Tart agave-limed cocktail uniquely aged in tequila barrels. Tangy lemon lime-salted Margarita appeal is fascinating. Moderately acidic oaken cherry and tannic white grape esters settle deep beneath sea-salted lime juicing.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
INTERBORO / CREATURE COMFORTS MORE JUICE THAN ZEUS BERLINER WEISSE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, unique one-off sour ale collaboration with Georgia’s Creature Comforts. Easygoing kettle-soured Berliner Weisse integrates mild lactic yogurt milking with pink guava-pureed tangerine zest. In the recess, salty lemon-juiced whiskey sour nip and distant banana-peach-pear conflux flail.
OXBOW SAISONDRE 3000
On tap at Ambulance, mixed fermentation oak-aged sour saison retains summery lemondrop tartness and vinous white grape tannins over desiccated oats-dried barnyard acridity.
J. WAKEFIELD EL JEFE ALE WITH COCONUT
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry stylistic offshoot loses coconut-flaked banana, bubblegum and clove influx to lemony zestfulness above maize-like wheat malting. A tad underwhelming.
BARRIER CLASSIC WHITE ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station. In contrast to sweet white ale conventionality, blood orange-pureed coriander adjunct leaves dry resonance upheld by maize-dried raw wheat astringency and lemondrop tartness. Delicate plantain, peach and quince quips stay recessive for offbeat Belgian-styled witbier.
NAP TIME STAR OCEAN PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, dry citrus-spiced extra pale ale lets sunny Cascade-Citra hop fruiting spread above floral-daubed herbal wood tones and sugared pale malts. Lemony orange-seeded grapefruit rind bittering and relegated peach-mango-nectar tang linger.
BEACH HAUS FREE WORLD PALE ALE
Dry orange-grapefruit spritz remains pallid over grassy astringency. Timid Cascade-Citra-Mosaic hop conflux lacks distinction and wispy white bread spine dissipates.
PINELANDS BLUEBERRY ALE
Updated (2020 version) of brewer’s blueberry blonde lacks sufficient blueberry intensity as vodka-like alcohol burn and corn-liquored ethers rob its essential fruitedness. Tepidly tart blueberry seltzer fizz lingers alongside grainy hop astringency.
GENTLE GIANT RAPTOREX CHERRY WHEAT
Thin pinkish-tinged cumulus white head rides atop clear amber body of soapy, washed-out tart cherry flavoring. Phenol yellow grape-salted lemon spritz and light white grape esters stay veiled as distant sweetly soured cherry tartness blurs the pallid mix.
FIRESTONE LAGER
Soft-toned Helles-styled lager brings maize-dried herbal snatch and wheat-floured French breading to politely astringent Hallertau-hopped pilsner malting with flattish restraint.
GRIMM TOPOS
On tap at Growler & Gill, crisply brusque German-styled pilsner gathers husked wheat musk, earthen Noble-hopped herbage and spritzy lemon pit souring. In the distance, ‘floral-honeyed’ raw molasses bittering brings pasty undercoating.
MAGIC HAT DUVINE ROUGE ALE W/ PETIT VERDOT
Dry light-bodied wheat ale (with purplish red grape hue) brings tannic Petite Sirah/Verdot grape flutter to delicate black-peppered plum and cherry snips as well as tidily floral rosé nuance over earthen raw wheat spine in tepid manner. Tenuous Sirah grape tartness, bitterness and acidity.
