On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, upfront sweet-tart strawberry influence seeps into Madagascar vanilla-beaned oated wheat creaming, gaining light milk-sugared marshmallow fluff. But its pureed strawberry adjunct falls off.
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LONE EAGLE PINEAPPLE GUSHER
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, wondrous kettle acidified fruited sour ale thrusts forth with full-on pineapple resolve. Spritzy sweet-tart pineapple zesting sparkles. Tangy pineapple finish receives mild concentrated orange juicing. Highly recommended tropical fruited cocktail.
LONE EAGLE INCONCEIVABLE
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, exotic kettle sour unites salted mango, pulpy passionfruit, sweet banana and strawberry-soaped soursop tartness above pasty acidulated malts. Beneath pureed mango, passionfruit and banana adjuncts, lemon-seeded bittering contrasts floral-daubed sweetness.
LONE EAGLE BOYSENBERRY GUSHER
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, boysenberry-forward, salmon coral-hazed, kettle acidified ‘gusher’ retains tart berry essence. Limey boysenberry salting admits ancillary blackberry, raspberry cranberry and huckleberry illusions to flourish alongside wispy ruby red grapefruit zesting and mildly floral rosé misting.
LONE EAGLE VANILLA MILKSHAKE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, mild Madagascar vanilla bean creaminess saturated by spicy pale malted ambrosial fruiting as tropical grapefruit-orange-peach-pineapple tang and lemon meringue tartness outdo any lasting vanilla verve.
LONE EAGLE NEW ENGLAND CHOWDAH INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Hoover’s, sharp floral-daubed citrus tang rides atop grassy hop astringency and sugared pale malts splendidly. Bittersweet orange-peeled yellow grapefruit sunshine gains vibrant pineapple-peach-tangerine subtlety as well as musky pine resin.
LONE EAGLE BREWING
FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY
Just down from Flemington’s bustling Liberty Village near the railroad station at a gray 5,000 square foot building out in rural western Jersey (fifteen minutes from Princeton), LONE EAGLE BREWING began operations July ’16. The brainchild of local homebrewers Todd Becker and Bob King, Lone Eagle gained instant attention by local denizens.
A quaint spot with a fenced-in family-styled patio, its white-walled high ceiling interior features right side silver brew tanks, a wood lacquered central bar and four yellow-wooded community tables. A loft above the serving station hosts private events when not seating patrons.
Along the left wall is a beautiful Brewing Process mural with a TV hanging above.
As my wife and I visit during a rainy Friday, October ’18, we sample nearly a dozen homebrews.
Impressive West Coast-styled flagship offering, Maiden Flight IPA, placed juicy yellow grapefruit, tangerine and pineapple tropicalia alongside lightly embittered orange rind as honeyed pale malt sweetness gained attention, leaving fusel 8% alcohol acidity upon its pine-toned black tea musk.
Equally fine yellow-hazed medium body, New England Chowdah India Pale Ale, stayed brightly refreshing as spritzy lemon zest, yellow grapefruit bittering, sour pineapple juicing and white peach tartness glazed citric hop dusting with minimal pale malt intrusion. In the recess, herbal snips, gin whims and phenol astringency reside.
Less complex Spelt Wrong IPA, a hazy New England-styled double dry-hopped brew, suited milder tastes as gentle spelt graining softened tart lemon, sour grapefruit and juicy orange subtleties above mild pine resin (and light alcohol esters).
Straightforward Local Pale Ale brought delicate orange-peach-tangerine tanginess to grassy hop astringency above frisky crystal malts.
Splendid beige-yellow hazed Return Of The Juice let lightly spiced lemondrop tartness dance on the tongue while grassy celery vegetalia provided an earthen backdrop.
Leafy autumnal foliage and sweetly soured fig led dry-spiced Marzen Oktoberfest Lager, retaining dewy Noble-hopped earthiness and navel orange rot above its baked bread bottom.
Subtle nuttiness imbued dewy Hunterdon Wet-Hop Brown Ale, a caramel-malted moderation with roasted tobacco hints and resinous hop bittering.
Sharp ashen hop-charred nuttiness and dark chocolate roast leavened Turkey Trot Porter, as its dry raw molasses bittering upended any sweet hazelnut propensity.
Stylishly thin rum barrel-aged Dowton Abbey Dubbel brought dark Belgian candi sugar to spiced rum, dry bourbon, sparkling champagne and Scotch spirits, drizzling oaken vanilla upon tertiary green grape esters and soured fig nuances.
Aged in rum-soaked oak chips, Belgian Dark Strong Ale relied on candi-sugared toffee sweetness and sweet fig-plum-prune-raisin dried fruiting to contrast its mossy earthiness.
Dryly complex English-styled Bourbon Barrel-aged Wheat Wine left whiskeyed bourbon-burgundy warmth upon gin-soaked raisin, prune and fig as well as caramelized toffee buttering and oaken vanilla sedation.
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LONE EAGLE WINTER WONDERLAND
Ambitious Belgian strong ale aged on French oak (and referenced as a biere de garde) brings wintry spices to the fore as candi-sugared nutmeg, clove, cardamom, star anise and ginger seasoning embellishes ripened dried fruiting as well as glazed pecan notions. Sarsaparilla and Jagermeister illusions sneak thru latent alcohol burn. A welcome winter warmer.
LONE EAGLE MY FAVORITE MARZEN
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, dewy earthen minerality picks up sedate toffee-candied sweetness and baked-breaded Vienna malting for stylishly fine moderation.
