On tap at Rattle N Hum, brash hop-forward update of Singlecut Billy Half-Stack loads lemon-seeded orange peel bittering atop mild pine-spruced lacquer and brusque acetone solvency. Floral peach-tangerine tang brightens the corners and sugary crystal-caramel malts sweeten the backend. Another briskly sharp hop-head fave.
On tap at Rattle N Hum, intense tan-headed mahogany-bodied hybrid relies much more heavily on rich coffee-beaned dark chocolate roast than contrasting pale ale fruiting. Creamy cocoa-dried chocolate and vanilla malting finally allows serene orange-grapefruit bittering and modest guava-mango combo to flourish towards the nutty mocha finish. Not far removed from an Imperial Stout.
Despite Imperial tag and boastful “double the malts and hops” of Big Daddy IPA, sweet fruit-spiced overtones outweigh stylistic hop-forward grapefruit peel bittering for better approachability. Candied apple, honey nut and marzipan spread across the fruited plain, picking up tangy melon, peach, orange and tangerine juicing. Heightened 8.5% alcohol volume never gets above the sensational fruit-juiced flavor profile.
Stylistically soft-toned and sweeter, relying just as much on sugary caramel malting as piney citric bittering. Grapefruit-peeled navel orange, peach, melon, mango, cherry and apricot tones rise above the fresh-cut grass stash. Resinous wood-lacquered florality polishes the receding finish.
Tranquilizing sweet stout made with ‘real espresso verdi’ perfectly re-creates silken cappuccino-milked macchiato with its compact sweet n’ sour java theme. Maple-sapped molasses creaming, sharp blackened hop char, light cola-walnut conflux and dry bourbon sedation induce ethereal coffee-roasted pleasantry. Lactic-sugared latte finish freshened by smoothest mineral water soothe.
On tap at Nanuet Mall’s Yard House, wayward medium-full body scatters prevalent citric overtones above sharp wood-hopped cannibis pining and farmhouse-derived Chambly Belgian yeast funk, but oily fusel astringency ruins upward momentum. Tangy orange-peeled ruby red grapefruit spritz as well as navel orange, orange pekoe tea, blood orange, mandarin orange and tangerine tartness get spread atop mild melon-rotted vanilla creaming. In the bottle, candi-sugared sweetness infiltrates grapefruit-tangerine-peach tang that contrasts black-peppered hop bittering effectively before alcohol astringency increases.
Nearly perfect pumpkin-spiced medium body (circa 2012) maintains crisp composure and nifty pumpkin-spiced sparkle. Advertised cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom and clove elegantly season rum-spiced caramel malt creaming. Sugary dried-fruited fig, raisin, plum and black cherry undertones soften beneath cinnamon-toasted pumpkin pie theme. Fizzy carbolic briskness adds crystalline sparkle.
Deliriously indistinct, yet strangely approachable, copper-hazed strong ale (with 6.8% alcohol volume) brings creamy caramelized brown chocolate entry to metallic Scotch Ale-like whiskeyed orange midst, oaken cherry pucker and mild dark-fruited spicing. Brown-sugared butterscotch, toffee and vanilla undertones coerce tertiary baked apple, brown pear, sugared fig, white peach, green grape and rhubarb pie illusions as well as pithy cola-hazelnut-chestnut niche to its hard-candied center.
