Nearly perfect re-creation of cherry cheesecake with mild whipped creaming acidified by sour lemon spritz and oaken vanilla tannins plus tertiary strawberry rhubarb, cranberry and pomegranate pucker. Just a tad arid.
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SMUTTYNOSE CHOCOLATE BANANA SPLIT IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, creamy brown chocolate syruping and chewy vanilla beaning outdistance banana split splendor. Steady mocha intensity acquires sappy maple pining and mild dark roast hop bittering.
SMUTTYNOSE BLACKBERRY BURST SOUR
Easygoing tart blackberry adjunct plied to lightly salted lemon pledge and ginny juniper reminder. Faded blackberry influence grazes blueberry-boysenberry snips. Thin.
SMUTTYNOSE PUMPKIN ALE
Delicate floral-spiced pumpkin pie spicing lightly lacquers mild crystal malt sweetness to contrast dry pumpkin-fleshed earthiness of OK autumnal fare. Calm cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice seasoning as well as sugared yam snip need deeper penetration.
SMUTTYNOSE OKTOBERFEST LAGER
Honeyed orange-apple-pear fruiting gains dry-spiced cereal graining to contrast lightly embittered leafy hop earthiness of stable marzen.
SMUTTYNOSE EAST COAST COMMON LAGER
Sturdy 2017 dry-hopped spring seasonal utilizes highly carbolic lager yeast to re-create San Francisco-styled steam beer. Mildly bitter citric spritz seeps into delicately pungent resinous hop astringency. Lemony grapefruit spurt and teasing fig-date conflux linger lightly above grainy earthen malts.
SMUTTYNOSE PINNEPED SPECIAL VIENNA LAGER
On tap at Bronx Alehouse, understated lightly-kilned Vienna malting brings sweet grained ambiance to mild toasted nuttiness, frugal dried fruiting and light fungi earthiness.
SMUTTYNOSE THE STALLION IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, silken mocha splendor and latent dried fruiting pick up curried sugar spicing. Brown chocolate, ground coffee and dark cocoa overtones further sweetened by mild vanilla creaming. In the distance, bourbon, black grape and plum wine illusions awaken. Picture courtesy of mybeerbuzz.com
SMUTTYNOSE SMUTTLABS: OL’ GRUNDY HUMPER PALE BARLEYWINE – 2016
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, perplexing oak chip-aged barleywine (circa 2016) stays stylishly moderate as oaken vanilla and honeyed pear adjuncts get lost among whiskeyed grain malting and blearily finishing 10.8% alcohol burn. In the distance, champagne grape, dried cherry and green apple tartness wavers.
SMUTTYNOSE ROCKY ROAD STOUT
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, lightly creamed dessert-like milk stout subtly soaked in amaretto oak chips places confectionery Marshmallow Fluff sugaring alongside cacao nibs-roasted dark chocolate fudging. Mild vanilla, cookie dough, espresso and coconut illusions add further sweetness to contrast moderate hop char.
SMUTTYNOSE BALTIC PORTER
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, fudgy molasses syruping drapes smoky grain-roasted black chocolate prominence, ancillary cocoa-dried coffee contingent and sweet vanilla inflections above nutty pumpernickel bittering. Soy-sauced black tea notions contrast dried-fruited black cherry, raisin and prune illusions beneath the surface.
SMUTTYNOSE REALLY OLD BROWN DOG ALE
On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, ‘luscious’ English-styled old ale allows port-soaked oak chips to subtly affect caramel-toasted chocolate malting (of original Old Brown Dog Ale) and vanilla-spiced marzipan piquancy above mild earthen hop resin. Rum-spiced pecan, chestnut and butternut illusions gain syrupy brown-sugared molasses sweetness as well as flickering fig-date passivity.
