On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, knocking off a Granny Smith apple pie laced with cinnamon bark bittering, this sharp cider-finishing sour ale retains mild phenol alkalinity over acidulated malts.
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LONE PINE BLUEBERRY SPARKLER AMERICAN SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, purplish red-cleared fruited sour retains lemony blueberry tartness for gin-fizzed sparkling champagne tonic. Salty pomegranate-cranberry bittering and modest juniper licks waver alongside pureed blueberry wining.
EVIL TWIN DUMB FRUIT 13
On tap at Taphouse 15, giddily dispensing Pez-candied tartness all over its rummy vanilla-creamed Smoothie sugaring while recalling Rainbow sour strips, thickly condensed fruitfulness unites pureed passionfruit, mango and apricot adjuncts with puckered orange concentrate juicing. Just one more dynamic fruited sour!
ALEMENTARY A VAST & TERRIBLE MAGIC
On tap at The Office – Ridgewood, lightly vinous lemon-juiced green grape tannins placate wispy blackberry-boysenberry tartness for mellow kettle sour.
GRIMM SUPER YUZU GOSE
On tap at Taphouse 15, refreshingly understated sea-salted yuzu fruiting provides lemony mandarin orange spritz and wispy lime bittering for dainty Margarita cocktail knockoff.
ICARUS DRINKING SHERBERT FOR DINNER BERLINER WEISSE
On tap at The Office – Ridgewood, fruitful heavily wheated Berliner Weisse drapes milk-sugared Madagascar vanilla sweetness upon juicy cara cara orange tang, spritzy Meyer lemon salting and sweet-tart cherry spurts. Rummy citrus undertow contrasts lactic yogurt souring.
SCHILLING RENNSTEIG SCHWARZBIER
On tap at Taphouse 15 and bettering most nebulous German dark lagers (schwarzbiers) currently on US market, well-designed moderation spreads dry coffee-stained Baker’s chocolate sustenance atop fresh baked rye breading, picking up mild candied toffee sweetness to contrast herb-tinged earthen truffle backend.
CARTON WILL IT NOG PASTRY CREAM ALE
On tap at The Office – Ridgewood, lightly vanilla-creamed whipped cream fluff spiced-up by subtle nutmeg-cinnamon sweetness for understated eggnog-inspired pastry cream ale. Try it in powdered sugar-rimmed glass.
SOMA TWO TOWNS AMBER ALE
On tap at The Office – Ridgewood, soft floral-daubed lemony orange spritz crackles atop grassy Fuggle hop earthiness contrasting delicate pilsner malt sugaring.
FLYING BISON IN THE CLOUDS PALE ALE
Sharp orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple and peach tang, astringent hop herbage and floral-daubed pale malt spicing bring subtle IPA resonance to the fore. Tertiary red apple, pear and melon illusions flutter.
FLYING BISON RUSTY CHAIN VIENNA LAGER
Buffalo’s top selling beer is a cereal grained Vienna lager with nutty dried fruit spicing and sinewy sourdough breading, but its dank cardboard-like murk scours the bottom end.
LAST WAVE TRIMMIN’ DRY-HOPPED PILSNER
Lemony floral herbage of Loral hops redirects light pilsner as delicate IPA-lite orange, grapefruit and pineapple notions plus dry wood tones prove sedate as white breaded base.
