On tap at Plank Pizza, subtle banana-clove-bubblegum sweetness gains light powder-sugared vanilla sprinkle and spritzy lemon-soured cider sidebar above sinewy sourdough wheat malting.
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CZIG MEISTER 78 FIRE IRISH RED ALE
On tap at Pompton Craft House, dry Irish red ale collab with Hackettstown Fire Dept. drapes red and orange fruited spicing plus sweet floral daubs atop mild caramelized pale malting. Good stuff but not dewy enuff for peaty Irish red stead.
CZIG MEISTER / TWIN ELEPHANT WE UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT BARREL AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, well integrated bourbon barrel aged stout lets abundantly creamed hazelnut coffee entry pick up piquant vanilla sweetness as well as “hazelnut brownie battered Italian espresso” intensity. Decadent milk-sugared hazelnut coffee dominance stays sturdy while tertiary black cherry pureed tartness and mild black licorice snips seep thru exuberant full bodied richness.
CZIG MEISTER FERRIDACTYL BARREL AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent 5th anniversary Imperial Stout’s cocoa-nibbed cookie dough onrush enhanced by Vanuatu vanilla bean adjunct, picking up dark chocolate-syruped coffee stain, mellow bourbon warmth and bruised black cherry tartness as ancillary marshmallow, coconut and hazelnut illusions surface latently.
CZIG MEISTER ORANGE & MADAGASCAR VANILLA STOUT
Bold coffee-tinged dark chocolate bittering surges past adjunctive orange oiling. Cocoa-dried acridity sets in, overwhelming chocolate pudding-skinned maple molasses sweetness.
CZIG MEISTER THE TILLER BLACKBERRY SAISON
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, muted lemony blackberry tartness lingers softly above musty fungi-induced barnyard acridity and spicy saison yeast peppering. Needs more pronounced blackberry influence.
CZIG MEISTER TOASTED COCONUT COFFEE STOUT
Dryly flattish dark-roast coffee nuttiness blitzkriegs sweet toasted coconut adjunct and hop-charred wood sear, leaving latent dark chocolate bittering in earthen soil.
CZIG MEISTER NEW ENGLAND STYLE CALESCENT
Penetrative lemony grapefruit zesting contacts oaken vanilla bittering in mildly lactic NEIPA environs. Sharp orange candied tartness picks up intensity as wispily soured papaya, passionfruit and guava tropicalia and resinous pine tones flutter.
CZIG MEISTER RASPBERRY CREAM ALE
Dull pinkish amber moderation allows fizzy carbolic spritz to blur rhubarb-dried raspberry tartness and sour cranberry whim above lightly creamed raw vanilla bittering.
CZIG MEISTER OASIS MILKSHAKE NEW ENGLAND STYLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sweetly vanilla-creamed IPA conditioned on apricot and tangerine gains lactic yogurt souring to contrast powdered sugar sway above delicate cereal oats base. Madagascar vanilla beaning gains subsidiary lemon meringue, sweet orange peel, bitter grapefruit and white peach illusions to penetrate wispily honeyed apricot-tangerine adjunct.
CZIG MEISTER CALDERA NEW ENGLAND STYLE IPA
On tap at Beef Trust, broad ranging amber yellow-hazed Milkshake IPA conditioned on apricot and Madagascar vanilla beans gains sour lactic milking above swerved pale malt sugaring. Sweet orange peel dab, dainty peach dollop and a pinch of cinnamon stay recessive as vanilla-creamed apricot thrust retains perkiness.
CZIG MEISTER THE LAWMAN’S SWEET JUSTICE CINNAMON PEACH HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Beef Trust, disparate hybridized hefeweizen brings lactic-milked peach and cinnamon adjuncts to sharp lemony orange tang and mildly soured gooseberry, guava, green grape and green banana tropicalia with fine results. Citric-enhanced cinnamon spicing aids peach yogurt template. Not far removed from a sour IPA.