On tap at Plank Pizza, soft-toned NEIPA flagship brings salted guava, pineapple and green mango tropicalia plus subtle white grapefruit, melon rind and gooseberry bittering to the fore over white wheated oats creaming. Slight vodka tinge underlies fruity cornucopia.
On tap at Taphouse 15, pastry-like stout replicates German chocolate cupcake dessert with its milk-sugared coconut, cacao nibs and Vanuata vanilla adjuncts gaining chewy marshmallow, coconut macaroon, frosted vanilla and chocolate truffle snips.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, effervescent ‘hoppy’ pale ale (with hazy yellow hue) allows lightly embittered yellow grapefruit-peeled orange rind tang, candied lemon liming and floral passionfruit-guava tartness to receive slight herbal spicing contrasting mild grassy astringency. For lighter pale ailed IPA thirsts.
On tap at Taphouse 15, cold-brewed coffee drapes coconut-toasted brown chocolate sweetness (reminiscent of a confectionery Mounds Bar). Nifty cream-sugared java, honeyed Graham Cracker, cappuccino, hazelnut coffee and maple molasses illusions further enrich lusciously rich variant.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, lime-salted passionfruit, mango and guava tartness and tangy pineapple candied glaze pick up zesty lemon spritz outdone by sharply mouth-puckering concentrated orange juicing. Fruitful Berliner Weisse variant never too acidic and right on target.
On tap at Taphouse 15, fine 8% ABV Imperial IPA with murky straw yellow glow lets waxy tropical fruiting and light floral spicing ride atop oated wheat creaming. Sedate lemon-peeled white grapefruit and orange pith bittering greets salty pineapple-mango-guava souring of Nelson Sauvin-hopped moderation
On tap at Pompton Craft House, stimulating double dry-hopped IPA loads advertised ‘orange sherbet, Meyer lemon and peach’ fruitiness, waxy guava-gooseberry tartness and salted lime bittering atop lightly creamed oats. Zesty tropical fruiting receives mildest recessive pine licks.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, soft-toned Double dry-hopped NEIPA remains dry as lemon-puckered yellow grapefruit bittering contrasts peachy mango sweetness. Dank earthen pine tones gain dewy mossing while dextrin white wheat adds slight viscosity.
On tap at Ambulance, unconventional New England-styled pale ale undercuts its salty guava-gooseberry souring, tangy orange-juiced pineapple zing and mild yellow grapefruit bittering with arid spelt-starched wheat dextrin. Musky herbal tinge slides thru musty sourly fruited finish.
On tap at Growler & Gill, busy NEIPA collab with California’s Monkish Brewing utilizes subtle Muscat grape-juiced Chardonnay wining to integrate with waxy tropical fruiting and glassy juniper-licked vodka smoothness. Yellow grapefruit, navel orange, pineapple and mango tang overrides dank pine resin and lemondrop tartness above creamy oats-flaked wheat base – dusting the Muscat grape influence.
On tap at Growler & Gill, white winey Nelson Sauvin hops redirect wavering kolsch variant as green grape, gooseberry and guava tartness upends moderate lemon pith bittering, herbal white peppering and mild green tea sneak. Mineral grained pilsner malts and dry rye breading placate dextrin starching. Offbeat.
On tap at Ambulance, admirable NEIPA collab with Albany’s Fidens bursts forth with plentiful fruited luster. Creamy vanilla sweetness absorbs ambrosial orange-peeled yellow grapefruit zesting, sour gooseberry-guava tartness, peach marmalade tang, salted pineapple-mango zing, lemon meringue piquancy and swift nectarine nip above dextrose wheated oats. Desirable fruit salad alternative hides dank pine resin below surface. Highly recommended.
