Jubilant Japanese and Jamaican citrus fruits combine for summery Mosaic hop attack. Sunnily brisk lemon-juiced yuzu exotica and zesty tangerine-grapefruit ugli influence sit atop French breaded bottom. Brisk orange, pineapple, peach, mango and papaya tropicalia contrasts juniper-nipped blueberry souring.
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FISH TALE VICIOUS CIRCLE AMBER ALE
Disparate amber ale reliant more on toffee-spiced brown chocolate malting than stylish leafy-hopped amber grain toasting. Light floral-spiced citrus wisp and mild chestnut whim waver.
PINE ISLAND SCOTTISH ALE
On tap at Rhodes North Tavern, generously pale malted medium body lets Scotch-dried tobacco roast, dewy mossing and polite hops gain subtle cherry sweetness in balanced manner.
(LAKE PLACID) WHITEFACE LODGE LEAN TO ALE
Brewed for nearby lodge by Lake Placid Brewery, amiable Scotch-dried pale ale brings corn-flaked cereal graining and peaty whiskey daub to the surface. Light malt liquor-like grain alcohol wisp stalls.
OTTER CREEK ORANGE DREAM CREAM ALE
On tap at Biggie’s, so-called ‘sublime summertime’ treat only tastes like a vanilla-creamed orange creamsickle for a terse moment. Then, its frisky carbolic spritz aerates any orange-peeled Madagascar vanilla bean influence as its mild citric hop astringency increases. Tertiary cream-corned lemon custard snip and small cracked wheat backbone flutter.
MILL HOUSE CUCUMBER BLESSINGS CREAM ALE
On tap at Rhodes North Tavern, refreshingly crisp cucumber adjunct briskly affects lemony grapefruit-orange tang, lacquered pine tones and herbal respite. A divergent clean-watered IPA with no negative off-putting qualities.
PINELANDS PARADISE IN THE PINES CREAM ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sun tan-lotioned coconut oiling spreads across delicate sugar-creamed pale malting and zesty citric hops of mildly interesting adjunct ale. Withering lemon-twisted coconut toasting will consume tropical-minded pina colada dabblers.
LONG TRAIL SUMMER ALE
On tap at Sogo, soft well-watered crisping envelops lemon-rotted grapefruit rind bittering and sweet orange-spiced spritz over earthen barnyard acridity. Tart guava, passionfruit and melon subsidies gain herbal respite at rustic finish.
NESHAMINY CREEK TAMANEND HELLES LAGER
On tap at Taphouse 15, sessionable helles lager retains musky wet grained dankness and light lemony orange-grapefruit tartness above honeyed biscuit base in straightforward manner. On tap at Biggie’s, delicate lemony sparkle gained perfumed mandarin orange spicing and latent herb-nuanced Noble hop astringency.
YAZOO DADDY-O PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, raw-honeyed pilsner malting gains floral-perfumed herbage and soured lemon rot pungency above mild milled grain base. Mentholated Lemondrop hops deepen herbal citrus continuance.
CRUX PILZ
Wonderful light-bodied manna stays plainly satisfying while retaining truly substantive pilsner malt character, tempered Saaz hop herbage, zesty lemon twist and mildly creamed froth. Biscuit-y base adds Italian pepper bread, French bread and sourdough bread illusions that ultimately centralize highly sessionable Oregonian.
HALF ACRE PONY PILSNER
On tap at Equilibrium, sturdy dry-bodied German pilsner brings dank earthen graining to floral-nipped Noble hop spicing, lemon candied tartness and parched barnyard acridity in crisply clean manner.