On tap at Burger Loft, bright tropical fruiting serenades soothing moderation. Mild grapefruit-peeled lemon souring gains tangy pineapple, orange and tangerine illusions with delicate hop astringency lining the crisp citric finish.
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DISTRICT 96 AMERIKANISCH KOLSCH
On tap at Burger Loft, dry moderation plies lemon-limed orange candied sourness to doughy white bread spine, picking up mild soap-sudsy vegetal earthiness and celery-watered fennel smidge..
YONKERS SHOWER TIME PALE ALE
Refreshingly crisp springtime moderation gains sunny grapefruit tang above dewy malts and French-breaded yeast in brisk mineral water setting. Lemony Amarillo-Citra-Mosaic hop astringency allows subtle peach, apricot, pineapple and mango undertones to latently emerge.
GRIMM NEON LIGHTS
On tap at Ambulance, crisply clean, ‘delicately complex’ (and nearly bone dry) farmhouse ale loads acidic lemon rind and grapefruit pith sourness atop lingering rustic-grained pungency and dank herbal hop musk, masking any sugar-spiced melon, pineapple and pear subsidies. Tongue-lashing Hallertau-hopped citric bitterness gains latent black-peppered coriander assertion.
SOLEMN OATH YARNBOMB
On tap at Ambulance, refreshingly singular “Northwest-styled” Cascadian(?) hefeweizen lets stylish banana-clove sweetness take a backseat to lemony grapefruit and pineapple tartness and herbal respite in similar fashion to some sourer saisons, perhaps. Dank spelt-like oats dryness and grassy hop astringency provide earthen bottom for citric-herbal finish.
LAGUNITAS DAVEY MURRAY’S BEST SCOTCH ALE
On tap at Ambulance, wayward 2017 limited edition moderation needs headier Scotch sweetness, smokier peat malting, dewier tobacco roast and tangier citric-licked hop tingle to truly capture attention.
BUNKER / FINBACK COCO LOCO BLACK LAGER
On tap at Ambulance, aimless one-time collaboration with New York’s Finback puts the proverbial ‘lime in the coconut’ but leaves very little drupe influence upon limey grape-stemmed tannins. Musky dry hop bittering and ashen tobacco overwhelm any bitter coconut watering.
SINGLECUT KT66 INDIA PALE LAGER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, restive hazy-bronzed India Pale Lager spreads sourdough biscuit malting across lemony grapefruit-pineapple-orange tang and dank herbal hop resin. Gluey millet-grained grouting and fresh-cut grass earthiness add further dimension.
GUINNESS HOP HOUSE 13 LAGER
Approachable pale lager draught utilizes mildly fruited Americanized Galaxy-Mosaic hops, Guinness house yeast and dry Irish barley. Lemony orange-dried apricot sedation shadowed by resinous pine wisp and fresh-cut grass astringency as lightly creamed pale malts form fuzzy foamed sweetness.
(LION) STEGMAIER PORTER
Happily reminiscent of Mackeson XXX Stout with its bittersweet dark-roast black chocolate malting, dry cocoa powdering, caramel-burnt toffee influence and polite creaminess. Below the mocha surface, moderate hop-charred bittering affects charred nut remnant.
(LION) STEGMAIER WINTER WARMER
Pleasingly underwhelming winter-spiced moderation tingles tongue with brown-sugared malt sweetness. Vague cinnamon-nutmeg-gingerbread-cardamom illusions receive mild hop astringency by inconclusive finish of fair holiday celebrator.
(LION) STEGMAIER INDIA PALE ALE
Unassumingly mild IPA places tangy grapefruit-peach-orange-tangerine-pineapple blur atop astringent hop musk before lingering aspirin-like phenol finish falters.
