruiting (scoffing typical stylistic citric pining). Bitter earthen hop graining lightened by delicate water base. Pecan, hazelnut and butternut illusions make deeper impression than tertiary black cherry, fig, raisin and prune reminders.   

JUST BEER CRAISON

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Summery dry-bodied moderation (a.k.a. la saison de pete) forsakes typical stylistic saison tartness for thinner lemony herbal frontage and wispier grapefruit-peeled bittering. Musty grape-skinned clementine, tangerine, navel orange and marmalade souring turns a tad acrid. Mild grassy hops dessicate frail white-breaded spine and local cranberry influence gets hidden beneath slushy citric swerve.
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(JUST BEER) MOBY D ALE

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Underdeveloped pale ale/ IPA hybrid remains thin, nebulously plying pallid dry-hopped grapefruit rind bittering to soured fig and muted mocha nonchalance (while shunning contrasted piney red and orange fruit expectancy). At the thin finish, raw molasses seeps into earthen mineral graining, ashen maple-mahogany astringency and mild tealeaf crisping. Not far removed from a watery, washed-out Extra Special Bitter. 

SWEETWATER LOWRYEDER RYE IPA

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Spirited rye-malted IPA just a touch bitterer than brewers’ 420 Extra Pale. Bright red, yellow and orange fruits coat the sharp spice-hopped earthen wood finish. Pink and ruby red grapefruit tartness juices up tangy apricot, tangerine, pineapple and pear fare over toasted rye malts. Floral aspect lurks beneath stone, tropical and citric fruiting.

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