On tap at Hoovers Tavern, kettle soured peach ale with lightly vinous white grape tannins desiccating musky oaken parch underscoring tart Mackinaw peachiness. Pez-like Sweet-Tart candied backdrop adds depth.
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CONNECTICUT VALLEY INTO THE WOODS IPA
Tropical fruited cumulous-headed golden-hazed New England IPA with capacious flavor profile. Sweet ‘n sour lemony orange cake splurge, salted guava-mango-papaya serenade and peachy cantaloupe sweetness emerge above honey-spiced cereal graining. Cookie dough-like yeast deepens caramel malt resolve while slight gin-soaked cologne sniff wreaks of stiff alcohol. Robust full-bodied luster exceeds most IPA’s.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY SPIKED SMOOTHIE BLUEBERRY LEMONADE
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, less creamy smoothie sour maintains fresh-squeezed lemonade tartness sweetened by slick blueberry sugaring and salty Pez-like candied tartness. Refreshing summertime fodder for soft drink quenchers.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY SPIKED SMOOTHIE STRAWBERRY BANANA
Sharp sugar-spiced banana puree and tart strawberry compote combine for slick rummy clean-tanned cocktail knockoff. Ultra-sweet cotton candied gloss slickens pineapple, peach and red apple fruiting as well as cherry Sangria spell. A strawberry-banana lollipop.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY PINEAPPLE SOUR
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, juicily eye-squinting pineapple tartness picks up salty lemon-limed souring and cucumber watered cleansing as sharp orange-concentrated grapefruit, tangelo and passionfruit illusions deepen pineapple tenacity.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY APRICOT SOUR
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, subtle apricot souring hidden by fizzy lemon limed bittering contrasting sweet peachy snip. A tad arid, acidic and unassuming, but briskly crisp.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY POM PASSION SOUR
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, bitter lime-salted pomegranate puree gains mildly tart strawberry-boysenberry-cranberry-raspberry rasp as well as oaken cherry-laced green grape esters for brisk kettle-soured moderation.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY ALL ABOARD NEW ENGLAND STYLE IPA
Worthy amber-clouded NEIPA sometimes recalls the epic splendor of iconic Ipswich IPA with its honey-glazed tropical fruiting spread across sugar-glassed cookie dough richness and resinous pine hops. Pastry-like pale malting provides sweet base for orange marmalade, pineapple, peach and passionfruit tang as well as mild pear, cantaloupe, pecan and mango snips.