On tap at Ambulance, respectable collab with famed Belgian brewery, Dupont, loads sour lemon, bitter orange and tart green grape esters upon spiced-up pastry malting to contrast acrid barnyard leathering.
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LOGSDON SEIZOEN SAISON
On tap at River Of Beer, offbeat hybridized saison carbonated with pear juice offers a complex blend. Spicy lemon-honeyed banana, apricot, pineapple and green apple fruiting veers towards peppery herbage as raw oats-spelt barnyard acridity provides dry bottom. Mild vodka kick aids pear-juiced champagne finish.
MUCKRAKER SAISON BLUEBLOOD
On tap at Poor Henry’s, compromised blueberry tartness receives oaken cherry tannins, vinous green grape acidity and pithy lemon spritz above straw-like barnyard acridity.
MUCKRAKER WALLKILL FARMHOUSE ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, wild saison yeast brings moderate brettanomyces fungi to vinous lemon-soured green grape tartness as spicily white-wined Hallertau hops combine with herbal Saaz hops, leaving oaken cherry tannins upon the ultra-dry barnyard leathering.
LIC BEER PROJECT LATE NIGHT SUN DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, waxy lemony grapefruit splurge and slightly sharp orange rind bittering gain minor pine tones and wispy herbal snips to contrast sweet crystal malting.
NIGHT SHIFT LIVING DEAD ALE
Briskly taut enigmatic ‘strong ale’ allows several disparate adjuncts to coexist in medium-bodied IPA-derived setting. Zesty lime resilience, juicy pineapple tanginess and sour pink guava sway receive treacly molasses sinew as latent cinnamon spicing mellows out perfumed-hopped lacquered wood varnishing of abstruse peculiarity.
NIGHT SHIFT FRACTALIZER NEW ENGLAND DOUBLE IPA
Lightly straw-hazed NEIPA places pine-needled citrus burst and sharp phenol hop bite atop creamy crystal pale malting. Bitter grapefruit-peeled orange rind expanse gains zesty lemon sunshine.
NIGHT SHIFT SANTILLI INDIA PALE ALE
Lemony yellow grapefruit tang sharpens dry wood tones and oncoming floral herbage of hazy yellow clouded NEIPA, leaving bittersweet Mosaic hop imprint on the zestful tropical fruited finish. Orange rind, salted pineapple, white peach and mango illusions brighten the core.
NIGHT SHIFT ONE HOP THIS TIME: SIMCOE INDIA PALE ALE
Resinous pine lacquering coats orange-peeled grapefruit tang sweetened by sugar-breaded crystal pale malting for brisk yellow-hazed medium body. Orange-peeled peach, tangerine and grapefruit tropicalia gains mildly herbed Simcoe hop astringency over time.
NIGHT SHIFT GENTLE TWIST ALE W/ BLOOD ORANGE, ELDERFLOWER & LAVENDER
Sharp citrus hopped spicing gains sour cider scamper and dried apricot reminder to complement floral-bound blood orange tartness over light white bread spine. Sweetish elderflower and lavender nuances nearly lost.
NIGHT SHIFT YOU DA MOM HIBISCUS SAISON
Prickly white-peppered hibiscus flowering sweeps into sweet orange-peeled lemon meringue tartness and vodka-tinged banana daiquiri boozing above dry barnyard graining. Citric-spiced hop perfuming reveals herbal sage pungency at the back end.
NIGHT SHIFT BRIAR WEISSE
Bright beet reddish pink-headed Berliner Weisse aligns tart raspberry puree groove with limey lemon peel zesting in bacterial lactobacillus setting. Sharp citric acidity gains salty residue lining raspberry vinaigrette souring.
