On tap at Ambulance, easygoing nutty brown ale leaves bitter dark chocolate-fudged coffee roast upon peanut-skinned walnut char contrasting buttered pecan scamper. Dry nutty mocha finish gains only mild cocoa syruping.
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HANK HUDSON JERSEY GIRL BROWN ALE
Raw-honeyed Blackstrap molasses bittering lingers subtly alongside mild black chocolate chalking and walnut-seared dark-roast hop char. In far distance, musky orange oil seeps inside bitter chocolate nuttiness.
MORTALIS HYDRA: PINK GUAVA, PINEAPPLE, MANGO
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dandy tropical fruited Smoothie unites waxy pink guava tartness with tangy pineapple zesting and salty mango pep, picking up pulpy orange juicing, peachy banana sweetness and lemon meringue piquancy in heavily vanilla-creamed oated wheat setting.
DREKKER APPLE BAR SLANG DU JOUR SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, superb Smoothie sour initially replicates spicy apple cobbler pie. Flake-crusted baked apple warmth nearly edged out by lactic vanilla-creamed banana puree richness as ancillary cling peach, syrupy pear, lemon cookie, coconut cream and brown-sugared cinnamon sweetness contrasts milder salted lemon meringue tartness above honeyed wheat wafer bottom.
WELDWERKS PINEAPPLE PIE SOUR ALE
Captivatingly juxtaposing briny lemon-candied acidity and limey pineapple salting against lightly marshmallow-creamed Graham Cracker sugaring, nifty Berliner Weiss variant retains yogurt-milked ‘Smoothie pastry’ resonance. Tart oaken cherry dryness penetrates citric-embittered pureed pineapple pulpiness, ridding most of the residual honeyed vanilla sweetness as soured green mango, guava and gooseberry riffs advance.
HUDSON VALLEY SILHOUETTE: BRUNCH STYLE SOUR IPA WITH PEACH
On tap at Growler & Gill, fizzy tart peachiness swept forward by lemony yellow grapefruit salting, sour yogurt milking and vibrant Mosaic-Citra hop tropicalia. Mildly acidic lemony peach pucker picks up lacquered clay chalking.
BENT WATER MANGO GUAVA KETTLE SOUR
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, lightly salted mango-guava puree given mildly acidic lemon souring for tartly soft-tongued tropicalia.
SKYGAZER SOUR CRUSHER – BLACKBERRY
On tap at Taphouse 15, briny blackberry souring, moderated blueberry-boysenberry tartness and mild Muscat grape musting upstaged by rotted lemon bittering. Limey blackberry souring dries out acrid fruited finish.
SOUTHERN TIER JUICE JOLT EXTRA JUICY IPA
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, wafting fruit juice blast profoundly introduces tropical delight. Intensely judicious pineapple-juiced navel orange zesting and resilient lemon-limed mango tang serenaded by tertiary red grape, melon, berry and cherry illusions in vodka-clean setting. Sugary bubblegum candied scamper reinforces fruitful fancy.
FIDDLEHEAD MASTERMIND DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Ambulance, mildly embittered yellow grapefruit tang, salted mandarin orange and lemon meringue tartness gain milky yogurt souring over delicate oated wheat base for winsome NEIPA profile.
FOAM LIKE CLOCKWORK
On tap at Growler & Gill, sunshiny hazy golden NEIPA tosses plush lemon-sugared orange and pineapple tanginess and salted white grape tannins at yogurt milked souring above delicate vanilla-creamed oats spine.
EQUILIBRIUM / MODIST COSMIC PROPORTIONS DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill (and better labeled an NEIPA), gunky yogurt-milked tropical fruiting seeps thru viscous oats flaked creaming. Juicy Citra-hopped orange juicing and yellow grapefruit zesting juxtapose slightly sour Nelson Sauvin-hopped guava, passionfruit and mango splurge as peachy tangerine tang sweetens things up.
