Tart marionberry tannins grace French oak foudre wild ale (aged in pinot noir/whiskey barrels) as black currant-soured lemon rind bittering picks up moderate brettanomyces acidity. Mild blackberry, plum and gooseberry illusions waver amongst charcoal-singed black grape musk.
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ROUND TABLE ALTO LINDO
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, “rustic” sour ale plies tartly acidic lemon juicing to brettanomyces-funked barnyard acridity, earthen truffle spot and unexpected peat-smoked beechwood frill. For dryer sour ale advocates.
BOLERO SNORT SOUR PASTURE CALVES – WATERMELON AND LIME
On tap at Taphouse 15, ‘sweet and sour candied’ limey watermelon tartness expands atop fluffy marshmallow-sweetened wheated oats base. At the finish lemon-peeled lime souring puckers thru lactic acidity of Sweety-Tart candied Gummy Bear knockoff.
3 STARS FUNKERDOME SOCIETY #3 (2019)
Well-balanced, complex, flat-headed, limited edition sour ale integrates green grape esters, white wine vinegaring, lemon lime souring, hard cider sharpness, oaken cherry dryness and leathery barnyard acridity that linger alongside moderate brettanomyces acidity.
ALLAGASH MY ONE & ONLY SOUR RED ALE
Puckering fruited tartness and lingered tannic acidity bring the funk to complex fouder-aged sour ale. Tartly salted raspberry, plum and cherry adjuncts provide rigid sour edge to candied Sweet-Tart powdering. Ascending white grape vinegaring, hard cider sharpness and oaken cherry desiccation outdo bittersweet faux-Framboise lambic raspberry juicing.
HERMIT THRUSH PARTY GUY KETTLE SOURED SESSION ALE
Acidic lactobacillus souring promotes mild lemony green grape tannins, slightly bitter strawberry sash, hard cider sharpness and vinous red wining above leathery oaken dryness. Only sourheads need apply.
GRIMM FOUR EVER RAINBOW SOUR ALE
Dry Sabro-hopped pink guava tartness consumes zesty lime juicing, vinous white wining, mandarin orange misting and floral lavender cologne waft. Sour guava permeates slightly citric-salted finish.
EDMUND’S OAST SOUR CURUBA
Ultra-dry limey curuba brining gains yuzu-like lemon pith bittering plus acidic cat urine-stained ammonia solvency. Spritzy lemon lime souring picks up latent white peach, passionfruit, crabapple and pomegranate tartness. Sour heads prevail.
HUDSON VALLEY SILHOUETTE: STRAWBERRY LEMONADE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dryly soured strawberry lemonade frontage gathers lime-juiced Margarita salting, green grape esters, oaken vanilla tannins and strawberry rhubarb tartness above acidulated pilsner(?) malt base.
FIFTH HAMMER STRUDEL GOBLIN SOUR ALE W/ RASPBERRY & PEACH
On tap at Ambulance, hazy pinkish ‘raspberry-peach creamsicle’ may lack lactic milk-sugared sweetness to fend off its acidic lemon-juiced woodruff syruping, but its doughy peach and raspberry rhubarb strudel influence stands firm.
RADIANT PIG JUICY FRUIT PINK GUAVA PAPAYA GINGER SOUR
Briskly juicy fruited sour ale allows pureed pink guava tartness and limey papaya pucker to soak up ginger tea remnant as white grape tannins flitter with watermelon rind earthiness.
BOLERO SNORT PIRATES DON’T EAT THE TOURISTS BLAST TIKI SOUR
On tap at Pompton Craft House, Sweet-Tart candied tiki cocktail knockoff (with ghoulish pale green hue) allows limey pineapple, raspberry and tangerine souring to lead the way as perfumed green apple, crabapple and cranberry mustiness stays recessive above acidulated pale malting.