On tap at Plank Pizza, dank pine lacquers “white grape musk,” effervescent lemony grapefruit rind bittering and tropical gooseberry-guava-passionfruit-mango swarm.
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BRIX CITY CENTER STAGE CITRA HAZY IPA
Sunny lemon zesting, mellow yellow grapefruit vibrancy and sweet orange peel tang merge for resilient Citra-hopped NEIPA. Tropical fruited brightness picks up light herbal spicing and latent lemon seeded bittering above French breaded wheated oats base.
BRIX CITY SILK CITY (2025) BARREL-AGED AOMAS
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, luxuriously bold barrel-aged pastry stout (10.5% ABV) features Smith Bowman Distillery bourbon. Loading lovely bourbon vanilla sugaring upon fudgy dark chocolate and coconut-toasted caramel salting, its oncoming black cherry, sweet burgundy and dry sherry illusions deliver plush spirited goodness, but its honeyed Graham Cracker base may be a tad askew (or simply too much) flavor-wise.
BRIX CITY VIET NOM NOM NOM
On tap at River Of Beer, luscious bourbon-aged lactose stout infused with dark-roast Vietnamese coffee and given fudgy milk chocolatey syruping plus sweet vanilla splurge picks up mild espresso, toffee and burnt caramel illusions, finishing with Hershey’s Chocolate Kiss nicety. In all, a Vietnamese iced coffee-inspired Imperial Milk Porter given slight bourbon edge for cocoa-nibbed vanilla adjuncts. Recommended nightcap.
BRIX CITY SILK CITY BANANA SPLIT
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent 2024 Silk City pastry dessert variant (10.5% ABV) soaked in Smith Bowman bourbon barrels then given rich cocoa nibs, modest vanilla bean and wild Thai banana adjuncts retains bourbonized mocha sweetness at bold finish. Chocolate pudding skin tops creamy vanilla-sugared banana richness contrasted ever so slightly by hop-charred coffee roast.
BRIX CITY CIAO BELLA PILSNER
On tap at Pompton Craft House, dry-hopped Italian-inspired pils stays soft and mild as delicately spiced lemony hop spot and floral spiced bouquet gather alongside daintily caramelized pale malting and crusty French breading.
BRIX CITY SNAZZY AFFAIR 8TH ANNIVERSARY STOUT
Aged in Smith Bowman whiskey barrels, upfront peanut butter creaming sops up sweet bourbon vanilla richness and cacao-nibbed cinnamon spicing of luxurious 8th anniversary stout. Inspired by cinnamon peanut butter blossoms, fudgy mocha nuttiness gains sugar cookie, Nutter Butter cookie, Devils Food Cake and vanilla birthday cake illusions as well as bold burgundy-brandy wining and slight cherry jam, blackberry and red grape nips. A decadent whiskey-aged dessert nightcap.
BRIX CITY HANSEATIC MERCHANTS DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Pompton Craft House, wintry New England-styled IPA allows minty spruce tips to bring wintergreen Christmastime freshening to lemon-oiled juniper licks, juicy pineapple tanginess, orange-peeled grapefruit bittering and lavender cologne musk in quirkily unique mix.
BRIX CITY FIT FOR A QUEEN
Conditioned on blueberry puree with moderate lactic acidity, double dry-hopped (Mosaic-El Dorado) Imperial IPA stays tart as candied glaze usurps gin-soaked blueberry frontage as well as tertiary cranberry, boysenberry and crabapple scrum, leaving cinnamon-spiced Graham Cracker base a tad compromised. In deep recess, floral lei and rose pedal nuances wade thru waxy fruited lacquering.
BRIX CITY WATERBURY JAMS DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, vibrant juicy fruited collab with Vermont’s Prohibition Pig. Expansive flavor profile merges orange peel-sweetened tangelo, tangerine and white grapefruit zesting, sour white grape tannins, pineapple tanginess and mango tartness while lightly creamed vanilla froth contrasts mild salted herbage.
BRIX CITY SILK CITY FAT ELVIS IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN BOURBON
On tap at Taphouse 15, well-integrated peanut buttered banana and vanilla richness given Smith Bowman bourbon bite to spike Elvis’ favorite pb&b sandwich. Peanut buttered banana continuance gains dark chocolate bittering that contrasts toasted marshmallow sweetness.
BRIX CITY SILK CITY PEANUT BUTTER CUP IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN BOURBON (2022)
On tap at Taphouse 15, profusely creamed peanut buttering gains marshmallow-fluffed vanilla sweetness and cocoa nibs bittering for sturdy bourbon-aged stout. Mild hop-charred nuttiness seeps inside acute peanut buttered dark chocolate amplitude above floured Graham Cracker base.
