On tap at Hop Daddy’s, straightforward lemon-candied grapefruit and orange tang stays atop floral-daubed grassy hop astringency, dank pine resin and wispy herbal tinge for Northwest-styled IPA. Zesty citric continuance enhanced by Citra-Cascade-Mosaic-hopped blend, bringing subsidiary mango, peach, pineapple and tangerine illusions along for the affable ride.
On tap at Hop Daddy’s, easygoing pilsner-malted/ Saaz-Hallertau-hopped Bavarian-styled golden lager stays delicately dry. Yeasty sourdough breading gains skunky grain-hopped musk (and slight cabbage patch) and mild lemon-seeded grassy hop bittering above biscuity pale malt base.
On tap at Hoover’s, ‘invigorating’ nutty coffee frontage gains black chocolate resilience over blackened hop char for creamily mocha-bound full body.
On tap at Growler & Gill, demure nitogenated Irish stout brings mildly creamed dark-roast chocolate and nutty coffee tones to the fore in soft-tongued manner. Black cherry smidge seamlessly enjoins dark mocha template alongside ancillary espresso, dark cocoa and tarry Blackstrap molasses illusions.
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, cheap lemonade sugaring rises above barren white wheat base. Light lemon-limed carbolic spritz picks up herbal snip. An unrealized soda-like summertime beverage.
On tap at Liberty Craft House, suspect doppel-hefe combo never truly connects both German styles. But its hefe-like banana breading and clove-cinnamon-nutmeg spicing and bock-like toffee-cocoa-pecan conflux offer pleasantries for sweet-toothed brewhounds.
Well-rounded winter seasonal (circa 2016) places sharp-hopped cinnamon, nutmeg and curry spicing alongside brown-sugared gingerbread sweetness to contrast less prominent pumpkin-skinned gourd earthiness. Tertiary walnut-pecan conflux and latent fig snip add depth to refreshingly clean-watered Christmastime treasure.
