On tap at Grumpy Monk, mildly creamed caramel malting offers delicate nitro feel to soft-toned orange, peach and tangerine fruiting as well as sneaky lemon-seeded black currant bittering. Zesty citrus-spiced finish gains lingered piney hop astringency.
Rich cookie dough malt sweetness invades stylish orange-peeled grapefruit tang, mild piney hop bittering and muskily lingered alcohol astringency. Lemony tangerine, pineapple and peach illusions as well as dainty brown pear and melon snips add further resilience to colorful Mosaic hop-bound medium body.
Going just a tad beyond IPA styling, sessionable pale body relies on green tea-like herbal lemon quality and lighter oats base instead of strictly plied piney citric bittering and richer pale malting. Mild grassy floral undertones and wispy orange-tangerine tang complete the score.
On tap at Coastal Craft Beverage, respectable fruit-spiced tripel lets funky fungi-herbed yeast affect semi-sweet lemon meringue, orange marmalade, mandarin orange, tangerine and apricot illusions above its beet-sugared crystal malt base. Mild cider-soured green grape esters provide contrast.
Mocha-endowed dubbel hybrid lets massive flavor profile battle indefinitely for blurrily mixed full-bodied breakfast fodder. Dubbel-like caramelized raisin, sugarplum and dark cherry spicing confronts heavily armed fresh-roast coffee, cocoa nibs and dark chocolate richness above oats-flaked rye malting. Light bourbon sweetness contrasts bitter hop-charred tobacco chaw acridity below dried fruited mocha salvo. Confusingly confounding yet idiosyncratically supple.
Moderate white-peppered herbal citrus penetration gains zesty lemon spicing and ancillary yellow grapefruit bittering over mild oats-dried spine. Lively Belgian yeast adds spunk to delicately complex pale ale.
Dry grain rusticity and musky herbal hops provide ESB-like earthiness for less involving orange-dried tangerine, grapefruit and peach snips. Wispy wheatgrass, hay and rye undertones waver.
Tart lemon-limed yellow grapefruit entry gains mandarin orange tang to contrast musty barnyard funk, gingered lemongrass herbage and gentle peppery snip. Semi-dry finish epitomizes the Belgian farmhouse style well.
On tap at Coastal Craft Beverage, lemony herbal resonance soaks up stylish banana-clove-coriander sweetness to its honeyed wheat spine.
On tap at Coastal Craft Beverage, moderate pilsner-malted hefeweizen lets lemony orange tartness override mild banana-creamed clove and coriander spicing. Light floral tones waver and pale wheat spine dries out.
On tap at Grumpy Monk, lemon-soured blueberry tartness lacquered by clay-hopped sourdough resilience while light floral herbage, spicy coriander-clove nicety and wispy peach tones whimper. Compares favorably to Sea Dog Blueberry Wheat.
On tap at Grumpy Monk, easygoing summertime ale dumps tart watermelon spritz upon celery-watered cucumber freshness. Lightly brined watermelon rind midst picks up tertiary cantaloupe, honeydew, prickly pear and wild berry illusions above dull white wheat backbone.
