Jersey harvested hophead delight brings briskly bright tropical fruiting to dank pine lacquering over mildly creamed oated wheat base, gathering juniper-bitten herbal nips for its boozy finishing phenols. Bitter orange rind and yellow grapefruit pith juicing thrusts forward alongside the gooey hop resin of a piney-citric West Coast IPA. Not as yogurt-milked or lemony guava soured as most NEIPA’s – so call it a tidily embittered New England/Pacific Northwest hop-centric pairing.
On tap at Plank Pizza, pink lace sits atop crimson body of sensational heavily creamed milkshake IPA. ‘Lush’ vanilla bean sugaring sops up tart strawberry adjunct as raspberry, boysenberry and blackberry respite deepens fruitful dessert. Thickly creamed marshmallow fluff sweetens oated wheat base. A heavenly strawberry milkshake.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, cereal grained German pilsner malting picks up spritzy grapefruit-orange zesting, grassy herbage and lacquered pine, recalling a light IPA with its subtle piney citrus continuance.
Impressive oatmeal raisin cookie knockoff. Confectionery delight lets fudgy toffee and milk-sugared coffee infiltrate molasses-caked raisin cookie sweetness, leaving wispy red grape jam on its creamy oats backend.
Dandy pinkish amber fruited sour collab lets bustling lemon limed raspberry, strawberry and blueberry pucker gain jelly donut-powdered milk sugaring to contrast salted Sweet-Tart candied zing. A triple berry cake liquified! Recommended.
On tap at Taphouse 15, creamy milk-sugared vanilla bean paste coats tart lemon peel zesting and salty lime bittering. Quirky vodka-stoked crema di limoncello liqueur likeness maintained.
On tap at Taphouse 15, sumptuously rich Bananas Foster variant drapes bourbon-aged dark chocolate syrup atop brown-sugared vanilla beaning, retaining caramelized banana sauciness. Rummy Bananas Foster sweetness deepened further by hazelnut-pasted amaretto tinge.
On tap at Taphouse 15, despite uniting oaken Tahitian vanilla, toasted coconut and peaty coffee with roasted hazelnut, pecan, almond, pistachio and macadamia adjuncts plus supplemental marshmallow and cinnamon wisps, dry English-styled (?) barleywine (6.9% ABV) may be ‘session’able, but its cluttered ingredients stay anonymous, drowned-out and insufficient.
Coffee-stained dark chocolate syruping drapes brown-sugared candied yam sweetness hidden behind hop-charred nutty bitterness. Wintry cinnamon-nutmeg coalition and fern-like tannins stay setback alongside burnt marshmallow adjunct of semi-rich holiday porter with scripted Have The Yams Stopped Screaming moniker.
On tap at Taphouse 15, peculiar green goblin-glowed autumnal kettle sour (collab with District 96) replicates Gummy Snakes candy with its mild blue raspberry and pineapple tartness while milk-sugared coconut sweetness contrasts salty lime-juiced Margarita twang.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, Sweet-Tart candied tiki cocktail knockoff (with ghoulish pale green hue) allows limey pineapple, raspberry and tangerine souring to lead the way as perfumed green apple, crabapple and cranberry mustiness stays recessive above acidulated pale malting.
On tap at Paragon, sessionable Berliner Weiss retains gose-like salted lemon souring, vinous green grape sour ale pucker and bitter yellow grapefruit luster for limey tangerine adjunct. Heftily zestful lemony grapefruit waft persists. In the can, high acidity beckons for extremely tart limey tangerine salting and bitter lemon-peeled souring. Fizzy lime soda alternative for ultimate sourheads.
