On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, treacly Vermont maple syruping lightly coats brown sugared cinnamon stick sweetness and smoky dark chocolate bittering, picking up chocolate orange caking, salted peanut shelling, mild light-roast coffee spell and burnt caramel nip for slightly hectic mix.
Rustic German-styled pils forwards dryly herbal Saaz hop musk to mild lemon twist (as well as dark floral nuances and vegetal snips) above toasted biscuit base. Stylistically perfect.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, mellowly offbeat dry-hopped third anniversary celebrator brings lemon-rotted dried orange souring to lightly creamed oats-sugared bed, leaving subtle chili heat beneath the surface. Distant mango-papaya-guava tropicalia contrasts mellow vegetal tease.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, lightly lingered citrus zestiness gains “spicy mango” influence and resinous Simcoe Lupulin hop-powdered bittering above delicate wheat-oats spine for sessionable India Pale Ale.
On tap at Plank Pizza, soft nitro-like mocha creaming engages tart raspberry adjunct and dewy hop resin. Raspberry-jammed blackstrap molasses sinew picks up ancillary black cherry, fig and date illusions as well as latent cocoa bittering.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, mellow soft-tongued IPA lets candied peach tang battle back lemony grapefruit, orange, tangerine and mango tropicalia and light floral spicing above mild pale malting.
On tap at Taphouse 15, soft-tongued fruit spicing contrasts intensifying bitter dry-wooded hop profile. Lightly syruped grapefruit, orange and mango tropicalia lingers.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, tropical Citra hop influence brightens above dank piney hop bittering contrasting moderate sugar-spiced pale malting. Lemony yellow grapefruit, orange peel, grilled pineapple and tangerine marmalade tang resonates to crystalline finish.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, worthy “tropical fruit-forward” IPA stays crisp and clean. Orange-peeled grapefruit tang receives light pale malt sugaring. A hip mid-range IPA.
On tap at Taphouse 15, muted ‘oatmeal chocolate stout’ brings black-malted dark chocolate and coffee subtleties to distant black grape, bourbon and burgundy blurts above delicate toasted oats spine.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, pleasant citrus-soured tartness gains earthen peat mossing and resinous pine oiling above dried wheat-oats spine. Astrignent phenols deepen its moderately bitter end.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, “juicy” India Pale Ale brings tangy mango-papaya-grapefruit-orange tropicalia to sour lemon lime luster and resinous piney hop bittering above fennel-tinged pale malt base.