On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent milk stout conditioned on coconut retains bittersweet wood-burnt dark cocoa prominence, lilting bourbon-burgundy conflux and creamy vanilla resilience that simply outdo any toasted coconut expectancy. Nevertheless, its rich cake-battered chocolate pudding fudging serenades the tongue, picking up tertiary toffee, caramel, hazelnut and buttered pecan sugaring.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, gingerbread-honeyed cinnamon and nutmeg seasoning plus brown-sugared vanilla creaming add serious autumnal sweetness to powder-sugared caramel glaze of extraordinary Pumking variant. Pumpkin pie spicing maintains alongside caramel candied confection, picking up slight cream soda, candied yam and nutmeg shortcake snips for extra sweet-toothed goodness.
On tap at Taphouse 15, sweet-tart peach, apricot and raspberry adjuncts pick up lemony sea-salted brining to contrast lactic vanilla-beaned marshmallow sugaring of frothily slushed smoothie.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, upfront sweet-tart strawberry influence seeps into Madagascar vanilla-beaned oated wheat creaming, gaining light milk-sugared marshmallow fluff. But its pureed strawberry adjunct falls off.
Spritzy pale yellowed moderation brings sweet coconut juicing to lemony pineapple zesting, mandarin orange caking and wispy guava-passionfruit souring as mild marshmallow creaming sweetens its finishing ginny vodka whir. A busy adjunct IPA with a chewy soft tone.
On tap at Hoover’s, classic lemon meringue dessert given soft-tongued marshmallow vanilla sweetness to combat mild limey souring. Tart lemon meringue piquancy rides above delicate Graham Cracker backbone. Some acidic lemon oiling rails against its sweet-tart essence.
Since 2018, well-known Polish brewer has made these blandly dry India Pale Ales. Wavering fruited spicing, shuttered piney bittering, gluey cardboard malts, spoiled herbage and minimal body put this closer to a boringly misguided pale ale.
OK flagship NEIPA with soft-toned grapefruit-peeled orange licks, peachy tangerine tang, mild piney bittering and dark floral dabs over lightly creamed crystal malting.
Soothingly easygoing maibock with subdued lemon-candied orange, tangerine and cherry tang plus mild herbal spicing reaching polite caramelized pale malt bottom.
On tap at Taphouse 15, sweet sticky apple juicing and bruised pear browning retain sugary splurge as candied peach-tangerine-orange snips plus light coriander spicing stay distant at cloyingly saccharine-licked apple and pear finish.
On tap at Taphouse 15, dewy pumpkin seeded salting meets mild autumn spicing for easygoing pumpkin ale. Pumpkin-skinned butternut squash sedation contrasts tingly clove-nutmeg-cinnamon spicing and dried orange residue.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, earthen pumpkin seeded salting drifts inside sweet crystal-malted pumpkin pie spicing and light vanilla creaming, leaving sharp cider residue on rangy autumnal moderation.
