Luxurious bourbon vanilla sweetness joins dry whiskey-rye barrel aging in fudgy dark chocolate setting that’s smoother than rich. Wood-burnt hop char bittering secures dewy whiskey bent as tertiary brandy, port and anise illusions flutter.
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HOPPIN’ FROG THE FROG ABIDES WHITE STOUT
The Big Lebowski’s favorite beverage, a frothy vanilla-creamed, vodka-induced, coffee liqueur cocktail, gets knocked off in fine fashion. Despite its intense 8% ABV, the luscious mocha-vanilla designed elixir allows brief vanilla-creamed buttered rum, spongy white cake, lemon pineapple cheesecake, Bananas Foster, powdered sugar and marshmallow illusions to ‘abide.’ Fantastic!
VEIL HORNSWOGGLER COCONUT LORD
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent milk stout conditioned on coconut retains bittersweet wood-burnt dark cocoa prominence, lilting bourbon-burgundy conflux and creamy vanilla resilience that simply outdo any toasted coconut expectancy. Nevertheless, its rich cake-battered chocolate pudding fudging serenades the tongue, picking up tertiary toffee, caramel, hazelnut and buttered pecan sugaring.
SOUTHERN TIER CARAMEL PUMKING IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, gingerbread-honeyed cinnamon and nutmeg seasoning plus brown-sugared vanilla creaming add serious autumnal sweetness to powder-sugared caramel glaze of extraordinary Pumking variant. Pumpkin pie spicing maintains alongside caramel candied confection, picking up slight cream soda, candied yam and nutmeg shortcake snips for extra sweet-toothed goodness.
DREKKER BRAAAAINS PICNIC PUNCH SMOOTHIE SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, sweet-tart peach, apricot and raspberry adjuncts pick up lemony sea-salted brining to contrast lactic vanilla-beaned marshmallow sugaring of frothily slushed smoothie.
LONE EAGLE STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE IPA
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, upfront sweet-tart strawberry influence seeps into Madagascar vanilla-beaned oated wheat creaming, gaining light milk-sugared marshmallow fluff. But its pureed strawberry adjunct falls off.
BRIDGE AND TUNNEL FUCK THE VIRUS COCONUT NEIPA
Spritzy pale yellowed moderation brings sweet coconut juicing to lemony pineapple zesting, mandarin orange caking and wispy guava-passionfruit souring as mild marshmallow creaming sweetens its finishing ginny vodka whir. A busy adjunct IPA with a chewy soft tone.
NEW JERSEY LEMON MERINGUE PIE DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Hoover’s, classic lemon meringue dessert given soft-tongued marshmallow vanilla sweetness to combat mild limey souring. Tart lemon meringue piquancy rides above delicate Graham Cracker backbone. Some acidic lemon oiling rails against its sweet-tart essence.
ZYWIEC SESSION IPA
Since 2018, well-known Polish brewer has made these blandly dry India Pale Ales. Wavering fruited spicing, shuttered piney bittering, gluey cardboard malts, spoiled herbage and minimal body put this closer to a boringly misguided pale ale.
PARADOX BEAVER BITE NEW ENGLAND IPA
OK flagship NEIPA with soft-toned grapefruit-peeled orange licks, peachy tangerine tang, mild piney bittering and dark floral dabs over lightly creamed crystal malting.
PARADOX CAPTAIN JACK MAIBOCK
Soothingly easygoing maibock with subdued lemon-candied orange, tangerine and cherry tang plus mild herbal spicing reaching polite caramelized pale malt bottom.
EVIL TWIN NYC EVIL MOON APPLE + PEAR WIT
On tap at Taphouse 15, sweet sticky apple juicing and bruised pear browning retain sugary splurge as candied peach-tangerine-orange snips plus light coriander spicing stay distant at cloyingly saccharine-licked apple and pear finish.
