Puckering fruited tartness and lingered tannic acidity bring the funk to complex fouder-aged sour ale. Tartly salted raspberry, plum and cherry adjuncts provide rigid sour edge to candied Sweet-Tart powdering. Ascending white grape vinegaring, hard cider sharpness and oaken cherry desiccation outdo bittersweet faux-Framboise lambic raspberry juicing.
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HACKENSACK CLINTON PLACE PUMPKIN ALE
Roasted pumpkin salting and earthen butternut squash edge out docile pumpkin pie spicing as herbal ginger minting, zesty lemon spritz and slight wood varnish outlast lightly brown-sugared nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, clove and star anise seasoning above modest crystal malted wheat base.
PINELANDS SLIGHTLY SUNBURNT WHEAT W/ BLACKBERRY & HIBISCUS
Fuzzy lemon spritz blurs blackberry adjunct and salty juniper-tipped hibiscus flowering as brisk piney citric IPA-like bittering gathers above delicate white wheat base. Crisply clean but a tad nebulous stylistically.
EVER GRAIN EVERYTHING IS BETTER WITBIER
Soft-toned witbier utilizes zesty orange peel, minty lemongrass and sweet coriander adjuncts. Lemony mandarin orange tingle settles below coriander-spiced citrus serenity alongside dry champagne, herbal cologne and soapy talc snips.
GHOST HAWK NEOGENESIS CREAM ALE
On tap at Taphouse 15, crisp straw-cleared pre-Prohibition styled cream ale places maize-dried corn flaking next to lightly herbal spiced hops and sunny lemon flicker for easygoing moderation.
SCHILLING VOLKSGARTEN VIENNA LAGER
On tap at Taphouse 15, lightly creamed Vienna lager with murky caramelized cereal graining, herbal lemon splotch and grassy hop astringency nullifying advertised honeyed biscuit and toasted almond illusions.
SCHILLING G’SUFFA! FESTBIER
On tap at Taphouse 15, soft-toned Bavarian lager drips sweet dewy peat upon maize-dried astringency, light floral spicing and warm French breading.
MAST LANDING CHAMP LAGER
Classic straw yellow cleared pale lager with musky sour mash pungency mildly penetrating lemony hop briskness and light lemongrass minting over musty white-breaded pilsner malting. Fine easygoing lager fodder.
ZYWIEC LIGHT BEER
Modestly enjoyable fizz watered pale lager. Crisp cereal grained barley roast, rice-dried corn flaking and mild rye breading contrast musky herbal hop astringency.
KING’S ROAD PINCH HIT PILS
Streamlined pale golden Czech-styled pilsner with light earthen grain musk, spritzy lemon snag and pithy herbal spicing reaching creamy oats base. Dry-hopped floral citrus vibe adds slight diversion to usual mineral grained bohemian moderation.
STONY POINT BOURBON BARREL BULSONTOWN BELGIAN BROWN
Candi-sugared brown chocolate spicing and caramelized vanilla bourbon sweetness usurp cellared Belgian yeast funk as mild almond-chestnut-butternut-hazelnut conflux, distant dried fruiting and zippy mace-nutmeg seasoning underscore molasses-breaded mocha whiskey finish of lovely bourbonized brown ale.
FIRESTONE WALKER 25 (XXV) ANNIVERSARY ALE
On tap at Taphouse 15, luxurious barrel-aged stout blends Brandy Barrel Barleywine, Parabola Autumn Edition, Stickee Monkee Quad, Tequila Barrel Merkin Stout and Whiskey Barrel Wheat Wine for debonair 25th anniversary celebrator. Richly creamed dark chocolate syruping drapes bourbon vanilla sweetness, brandied sherry wining, cedar-burnt almond nuttiness, rummy molasses sugaring, caramel toffee fudging and honey-toasted tequila whims. Leathery oaken dryness sits way back, trying desperately to contrast its sweet sticky brandied mocha interior.