On tap at Plank Pizza, ‘heavily fruited sour’ ale brings sweet milk sugaring to cucumber-watered prickly pear and zesty pineapple adjuncts in unique blend. Beyond the pineapple-tart prickly pear frontage lies subtle watermelon, cantaloupe, cranberry and crabapple nuances.
Sunny yellow grapefruit bittering, sharp orange peel tang and spiced pineapple salting enter dry resinous pine center in crystalline cryo Mosaic-Azacca hop setting, picking up light herbage.
On tap at Beef Trust, easygoing ‘li’l hazy IPA’ with clean Cryo Citra-hopped lime zesting and spritzy grapefruit-peeled mandarin orange tang retains crisp light-bodied nature for splendid pilsner malted(?) light body.
Another thickly creamed tart-candied Sour Patch Kids knockoff from rangy Jersey zymurgist. Utilizing pureed strawberry, raspberry and peach to soak up the extremely sour mouth-puckering concentrated orange juicing, murkily copper-browned fruited sour ale gains briny residue and spritzy soda-like fizzing. Mildly influencing the tart citrus-spiked berry/peach confluence are pink grapefruit, pineapple and acai illusions fizzy soda
On tap at Beef Trust, tannic white-wined esters and briny lemon-limed gourd souring contrast maple syrupy pumpkin pie spicing – letting gingery cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and allspice autumnal seasoning sweeten the glazed pumpkin donut finish. In the distance, bark-dried oaken vanilla tannins reveal sour edge.
Staid pale golden-cleared blonde stout lets fizzy lemon-wedged freeze-dried coffee mellowing slip atop oated pilsner malting. Smooth, not creamy, allowing mildly tart coffee bean acidity to beckon.
On tap at Beef Trust, tempered peach variant lacks enough vanilla-creamed peachiness to overcome sharp grapefruit-orange tang above mild oated wheat base.
Abundantly vanilla-creamed fruited smoothie propels thickly pureed strawberry-raspberry tartness and mild blueberry influence above cinnamon apple-spiced Graham Cracker base. Tangy berry continuance gains concentrated orange juicing and slightly soured cranberry-passionfruit-pineapple conflux as well as salty Margarita-licked liming and sugary rum rush. Recommended.
On tap at Beef Trust, lactic milk-sugared vanilla creaming caresses confectionary marshmallow sweetness spreading thru lemon-zested grapefruit, pineapple and passionfruit tang as well as mild lacquered wood tones above floury oated wheat spine.
Silken gold-hazed moderation renders spiced yellow grapefruit sunshine and sweet orange peel zesting over pasty pale malts in crystalline Cryo Citra hop setup. Mild pine tones linger thru the brisk citrus finish as ancillary mango, pineapple and tangelo notions provide juicy backup.
Rich pineapple funnel caking enjoins supremely tart orange-juiced lemon zesting over gooey marshmallow-creamed milk sugaring, leaving bittersweet Pez-candied powdering upon the tangy citrus-sharp pineapple immensity. Serve semi-frozen for total Smoothies journey. May be best pineapple ale circa ’21.
Thick rust bronze glowed fruited sour ale rampages forward with tart limey strawberry, guava and passionfruit adjuncts outdoing banana taffy sweetness and concentrated orange juicing over milk-sugared vanilla creaming. Another exceptional, richly textured, tartly soured Smoothie by Bolero.
