Casual pumpkin pie puree frontage picks up citric India Pale Ale subtleties and sweet nutmeg-cinnamon spicing over oats-dried rye biscuit backbone. Though leaning towards the bitter side, its creamy caramel sugaring adds fine contrast at the finish. Try with Salazon’s Organic Dark Chocolate Sea Salt candy bar, a pumpkin pie-like chocolate pretzel with crunchy nuttiness and mild vanilla sweetness anchoring its chunky sea salting.
Tepid and thin in comparison to sourer Terrapin Cranberry Pumpkinfest as autumnal 2016 trend towards cranberry-infused pumpkin ales takes off. Tart cranberry juicing never fully punctuates brown-sugared spicing or its contrasting raw-honeyed lemony gourd bittering. Instead, sweet nutmeg, ginger, clove and cinnamon accents stay annoyingly moderated.
On tap at Amazing Grapes, tart cranberry-forward sourness almost supersedes vegetal gourd earthiness and mild pumpkin-skinned acridity. Lemony blood orange, yellow grapefruit and tangelo fruiting tingles the sour cranberry essence.
Stylish salted coriander template given minty-fresh eucalyptus adjunct and mildly acidic lemon pucker. Oncoming shandy-like lemonade tartness and dry lime spree beget light citric-soured scurry. Gose lovers unite!
Sessionable canned spinoff of brewers’ Throwback IPA brings a bitterer citric souring to the forefront. A large lemony grapefruit contingent rises above its tart passionfruit adjunct and herbal hop astringency. Mild mango, blood orange and papaya illusions lightly contrast mineral-grained earthiness and phenol aspirin-like acridity in the distance.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, easygoing tropical-fruited 2016 witbier maintains tranquil passionfruit tartness that’s guarded by yellow grapefruit, lemon meringue, blood orange, raspberry, papaya and pineapple illusions above its delicate barley-wheat base. In the recess, musty floral-perfumed herbal tea licks reside.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, easygoing tropical indulgence brings lemony passionfruit subtlety to mellow yellow grapefruit zing, wafting floral bouquet and wispy currant-like medicinal astringency.
On tap at Amazing Grapes and Shepherd & Knucklehead, soft-toned kolsch brings sour saison-like yellow grapefruit, lemon rot and dried orange influence to honeyed wheat breading in fuzzy-tongued manner. Lightly soured citra-hopped kolsch yeast setup gains clean-watered mineral grain dampness over time. Stylish lemon-rotted Valencia orange and yellow grapefruit tartness picks up mild floral herbage and dry lime wisp.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, “hoppy American wheat ale” tosses lactose-injected Meyer lemons and vanilla beans into the soft and creamy off-dry mix. Advertised lemon meringue tartness sweetens in the midst, contrasting the oncoming lemon-oiled lupulin bitterness hovering just above its light bready bottom. Sweet ‘n sour citric dessert treat.
On tap at Ambulance, “rustic” grain parch and salt-watered coriander brining retain dry Cascade-Citra hop bittering. Yogurt-like lactobacillus souring and vinous lemon-seeded squint nearly overwhelm tertiary peach, apricot, green grape and green apple tartness.
On tap at Ambulance, curious lo-cal lemonade concoction given parched farmhouse leathering and easygoing herbal respite. Subtle lemon-limed souring and tart yellow grapefruit wisp add some zest.
On tap at Ambulance, sour-creamed toffee influence scoured by bitter lemon-juiced white wine tartness and rustic barnyard leathering. Lactic oaken vanilla tannins reinforce vinous wild yeast sourness over acidulated pale malts.
