Decisive rye barrel-aged stout (10.5% ABV) places smoky rye whiskey tones inside vanilla-creamed bourbon chocolate loft, gaining hazelnut coffee, dark cocoa, espresso, butterscotch and pipe tobacco illusions above caramelized Maris Otter base.

Soft-toned New Zealand hop-influenced Imperial IPA utilizes Cryo Citra-hopped Sauvignon Blanc grape must to gleamingly tweak brisk yellow grapefruit-seeded lemon zesting, sweet orange peel tanginess and light floral spicing. Distant ‘mango, lychee, peach and nectarine’ illusions punctuate the sweet end while tart lemon verbena piquancy slips thru lightly vanilla creamed oated wheat sugaring. Superb!
Peculiar aluminum clear foeder-aged wit brings wild oak dryness to white grape esters and dry white wining that outdo stylish orange-peeled coriander spicing. Below the surface, celery-seeded chamomile herbage, sweet cider riffs, sparkling champagne bubbliness, snappy ginger snips and cat urine musk waver.
On tap at Ambulance, “Classical” aluminum yellowed pale lager brings spicy lemon sweetness and floral Hallertau hop herbage to bready pilsner malting in fine stylistic fashion.
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry Irish stout maintains bitterer stylistic rampage as dark chocolatey black coffee nuttiness and treacly Blackstrap molasses acridity receive wood-burnt hop char above barley-flaked unsweetened Bakers chocolate base.
On tap at Ambulance, lemony white grape-skinned Nelson Sauvin hop skunking picks up mild bosc pear, green apple and white peach illusions at delicate Sauvignon Blanc finish. Dry pilsner malt base brings barnyard millet, spelt and wild oats acridity to the surface.
Fine foeder fermented pumpkin ale contrasts subtle maple-glazed caramelized pumpkin spicing against earthen gourd musk. Gingery nutmeg-clove spicing stays soft above Vienna-malted spelt, red wheat and millet graining, retaining easygoing appeal without losing flavonoid depth.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, easygoing beige-cleared rice lager with washed-out raspberry-blackberry tartness and even wispier blush champagne and orange mimosa reminders gathering for spritzy summertime fodder. Ricey pilsner malt base too delicate.
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned porter conditioned on oak and given bittersweet Madagascar vanilla bean creaming gains coffee-roasted dark chocolate splurge as mild weedy hop oiling snags tarry snick.
On tap at Ambulance, musky hay-dried pilsner graining secures floral-perfumed lemon twist and limey grape souring (emanating from white winey Petit Blanc and Hallertau Blanc hops) to its Weyermann floor-malted pale wheat bottom.
On tap at Ambulance, luxurious bourbon-aged vanilla creaming, dark chocolate syrup and maple molasses drape richly spirited, velvety smooth nightcap. Rangy chocolate, black and crystal malting deepens bourbon whir as tawny port, cognac and sherry illusions make cameos.
On tap at Taphouse 15, murkily hazed ruby grapefruit hue thicker than tartly fruited entry. Dry oaken cherry guards pink guava-pureed raspberry tartness and yellow grapefruit bittering as mildly milk-sugared Madagascar vanilla beaning wispily floats into creamily oated wheat base.