On tap at Taphouse 15, easygoing golden-hazed moderation commemorates Wisconsin’s 25 years of craft brewing circa 2023. “Ultra drinkable” fizzy watered spritzer with only a touch of lacquered green mango tartness influencing washed out white wheat base as distant guava, passionfruit and passionfruit tropicalia drifts off.
On tap at Ambulance, fulsome bourbon barrel aged stout blends brown chocolate sweetness with less prominent peanut buttering for Reese’s candy bar knockoff. Creamy chocolate resilience gains dry bourbon and sweet whiskey tones, picking up mild black peppering. There’s even a slight chocolate chip cookie nip.
On tap at Taphouse 15, rye barrel aged stout lets lightly creamed vanilla overlay sweet chocolate sugaring. On the spirits side, dry vermouth, Manhattan cocktail and rye whiskey tones settle in across confectionery creme brulee, toasted marshmallow and bourbon chocolate sweetness.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, spritzy lemon-candied orange soda sugaring picks up wafting floral bouquet as mild hop astringency settles above honeyed red wheat malting for traditional cream ale labeled a blonde.
On tap at Growler & Gill, creamily rich bourbon-aged lactose stout places bittersweet cocoa nibs and toasted coconut above honeyed Graham Cracker base. Fudged brownie sweetness, pecan pie buttering and chewy toffee glaze inundate bourbon vanilla-spiced chocolate caking.
On tap at Ambulance, nitrogenated cask ale version of Mudpuppy places pleasant cocoa fudging slightly above sour dried fruiting, burnt coffee tones, macadamia nuttiness and wet tobacco.
On tap at Ambulance, sea-salted coriander spicing seeps thru tart yellow grapefruit juicing and Margarita-like orange liming. A briny citrus-doused summertime moderation.
Mildly oak-aged stout retains caramelized chocolate spicing and subtle molasses-licked dark cocoa, medium-roast coffee, creamed vanilla and salted peanut illusions but thin body and finishing astringency preclude greatness.
On tap at Draught Industries, lusciously creamed confectionary stout delivers buttercream vanilla-frosted Dunkaroos cookie sweetness to honeyed Graham Cracker base in heavy lactose setting. Distant toasted coconut, molasses cake, marshmallow, toffee and brown chocolate illusions complete sugary dessert splendor.
On tap at Ambulance, sweet-breaded caramel malting gains lightly spiced dried fruiting and mild chestnut respite over cardboard-bound buttered biscuit base of moderate-bodied marzen.
On tap at Ambulance, luxurious rum barrel-aged coconut toasting enhanced mightily by brown chocolate-sweetened bourbon vanilla richness. Ample rum-soaked coconut adjunct never retreats against resilient chocolate-vanilla stead, gaining gooey anise spicing and black cherry-bruised tartness for further lusciousness. Rich dessert perfection!
On tap at Amsterdam Ale House, persistent dark-roasted black chocolate bittering and mild nutty hop char meet smoked molasses sweetness above soily earthiness. Dried cocoa bean, seared walnut, burnt toast and brown-sugared oats secure mildly creamed black-malted mocha rampage.
