New signature nitro offering (2021) retains easygoing lambic-like berry tartness too flat and faded for its brittle dextral carafoam malting. Mild blackcurrant-juiced raspberry adjunct hits with a zesty zing then tails off as lightly salted boysenberry, strawberry and huckleberry subtleties flutter.
Tag Archives: LEFT HAND BREWING
LEFT HAND BLACK FOREST CHERRY CHOCOLATE STOUT – NITRO
On tap at Ambulance, dry bruised black cherry tartness saddles nutty cocoa nibs base for pleasingly easygoing nitrogenated Black Forest-caked stout.
LEFT HAND WHITE RUSSIAN STOUT – NITRO
On tap at Growler & Gill, decadent nitrogenated stout brings creamed coffee and vanilla adjuncts to White Russian cocktail knockoff. Creamy coffee-liqueured vodka cleansing and cocoa-buttered white chocolate milk sugaring comfortably combined as tertiary creme brulee, toasted coconut, spiced hazelnut and macadamia illusions flutter.
LEFT HAND PEANUT BUTTER MILK STOUT
Perfect peanut buttered milk chocolate dessert treat. Rich dark chocolate syrup coats creamy peanut butter roast of bold Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup knockoff. Below fudgy caramelized mocha nuttiness lies oats-flaked hop char, pureed black cherry whim and PB&J tidbit.
LEFT HAND RASPBERRY MILK STOUT
Tart raspberry souring draped immediately by bittersweet black chocolate syruping, retaining ashen walnut-seared hop char. Ancillary coffee roast enjoins wavered cola nut, cocoa nibs and black cherry illusions lost in aridly phenol setting that rids any mocha creaminess.
LEFT HAND CHAI MILK STOUT – NITRO
Complex Christmastime hybrid way beyond stylish nitrogenated milk stout parameters. Savory maple-syruped chocolate mousse creaminess gains immediate cardamom-spiced orange peel sweetness, ginger-leafed cinnamon minting and coniferous pine nut minerality for chai tea-inspired nitro stout. Tertiary sarsaparilla, cola nut and walnut illusions casually integrate with wintry sandalwood, sage and fern snips as well as delicate rice pudding, cherry coughdrop and gingerbread dalliances to further enrich rangy milk stout template.
LEFT HAND WAKE UP DEAD NITRO RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Fulsome nitro stout (in a can) with tremendous depth, body and overall richness. Bittersweet milk chocolate creaming leaves frothy éclair mouthfeel deepened by cocoa-powdered espresso tones and slight dried fruiting to its sweet oats-flaked barley roast base. Wood-burnt hop char and tobacco chaw bittering fill out bold nitrogenated dark ale. Retains stylishly silken smoothness of usual nitrogenated stout while being more aggressively demanding.
LEFT HAND BLACKCURRANT CREAM ALE – NITRO
Mild nitrogenated blackcurrant adjunct brings subtle souring to pink-headed magenta-bodied cream ale. Tart gooseberry, passionfruit and boysenberry illusions delicately affect blackcurrant tannins above earthen maize-dried lager yeast base.
LEFT HAND TRAVELIN’ LIGHT KOLSCH
Dry light-bodied kolsch brings corn-husked maize astringency, hay-like straw acridity and soda cracker neutrality to yellow-fruited whir. Wispy herbal lemongrass snip and apple skin tannins fade fast.
LEFT HAND HARD WIRED NITRO COFFEE PORTER
On tap at Sogo, soothingly creamed éclair-headed nitrogenized porter with roasted coffee bean theme and caramelized sugar stays serenely smooth. Light mocha malt smokiness affects ancillary dark chocolate, cacao nibs, vanilla, espresso and blueberry tones over moderate walnut-charred hop bittering.
