On tap at Taphouse 15, slightly offbeat bourbon barreled curiosity provides toasted coconut, roasted pistachio and rosily floral pandan leaf adjuncts for whiskeyed chocolate-backed Graham Cracker base. “Luxuriant” full body’s hefty 13.5% ABV hidden nearly as well as fading pandan-leafed pistachio nuttiness while tertiary black cherry bruise, fried banana and vanilla wafer snips beckon.
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ITHACA VANILLA PORTER
On tap at Pompton Craft House, exacting earthen vanilla bean bittering sways to the dry side de-sweetening caramel-burnt dark chocolate musk, mild milked coffee tones and nutty remnant in a nitro-smooth setting.
MEIER’S CREEK CHOCCY MILK PORTER
On tap at Ambulance, chocolate bourbon vanilla porter dryer than expected as chocolatey vanilla sweetness and mild toffee sugaring absorbed by coffee-burnt soy milking.
VON TRAPP / TROEGS STOWE-STYLE DUNKELWEIZEN
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, Vermont maple syrup glazes cocoa-dried peat and mild vanilla splurge of easygoing Bavarian-style dark ale.
EVIL TWIN NYC DUKE MARLON QUADRUPEL IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, stickily sweet vodka-like alcohol esters (11.5% ABV) simmer into tropical fruited double dry-hopped ‘quad’ IPA (utilizing tropical Citra-Comet-Motueka variants), retaining sugary orange-peeled grapefruit swill and peachy guava-papaya tang above gluey oats-honeyed malts.
EVIL TWIN NYC WHAT’S THE TRIPLE IN THE IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, strong (9.6% ABV) double dry-hopped (Citra-Nelson) tropical fruiting stays sunshiny as lemony grapefruit, pineapple and orange peel tanginess and tart guava-gooseberry subtleties ride above rich marshmallow-daubed oated wheat creaming.
EVIL TWIN TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN NEW YORK CITY ARE JUST ROUGH GUIDELINES
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dry citric-oiled Riwaka hops imbue NEIPA as lightly salted grapefruit bittering, slightly sour passionfruit-guava twang and gentle pine sway contrast mildly cloy orange peeled tangerine tang atop gummy oated honey wheat gunk.
EVIL TWIN NYC PEACHES N’ CREAM
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, creamily milk-sugared vanilla sweetness soaks up puckering peach puree tartness, tangy white peach resilience and syrupy nectarine snip as mild lemony white grapefruit acidity politely scurries.
EVIL TWIN ORANGE SODA SOUR ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, perfectly designed orange soda knockoff retains syrupy corn-malted orange spritz and escapable tart limey grapefruit pucker over milk-sugared oated wheat creaming. Cloying pop novelty.
EVIL TWIN NYC A BLOOD ORANGE & A TANGERINE WALK INTO A BAR
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, tart blood orange and tangerine adjuncts given creamy milk-sugared vanilla marshmallow froth contrasting milder pine minting. Spritzy citrus continuance and peachy grapefruit-guava-mango snips pick up light acidity over honeyed oats-flaked white wheat base.
21ST AMENDMENT BREW FREE OR DIE BLOOD ORANGE I.P.A.
On tap at River Of Beer, dry blood orange pureed Brew Free variant gains candied lollipop tartness, mild lemon bittering and tangy tangerine snip as lacquered pine resin settles in grassy hop stead.
MORTALIS MILK OF THE GODS: STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRI WHIP
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, awesome strawberry daiquiri Creamsicle blends milk sugared Madagascar vanilla creaming with pureed strawberry tartness, briny lime juicing and zesty orange concentrate for nifty cocktail Smoothie. A hazier, richer, heavily textured lactic milkshake IPA.