OMMEGANG GAME OF THRONES: WINTER IS HERE! DOUBLE WHITE ALE
On tap at Curley’s, complex and well-balanced wintry witbier lets sweet orange-peeled coriander adjunct, zesty lemon spritz and gentle vanilla sway gain lightly lingered white-peppered sea salting...
View ArticleBURIAL THE SHIMMERING APPEARANCE OF SILK OATWINE
On tap at Ambulance, audacious red wine-barreled oats-fortified winter warmer not clearly defined. Tannic red wine esters barely register as mildly acidic wild yeast saddles its sweet ‘n sour fruiting....
View ArticleBRONX WINTER PALE ALE
Knocking off a ginger snap cookie to good effect, dry-spiced winter warmer allows molasses-sugared cinnamon, clove and allspice seasoning to rise above its honeyed biscuit pale malt base. Minty fern...
View ArticleABITA CHRISTMAS ALE (2018)
Wintry Christmastime dark ale (circa 2018) places coarsely embittered hop astringency very close to dry-spiced chocolate roast in unspecific blend. Obviously staying less sweet than previous versions,...
View Article(SHMALTZ) CHANUKAH: PASS THE BEER DARK ALE – 2018
Nearly sublime winter warmer (circa 2018) stays closer to original dark ale version from a few years back. Resilient caramel-malted chocolate roast, wintry cinnamon-nutmeg-ginger spicing gain and...
View ArticleSAMUEL ADAMS WHITE CHRISTMAS (2019)
Pallidly seasonally spiced winter ale lacks resilience and allows phenol hop astringency to decay orange-peeled cinnamon and nutmeg spicing and sweet vanilla creaming. …
View ArticleANCHOR STEAM MERRY CHRISTMAS 2020
Silken smooth ’20 vintage winter warmer plugs lightly creamed dark-roast chocolate malting into dried cocoa, bitter coffee and tarry molasses apprehension. Mocha-backed walnut, cola and hazelnut...
View ArticleANCHOR STEAM MERRY CHRISTMAS – 2018
“Sumptuously smooth” 44th annual Xmas Ale may lack capacious distinction of some previous versions, but rounded chameleonic subtleties (though pallid in spots) never fail to engage. Over its peaty...
View ArticleTOMS RIVER WINTERTIME LOVE WINTER WARMER
On tap at Plank Pizza, wintry cinnamon-dried ginger, allspice and cardamom seasoning seeps into sweet orange peel zesting and oaken vanilla tannins above buttery caramel malting. …
View ArticleFROG ALLEY FROG NOG
On tap at Growler & Gill, holiday-spirited spice ale retains rummy eggnog creaming as well as Christmastimey cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice seasoning and coconut toasted pineapple zing (of a Pina...
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