On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, crisply dry cucumber-pureed lime salting stays gentle on the tongue as softly creamed head retains fluffiness while pale malt graining wanes. Closer to a tart Berliner Weiss.
ITHACA LIME CUCUMBER GOLDEN ALE
LENNY BOY UNO MAS MEXICAN STYLE LAGER
On tap at Growlers To Go – Duck, crisply dry Tortilla Chip corning and amber grain toasting pick up mild tequila sway and wispy jalapeno green peppering for sessionable South of the Border summertime fodder.
TEN7 COCONUT CASTAWAY OATMEAL STOUT
Passive ‘liquid Mounds Bar’ lets oatmeal raisin cookie entry get upended by tarry hop char oiliness, allowing unsweetened coconut flakes to desiccate less than creamy dark chocolate influence and scant dried fruiting.
TEN7 LIVING IN DARKNESS TOASTED COCONUT STOUT CUVEE
Bitterer winter solstice celebrator (Living In Darkness coconut variant) lets dried cocoa froth and dark chocolate chalking plus dry burgundy wining and figgish prune dried fruiting severely outdo wavered coconut toasting.
TEN7 HOME HELLES GOLDEN LAGER
Traditional German lager with straw clear hue places mild champagne-fizzed lemon peel dryness alongside herb-salted mineral graining and dark floral snips, picking up sour mash whiskey spell at buttery white cracker base.
BUTTONWOODS INVISIBLE MONSTERS BARLEYWINE
Scintillating English barleywine plies caramelized dried fruiting to spiced brown chocolate, confectionery butterscotch-toffee tandem and toasted almond smidge as mossy cellared mildew provides musty bottom.
BUTTONWOODS LA GRANDE TRUITE ABBEY ALE
Peculiar cellar-mildewed Belgian strong dark ale brings perfumed lemon musk and dried orange tartness to musty black-peppered herbal fungi, minty fern foliage and mild coriander-clove spicing, staying dryer and lighter hued (deep orange instead of brownish) than its richer dried fruited competition.
BUTTONWOODS ROONEY’S RED
Smooth nitrogenated Irish red ale layers creamy eclair froth over dewy tobacco-roasted barley crisping, brown tea herbage, mild espresso bittering and slight charred nuttiness before its marble rye breading takes over. Serve to Black & Tan fans and Guinness lovers as well.
BUTTONWOODS OBJECT PERMANENCE IPA
Flagship New England IPA lets soft-tongued crayon waxed tropical fruiting seep into mild oated wheat creaming. Yellow grapefruit spurt leads the way as salty guava, candied orange, glazed pineapple and grape compote dalliances enter the fray.
BUTTONWOODS 401 BEER
Hoppy pale lager with lemony orange-peeled yellow grapefruit sunshine and tangy pineapple-mango sedation given vodka boozing before picking up sticky pine resin and sweet floral whims over dryest pale malting.
BUTTONWOODS SUDDEN ENLIGHTENMENT JASMINE RICE LAGER
Fragrant jasmine rice adjunct brings brisk floral sweep to sake-like lager. Cologne-daubed ginger seeps thru lemon balm minting, cumin and fenugreek at the rice wined finish.
BUTTONWOODS ITALIAN PILS
Musky cumulous-headed yellow cleared Italian pilsner brings mild corn liquor swerve to musty herbal hops, subtle floral perfuming, lemon rot spot and balsam wood resin.
