A sunnier IPA-fruited dry-hopped kolsch collab with Imprint. Dry yellow cleared moderation brings mild lemony grapefruit pith bittering, tart yellow grape esters and mandarin orange snips to saltily spiced herbage over neutral white bread base.
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MUCKRAKER DOWN THE SHORE EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT DRY-HOPPED GRISETTE
Sea-salted grisette (a brinier saison) stays soft and fuzzy on the tongue as spritzy lemony grapefruit bittering picks up perfumed cologne-wafted florality (chrysanthemum-dandelion-lavender) and mild herbage in mildly acidic setting.
NEW TERRAIN SUNTRIP BELGIAN STYLE WIT
Polite lemony orange candied spritz gains fresh ground coriander spicing, lemon custard tartness, distant banana-plantain scamper, wispy tangerine tang, prickly pear mildness, musky orange oiling and slight herbal respite. Plentiful Belgian yeast sediment adds to sweet sourdough base.
JAILBREAK INFINITE AMBER ALE
Dry coppery amber ale plies dewy peat mossing to softly creamed caramel malting as mild coffee roast picks up wattle seed, pumpernickel, chestnut and cocoa whims as well as distant phenol astringency.
SCHOFFERHOFER PASSIONFRUIT HEFEWEIZEN
Crisply brisk lemony passionfruit juicing never recedes as fizzy orange soda, ripe red grape, sweet cider and candied mango illusions sweeten German brewers’ variant tropical hefe.
BOW & ARROW DESERT RAMBLER HEFEWEIZEN
Middling hefe defers some of its stylish banana-creamed clove spicing to herbal gingering, lemon zesting and cider sweetening over dryish raw honeyed sourdough wheat base.
BRONX CLIMATE CONTROL PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, ultra-dry pale ale relies on offbeat flavonoids to tickle your fancy. Even its hazy tannish brown hue’s a tad peculiar for usually simpler styling. Yellow grapefruit-peeled lemon rind bittering, salted pineapple tartness and piney juniper swipe sidle dark-roast hop char contrasting Carapils/Crystal malt sugaring. Dry-spiced floral citrus finish gains brown leaf astringency.
OLIVER SOCIAL LAGER
Peppy pale lager brings slightly soured salty lemon spritz to light grassy hop musk and corn-sugared pale malt base for tidy moderation.
BLACK HOG COLD PIZZA PILSNER
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dry-hopped Italian-style pilsner places mild floral spicing beside light herbage tingled by sunny lemon spritz above salted cracker-like white wheat malting.
SCHILLING HANSE KELLER PILS
On tap at Taphouse 15, musty grained straw golden pilsner (an unfiltered lager a.k.a. kellerbier) brings mild wildflower-honeyed creaming to sweet corn, sour lemon, hay-dried astringency and mildly peppered Noble hop herbage with fine results.
MAGNIFY REFRESH PILSNER
On tap at Taphouse 15, crisply clean golden cleared dry pils stays creamily soft as millet-grained cracked wheat stead houses alfalfa, grits and buckwheat nuttiness plus porridged maize to complement mild lemony peach spicing.
BRIX CITY CIAO BELLA PILSNER
On tap at Pompton Craft House, dry-hopped Italian-inspired pils stays soft and mild as delicately spiced lemony hop spot and floral spiced bouquet gather alongside daintily caramelized pale malting and crusty French breading.
