“Harmonious mulling spices” sweeten winning winter ale. Spiked by cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and allspice, snazzy Christmastime celebrater (with hidden 8.2% ABV) obtains tertiary dried fruiting and mild cola nuttiness atop powdery cocoa base.
Mild pumpkin spicing nearly pushed aside by lemony ginger snap and butternut squash earthiness. Needs more prevalent cinnamon, clove, allspice and nutmeg seasoning by the bland gourd finish.
Fascinatingly resonant confectionery winter warmer regales brown-buttered cake battering for praline-candied chestnut roast and caramelized pecan glaze. Rummy nutmeg swirl adds further Christmastime luster as creamed coffee, vanilla custard, creme brulee, cinnamon toast, cream soda and butterscotch niceties receive sprinkled powdered sugaring for luxurious 8.6% ABV nightcap.
Slushy Smoothie lets chewy marshmallow vanilla sugaring thicken tart raspberry, boysenberry and blackcurrant adjuncts and lightly vinous purple grape tannins. Sangria-like fruitiness surges as jellied red grape jam burrows thru pureed raspberry-boysenberry frontage given slight perfumed musk for richly creamed fruited pastry dessert.
Slurry blackberry and raspberry pureeing plies jellied sweetness to lactic chocolate-syruped vanilla ice cream base. Thick marshmallow fluff further sweetens fruited pop alternative.
Limey guava-gooseberry bittering and lemon verbena herbage contrast peachy tangerine tang, picking up earthen compost waft for slightly offbeat, hazily yellowed, Citra-Mosaic-hopped NEIPA – leaving stylish orange-peeled grapefruit zesting and resinous pine in the dust.
Juicy fruited triple dry-hopped (Mosaic-Citra-Eldorado) NEIPA stays smooth as tropical fruited medley and floral-spiced sweetness caress creamy oated wheat base. Lemon zest, pureed pineapple, tangy tangerine, sweet clementine, bitter grapefruit, tannic green grape and tart guava combine for summery delight.
Bright tropical sunshine stays resilient as piney orange-peeled grapefruit thrust, brisk lemon zesting and peachy pineapple-papaya-nectarine tang ride atop pale malt dryness. Continuous fruited hop bittering retains black-peppered juniper hop bite for Amarillo-Citra-Mosaic fruit cocktail.
“Sessionable” NEIPA allows tamped down hops to soften lemony yellow grapefruit bittering and sweet orange peel tang as well as lesser green mango, passionfruit and guava tropicalia atop creamy oats base. Below the surface, mild floral spicing counters wispy pine resin of murkily yellow glowed moderation.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, sunshiny tropical fruiting glazes zestfully creamed milkshake-inspired IPA. Conditioned on Madagascar vanilla beans and swayed by lactic marshmallow sugaring atop heavily oated wheat, surging summertime spree invites sweet orange peel-splashed lemony grapefruit misting and tangy pineapple, mango and guava wisps for so-called “Northeast-styled Imperial.” Excellent.
Impressive pumpkin-spiced milkshake IPA retains mild marshmallow vanilla creaming for wintry powder-sugared cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger seasoning as well as delightful pineapple-coconut Pina Colada sweetness (and peachy Orangina respite), leaving IPA-styled piney grapefruit bittering in the dust.
Interesting, but ultimately nebulous, collab with Counterweight (and brewed by Jack’s Abby), ripe banana esters from nubian South African hops waft thru setback orange-peeled grapefruit bittering, peachy ginger tea spot and candied lemon snip. Pithy pale malt-lagered powdered sugaring contrasts phenol herbage and dank pining before receding as quickly as its inceptive banana nose.
