On tap at Tapastre, tranquil red wine-barreled farmhouse ale stays extremely dry as vinous red grape tannins create mild Sauvignon-pinot warmth activated by wild lactic yeast. Lemon-licked peppery hop bite adds moderate bitterness and scorched earth snip provides slight acridity.
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ICARUS WELCOME TO THE JAM
On tap at Poor Henry’s, turbidly amber-yellowed medium body adds sour lactose acidity to salty lemon pith bittering, dry-hopped passionfruit puree tartness and zesty mandarin orange wisps. Below the soured tropicalia lies grouty fennel, lemongrass and celery illusions.
ICARUS BLUE WORLD SAISON
On tap at Poor Henry’s, subtle pepper-spiced blueberry honey tartness receives lemony herbal suppleness, candied orange respite and leafy hop astringency. Crisply clean water flow softens residual bitterness.
ALESMITH .394 SAN DIEGO PALE ALE
Well-realized and stylistically bold pale ale (dedicated to former San Diego baseball star, Tony Gwynn) places tangy grapefruit-orange-pineapple juicing upfront as resinous hop pining contrasts cereal-grained caramel sugaring. Tertiary mango, peach, clementine and tangerine fruiting adds further luster.
EQUILIBRIUM TACHYON
On tap at Growler & Gill, crisply clean freshwater flow provides smooth setting for interesting pale ale turnabout. Zesty lemon burst furnished by abstruse floral herbage, oily pine hops and sugared pale malting. Delicate pineapple, mango, passionfruit and mandarin orange illusions add zing to offbeat eccentricity.
SINGLECUT STRICTLY HAND-HELD HONEY KOLSCH
On tap at Growler & Gill, daringly hybridized clear beige-yellowed kolsch blends stylish pale lagered grape tannins with supple askew adjuncts. Milk-sugared coconut water, honeyed ginger licks, tart lemon spritz and wispy floral nuances coalesce quite efficiently in clean water setting.
FUNKY BUDDAH FLORIDIAN HEFEWEIZEN
Middle of the road moderate-bodied hefe retains mild vanilla creaming as lemony banana-clove frontage picks up tart orange binge and sugar wafer honeying.
SPRINGDALE DAS WEIZEN
On tap at Growler & Gill, sharp lemon twist and creamy vanilla froth enhance stylish banana-clove-bubblegum sweetness. Bitter lemon pith riffs stay prominent, ultimately taking this hefeweizen in a whimsical direction.
CONCLAVE NEW SLANG PALE WHEAT ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, mildly creamed hopped-up wheat ale offers sharp lemon-candied grapefruit, orange and tangerine zest to peppery herbed wood-toned hop astringency. Subtly sugared wheat base counters wispy aspirin aftertaste.
GIGANTIC PEACE LOVING DECOY NEW AMERICAN VIENNA ALE
Toasted Vienna-malted pale ale sets wavered caramelized sweetness against slick floral-citric spicing, leafy hop astringency, gluey cardboard riffs and earthen fungi mustiness. A bit unbalanced and stylishly nebbish.
INTERBORO BUSHBURG PILS
On tap at Growler & Gill, musky Noble-hopped pilsner plies pepper breaded cracked corn husk and straw-dried barnyard acridity to herbal lemon rot. A profuse, fulsome, German lager yeasted alternative for rustic lumberjacks.
ICARUS SUNWALKER SMOKED PILSNER
On tap at Tapastre, modest beechwood smoke affects mild pilsner malting and dry citrus nip, becoming musky at the calm finish.
