On tap at Seven Lakes Station, lemon-candied yellow and pink grapefruit sugaring plus slightly soured guava-mango-papaya tropicalia (courtesy of Nelson and Motueka hops) reach corn-syrupy maltose base of murky golden IPA.
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FOREIGN OBJECTS NANSENSU JAPANESE RICE LAGER
On tap at Ambulance, modest pale yellowed Japanese lager retains rice-wined Sake earthiness and wispy lemon-soured ginger spicing over salted cracker base.
FOREIGN OBJECTS HONEY FRANGIPANE IMPERIAL STOUT
Unique pastry stout utilizes almond-pasted Thistle honey to enrich lactose dark cocoa creaminess and spiced vanilla resonance. Milk-sugared coffee, cappuccino and espresso tones fortify its honeyed chocolate intensity as tertiary caramel latte, toffee, black cherry, black grape, hazelnut, cola and almond illusions contrast underlying charcoal-seared hop astringency.
FOREIGN OBJECTS BEER COMPANY
MONROE, NEW YORK
High on the hill just off the Appalachian Trail at the agrarian village of Monroe in a grey cement-fronted “Nerve Center Tasting Room & Retail Cerabellum,” FOREIGN OBJECTS BEER COMPANY is the product of a highly experienced collaborative brain trust first brewing their delicately complex brews in November ’17 at nearby Clifton Park’s Shmaltz Brewing (now operated by Astoria’s Singlecut).
Foreign Objects’ gypsy brewing collective soon had Jersey’s Bolero Snort produce its intriguing hand-painted abstract art-adorned cans. But with the opening of the Monroe-based brewpub, October 14, 2021, small batch brewing will soon be done in-house.
Focusing on “intensely aromatic hoppy ales” as well as Belgian farmhouse ales, German lagers and robustly creamed stouts, Foreign Objects main thrust has been its sterling India Pale Ales.
There’ve been thirty-plus recipes used for production since inception. Inside, a cozy right side community-tabled cafeteria-styled room opposes the small serving station area where a beautiful pink marbled Japanese-tiled mosaic houses ten centralized tap handles (and black theatre lights provide dusky atmosphere). A grassy outdoor back space will be utilized soon.
I sunk two previously untried IPA’s on my initial October ’21 sojourn and bought excellent Honey Frangipane Imperial Stout for outside consumption (reviewed in Beer Index).
Floral-daubed tangerine sweetness absorbed zesty grapefruit-orange tanginess and mild guava-mango-honeydew conflux of Dreamtime Haruspex, leaving ‘conifer resin’ upon its buttery pale malt bottom.
Lemony orange-peeled zesting guided The Hanging Garden, plying floral-perfumed herbage, grassy hop astringency and dank pine lacquer to its crystalline citric-spiced finish.
During my two-hour journey May ’22, sunk eight more Foreign Objects.
Dewy ‘neo-German amber lager,’ Stadtbier, let lightly carbonated cask conditioning sedate its mild dried fruiting and fungi-dried cellar musk.
Another neo-German moderation, Instinkte Der Angst, a dry pilsner, invited tart Huell Melon hopped guava, gooseberry and white grape esters and mild lemon rind bittering to flourish alongside herbal Tettnang hop astringency.
Sharp orange-peeled yellow grapefruit zesting and hurried peach-mango auxiliary gained herbal hop astringency for Citra-Azacca-hopped Wet Gravity, a fine NEIPA with mildly creamed crystal pale malting.
Fruitful double dry-hopped Imperial IPA, Ritual Colors, merged lemony orange-peeled grapefruit zesting with mild mango-guava-pineapple tropicalia and perfumed blueberry nips as floral herbage and dank wood tones gathered above pale malted sugaring.
Sweeter pale malting sufficed for In The Gold Dust Rush, Foreign Object’s signature IPA, plying salted orange-pineapple zesting and floral peach tanginess to dank piney resin.
Tropical fruiting topped off by lightly creamed vanilla picked up contrasting mild pine resin for Solarys, a Motueka-Simcoe-hopped IPA with tangy grapefruit, pineapple, peach, orange and nectarine sweetness countering lemony lime bittering.
Margarita cocktail tropicality ensued for sour IPA, Coconut & Lime Fruited IPA, as coconut-toasted sugaring contrasted limey grapefruit-peeled mandarin orange tartness.
Sweet milk-sugared coffee, brown chocolate, toasted coconut and cinnamon were in abundance for decadent Transgression Culture Imperial Stout, leaving Oreo cookie, Mounds Bar and fudged cinnamon chocolate illusions on the richly creamed back end.
Revisited the Nerve Center tasting room once more, January ’23, to down two stouts, a hazy IPA and a German lager, the former three now brewed by the owners’ new Florida brewery, My Favorite Thing.
Brisk lemon spritz splashed the orange-oiled musk and grassy-hopped herbal residue of Die Herz Maschine, a pilsner-malted helles lager.
Juiced-up lemony orange and grapefruit zesting picked up peachy tangerine tanginess and light pine tones for Total Power Exchange (a brew Foreign Objects brought in by sister Florida brewery, My Favorite Thing).
As for the dark ales, thickly creamed black chocolate and durable milk-sugared coffee tones gained a spicy tingle for Enfant Terrible. Richer traditional sweet stout, A-Bomb, let cocoa-dried brown chocolate gain brown-sugared vanilla spicing, cappuccino splendor and recessive black cherry snips to contrast its less profuse cedar-burnt hop char.
FOREIGN OBJECTS BLACK CARPET MAGIC IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, slightly sour hazy golden NEIPA allows Hallertau Blanc hops to lead the way with Sauvignon grape mustiness settling alongside lemony grapefruit bitters and light hop resin. Yogurt-milked guava, gooseberry and mango illusions regale citric wined essence.
FOREIGN OBJECTS DREAM OF PERFECT BEAUTY NEW ENGLAND IPA
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, easygoing yellow-hazed NEIPA lets sourly piquant Nelson Sauvin hops and earthily resinous piney Simcoe hops merge above pale wheat malts. Grape must, salted mango, passionfruit, gooseberry and peach tones receive tart orange juicing in delightful manner.
FOREIGN OBJECTS CHAOS THERAPY
On tap at Poor Henry’s, slightly peculiar pine lacquering adds musky determination to lemony grapefruit rind bittering and candied pineapple tartness of mildly hazed NEIPA. Varnished tropical fruiting receives white-peppered lemongrass herbage at briskly crisp off-dry finish.
FOREIGN OBJECTS TRANSGRESSION CULTURE: WETTER GRAVITY
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, amber-hazed New England-styled IPA pits honeyed tropical fruiting against citric-dried Azacca hop bittering. Syrupy sweet mango, nectarine, cantaloupe and pineapple perfuming guarded by spicy pale malting against dank wet-grained pine tones.
FOREIGN OBJECTS DEATH POSTURE NEW ENGLAND IPA
On tap at Taphouse 15, soft-tongued ‘earthy tropical ambrosia’ leads the way for pleasantly mild ‘citrus meringue.’ Lightly spiced orange-candied lemondrop souring and ancillary mango-passionfruit-pineapple-papaya thrust secured by resinous pine-oiled pale malting.
FOREIGN OBJECTS WILLFUL DELUSIONS OF FALSE PERCEPTION
On tap at Beef Trust, hazy New England-styled IPA utilizes muskily hop-oiled sour fruiting to set the stage as waxy floral citrus tones spread above dry pale malts. Guava-soured grapefruit rind and orange pith bittering contrasts less prominent pineapple, peach, mango, lychee and papaya tanginess to its tart lemondrop finish.
FOREIGN OBJECTS DIE DEUTSCHER HALTUNG KELLER PILSNER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, German pilsner-styled kellerbier brings stylish ‘rustic earthiness’ to biscuity sourdough breading, grassy hop astringency and musky floral-perfumed citrus murk. Hazy orange amber hue is richer than the liquid contained.
FOREIGN OBJECTS SOL IN GEMINI IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, fairly expansive New England-styled IPA brings tropical mango-papaya-passionfruit-pineapple fruiting and limey orange rind bittering to stinging juniper-licked alcohol burn. Zesty citric-perfumed hops pick up piney residue while lemon meringue tartness flutters by.
