Easygoing hefe variant utilizes red grapefruit sugaring for syrupy soda-like suds sweet-toothed candy lovers may love or find cloying. Either way, it’s closer to a summery shandy or radler than any wheat-based hefe. At the finish, bubblegum-candied orange and tangerine enliven sugary red and white grapefruit juiciness.
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NESHAMINY CREEK WAYWARD WHEAT BAVARIAN STYLE WHEAT
Fizzy orange-oiled plantain souring and murkily tart lemon meringue spicing infiltrate pasty wheat-sugared baked breading, lacking proper stylistic banana-clove sweetness.
THIN MAN LEAP SPRING BOCK
Easygoing fruitful maibock splashes lightly floral-spiced citrus, berry and cherry tang against mildly soured lemon licks above dry pasty malt base.
CHATHAM TASTY SPRING LAGER
Dryly tart oxymoronic springtime marzen (an Octoberfest for April) plies musky orange rotted lemon splurge and teasing tangerine tartness to pasty Vienna malts. Gluey paper finish drubs sourly citric vibe.
CARLSBERG GAMLE LAGER
On tap at Ambulance, golden amber cleared dunkel lager from Copenhagen retains satisfying suitable subtleties. Sweet braided breading bottoms delicate brown-sugared prune caking and caramelized rye nudge as slight perfume spicing spreads softly in moderate-body setting.
MAST LANDING TWO WEEKS FROM EVERYWHERE CORN LAGER
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, straightforward yellow-cleared corn lager spreads lemon rotted orange tartness and gentle herbage above corn flaked mineral graining in pithy pilsner malt setting.
RUSTY RAIL ROOT BEAR LAGER
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, middling root beer-inspired lager maintains soda-like sarsaparilla sweetness and caramelized vanilla creaming that slowly dissipate as ginger root herbage emerges. Serve to pop fans.
WELDWERKS LONG BONES MEXICAN-STYLE LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, thin aluminum clear Mexican lager retains crisply dry lemon spritz and mild phenol spicing above bready maize-flaked pilsner malt minerality.
FIDENS PARAMETER PILSNER
Well integrated pils with crackling lemon fizz picking up hay-dried straw wheat acridity above honeyed mineral graining. Simple, efficient, spritzy, yellow clear suds.
PHASE THREE P3 PILS
On tap at Ambulance, crisp pils plies rustic raw grain musk to lemony Noble hop herbage and mild floral sweetness, relegating its toasted white breading. Serve to German-Polish-Czech pilsner lovers.
EQUILIBRIUM SNOW CAP PILSNER
On tap at Growler & Gill, polite clear yellow Czech-styled pilsner with sweet-corned wheat base anchoring straw-dried minerality and light herbal hop astringency while fizzy lemon spicing stays spritzy.
ALEWIFE THOUSAND STARS PILSNER
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, simple German-styled pils brings zesty Seltzer-fizzed lemon spritz to biscuity baked breading in fine light-bodied fashion. Tidy mineral grain bed couches wispy herbal spicing.
