Summery American wheat beer with “coriander and citrus” and puffy white head embraces sunshiny lemon zesting and dried mandarin orange snip above pallid white wheat bed. Lemon juice continuance brings mild acidity and candied lemon tartness adds slight mouth pucker, but coriander spicing lacks.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, ‘zesty lemon lavender lager’ stays sunny as limey lemonade frontage picks up sweet lavender florality. Tart lemon juicing ultimately wins out.
On tap at Ambulance, dry Lemondrop-hopped pale lager needs zestier lemony grapefruit splash. Lemon pit bittering consumes mandarin orange lilt, green tea tannins and herbal respite.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dry helles lager attaches corny rice sugaring to contrastive musty barnyard rusticity and muskily dark floral Noble hops, leaving gluey malt pasting.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, ’24 updated German-styled light pilsner retains fizzy lemon spritz, maize-dried minerality, grassy hop astringency and sugary pilsner malt base.
Crisply dry German-styled pils retains musty barnyard rusticity, maize-dried mineral graining, musky herbal lemon fizziness and dark floral whims, bettering less solid-bodied moderations.
Debonairly mellow Makers Mark bourbon influence could use a push – but caramelized whiskey warmth, candied butterscotch serenity, leathery oaken vanilla tannins and dewy cellar funk stay elegantly subtle upfront atop lightly spiced brown chocolate base. Mild Amaretto, plum wine, prune pudding, dried cherry and roasted chestnut illusions waver. Confectionery fruit-pasted Fig Newton finish seals deal.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, mischievous pastry stout conditioned on toasted coconut, almond, pecan and peanuts and draped in lightly maple syruped vanilla creaminess over brown chocolate malting perfect for dessert. Ancillary German cake, Black Forest cake, molasses cake, almond coconut cake, cherry cordial and pecan pie illusions vie for attention. Well-integrated nightcap.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, fudgy dark grade maple molasses coats marcona almond and macadamia nuttiness upfront as ascending Dominican cacao nibs richness creates creamy dark chocolate syruping engaging Fuego coffee roast. Distant cinnamon toast, gingerbread and toffee illusions add further depth. Recommended sweet tooth digestif.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, pecan pie-glazed pastry stout loads dark chocolate syrup, Madagascar vanilla creaming and maple molasses sap upon cookie dough bottom. Remote granola, toffee and anise illusions stay beneath nutty chocolate-vanilla frontage.
On tap at Taphouse 15, lovely apple-brandied Buffalo Trace bourbon and rye influence coats coffee-creamed brown chocolate contingent. Sweet candy apple glaze fortifies spicy cognac finish. Exquisite.
On tap at Growler & Gill, Central Water’s ‘most sought after’ elixir lathers sweet bourbon warmth all over oaken vanilla, brown chocolate and whiskeyed burgundy pleasantries. Brown-sugared cherry, plum and prune illusions consume creamy toffee-candied caramel midst before boozy bourbon coffee finish further enriches chocolate-coated dried fruiting.
