On tap at Ambulance, lactic double dry-hopped NEIPA with murky golden haze provides sharp lemony orange juicing and spiced pineapple tartness with mild yogurt-soured vanilla creaming. Zesty tropical fruiting abounds.
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RUSTY RAIL SWING TREE NEW ENGLAND STYLE IPA W/ APRICOT
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, brilliantly gold-hazed New England-styled IPA offers mild apricot puree souring to limey lemon zest, sunny yellow grapefruit bittering and distant gooseberry remnant over mild white wheat base in sharp citrus-enhanced lactic setting.
THREE FLOYDS BARBARIAN HAZE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, fine hop-forward golden hazed IPA drapes floral-bound yellow grapefruit tang and zesty orange rind bittering across dank pine resin and mild juniper pungency. Juicy citrus fruiting gains ancillary mango-pineapple-peach illusions sweetened by spiced pale malts.
SIXPOINT ATOMIC-RES NEW ENGLAND STYLE TRIPLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Triton’s, lustrous tropical fruit juicing and creamy caramel malt syruping (plus well hidden 11.8% ABV) provide plenty of spunk for bold NEIPA. Vodka-dipped peachy pineapple tang, candied mango-tangerine-grapefruit splurge and honeyed cantaloupe sweetness coated by sappy pine resin in thickly tongue-coated mix.
JERSEY CYCLONE MICROBURST HAZY INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Beef Trust, sharp juniper-nipped citrus zesting receives moderate lactic souring and resinous pine bittering. Sunny lemon-peeled yellow grapefruit and navel orange juiciness retains tropical luster above oaty pilsner malts. Delicate peach, lychee and apricot illusions stay subtle.
JERSEY CYCLONE DEW POINT PALE ALE
On tap at Beef Trust, tropical citrus juicing gains mildly salted lactose souring and light piney hop bittering over dewy caramel-spiced Maris Otter malts. Zestful orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tang eventually picks up spritzy mango-pineapple-peach splash.
EQUILIBRIUM C. LIME PIE PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, classic key lime pied dessert treat reaches beyond its stylistic dry-hopped pale ale boundaries as creamy vanilla sweetness embellishes the pastry ‘cake’ adjunct contrasting its limey salt-rimmed Margarita cocktail bliss in a responsive lactose setting.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY POM PASSION SOUR
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, bitter lime-salted pomegranate puree gains mildly tart strawberry-boysenberry-cranberry-raspberry rasp as well as oaken cherry-laced green grape esters for brisk kettle-soured moderation.
HUDSON VALLEY KINDS OF LIGHT SOUR FARMHOUSE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, delightful oak-aged sour saison refermented in Albarino grape skins reaches heavenly nirvana. Polite white grape must gleefully seeps into tart lemon spritz and hard cider reminder, leaving lactic souring upon acrid barnyard leathering for mildly acidic white wine-like tartness. Elegant.
OXBOW FIRST FRUITS 2018
On tap at Ambulance, vinous ultra-dry pinkish amber barrel-age blended farmhouse ale unites Kriek-like oaken cherry tartness with puckered raspberry vinaigrette souring and woodruff-syruped raspberry rasp. Leathery farmhouse funk seeps into the mix alongside a hint of champagne lemonade.
ALLAGASH VIOLETTE SAISON
Underwhelming sour blueberry adjunct gains herbal lemongrass-basil tease, light floral accent and tart pink guava flutter in rustic barnyard setting, lacking proper blueberry thrust and resonating saison styling.
WHITE BIRCH BLUEBERRY BERLINER WEISS
Flattish lemon spritz glides into woodruff-syruped blueberry souring with mildly acidic lactobacillus souring. Fizzy blueberry seltzer finish falters taste-wise.
