On tap at Plank Pizza, unspecific English-styled pale ale lets nebulous orange-oiled dried fruiting nip at dewy fungi molding atop crystal rye malting.
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DEPARTED SOLES FLUTIE FLAKES NEIPA
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, waxy vodka-licked tropical fruiting picks up buttery hop oiling above lightly creamed oated wheat spine. Lemony pineapple, grapefruit and orange rind dryness contrasts peachy tangerine tang.
DEPARTED SOLES LIEVITA BLONDE ALE
On tap at Paragon, peculiar aluminum-cleared sourdough-fermented blonde ale supplants lemony Cascade-Citra hop zesting with floured sugar powdering and slumbering banana daquiri sweetness as ‘acidic farmhouse funk’ levels off atop glutenous oated wheat crusting. Serve with pizza.
DEPARTED SOLES BOARDWALK BULLY LAGER
On tap at Plank Pizza, aluminum cleared light lager with salted lemon prickle and tart orange oiling slides into pasty pale malting while lacking distinction.
DEPARTED SOLES ABOUT YOUR CAR’S EXTENDED WARRANTY DOUBLE IPA
Sunny grapefruit-embittered orange peel tang, bright lemon zesting, salted pineapple spree and pine-sapped hop bite saddled by mildly creamed milk-sugared vanilla sweetness that’s too polite to be considered a true milkshake IPA (despite its intentions). Penetrative musky citrus bittering lingers long and deep as lactic yogurt souring infiltrates hazy golden glowed medium-full body.
DEPARTED SOLES ICE CREAM SOLES
Tart iridescently pink Torico banana ice cream knockoff may not fulfill potential sundry flavor profile but retains spirited fruiting. Creamily milk-sugared Laffy Taffy-candied tartness fades into pineapple-salted orange zesting and subtle Sangria wining for spritzy fruited Berliner Weisse.
DEPARTED SOLES GOODB IPA
Streamlined piney citrus bittering loiters alongside subtle floral sweetness that blows past its earthen sorghum pastiness for gluten free flagship. Lemony grapefruit rind bitterness extends softly into grassy hop astringency. Sorghum’s not yet a satisfactory substitute for wheat circa 2021.
DEPARTED SOLES TRASH CAN BANGER DRY HOPPED INDIA PALE ALE
Taking its ‘trashcan’ moniker from the Astros baseball cheating scam, sessionably brisk IPA brings bitter yellow grapefruit and orange rind zesting to the fore as sour yogurt milking gains strength alongside boozy gin ethers above sugary pale malts in frisky crayon-waxed carbolic manner.
DEPARTED SOLES PHILOSO-RAPPER TRIPEL
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, dryer-than-expected tripel-dubbel blend relegates the best aspects of two popular Belgian styles. Musky green grape esters outdo tripel’s candi-sugared fig spicing and dubbel’s lighter dried fruiting and musty fungi-like cellar funk, placing acrid spelt-oats graining in dubious position.
DEPARTED SOLES DEUCES
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, clear amber-browned Imperial IPA richer, darker and chewier than typical piney citric East Coast varietal. Glazed mango, grapefruit and pineapple tang sweetened by honey-spiced pale malting, leaving earthen pine hop bittering in the dust.
DEPARTED SOLES CHILLTOWN BREAKFAST STOUT – 2017
Aged two years in Window Jane whiskey barrels, eccentric liquored-up version of gluten-free Modern Cup Of Sole brings driest bourbon whiskey and burgundy tones to musky cocoa-dried dark chocolate bittering, picking up light wood-seared nuttiness and slight hop char. But its lactic cold-brewed coffee murk, dirty earthen soiling and gritty buckwheat, millet and rice graining undermine the offbeat oak-aged milk stout.
DEPARTED SOLES ZACK BLACK IPA
On tap at Plank Pizza, fine Cascadian Dark Ale loads sugar-sweetened black chocolate syruping onto less prominent black grape, yellow grapefruit and currant illusions as well as moderate charcoal-stained dark roast hop char.