Interesting, but ultimately nebulous, collab with Counterweight (and brewed by Jack’s Abby), ripe banana esters from nubian South African hops waft thru setback orange-peeled grapefruit bittering, peachy ginger tea spot and candied lemon snip. Pithy pale malt-lagered powdered sugaring contrasts phenol herbage and dank pining before receding as quickly as its inceptive banana nose.
On tap at Ambulance, thin bourbon barrel aged barleywine stays laidback as caramelized vanilla sweetness regales mildly dried-fruited cherry, fig and date tartness and distant sherry-burgundy wining over sedate malted oats.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, classic cocktail-inspired Margarita knockoff only gets it half right. Tart lime-juiced orange zesting works, but smoked sea salting strangely scoffs citric souring.
On tap at Capital Craft – East Hanover, extremely tart cocktail-inspired elixir strictly for broad-minded sourheads. Tequila-aged wild ale blends red and golden sours with grapefruit zest, leaving acidic orange-dried lemon oiling and vinous cider spot upon leathery barnyard acridity. Bitterly soured grapefruit zesting puckers tongue as mild blue agave nectar fades.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, silken lactose stout douses cold brew coffee atop bittersweet dark chocolate. Creamy milk-sugared medium roast coffee tone holds firm.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, lavender tea-like earthiness greets Meyer lemon tang and limey bittering for sourly ‘tart ale.’ Lemon-juiced lavender adjunct picks up latent vinous white wining.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, nitrogenated version of English Oatmeal Stout contrasts coffee-burnt dark chocolate roast with cacao walnut brownie fudging and milk-sugared maple oats above mustily earthen bottom. Mellow Arabica black coffee roast lingers above nutty respite at the finish.
On tap at Ambulance, rustic Country-styled witbier lets stylish orange-peeled coriander spicing pick up waxy crayon soaping over dry barnyard leathering. Mild lemon twist and wispy mandarin orange misting stay distant.
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, fuzzy white nectarine tartness slowly infiltrates white tea earthiness of oak-aged golden sour lager. Dry white-wined vinegaring, spritzy lemon-limed acidity and tangy grapefruit-tangerine-peach conflux overwhelm subtle nectarine adjunct.
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, brightly citric floral-perfumed Mosaic lupulin powdering picks up white-peppered herbal respite. Moderate grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering contrasts juicy peach, mango and pineapple tanginess for subtly zestful IPA.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, hazy orange-clouded New England-styled IPA drapes tangy pineapple, peach, mango and papaya tropicalia onto mild piney hop resin and dry pale malts in politely centrist manner.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, crisply clean pale ale enlightened by IPA-styled citrus bittering and herbal hop astringency. Yellow grapefruit essence rises above orange rind bittering while mild pale malt sugaring guards the biscuity spine.
