On tap at Poor Henry’s, offbeat brettanomyces-enhanced sour ale lets lemon-limed raw coconut and unripe fig adjuncts build limestone wall against pilsner-like rye and oats breading. Fermented with foraged wild yeast, lightly acidic citric souring overwhelms fig-coconut conflux.
Aggressive flagship blonde sour ale only recommended to true ‘sourheads.’ Mightily vinous lemon-limed white wine souring permits hard-candied citrus pucker and musky floral tinge to venture into salty brettanomyces-bound gueuze lambic-like acidity above unmalted white wheat base.
Mellow mango adjunct settles softly alongside dank pine resin and skunky ‘kush’ earthiness over cracked wheat spine. Sweet ‘n sour mango complacency gains slight pineapple daub and zesty citrus-spiced snip.
Washed-out seasonal hefeweizen (a.k.a. blonde vanilla coffee ale) needs deeper vanilla-creamed light roast coffee adjunct plus sweeter banana-clove penetration and tarter lemon-licked pilsner malting for better low-key affectation. Sugar cookie, vanilla wafer, lemon meringue and sourdough bread illusions stay distant.
Washed-out light-bodied limited edition (2020) fruit ale aged on tart raspberry-blackberry adjunct receives sour lemon spritz and mild hibiscus flowering before getting a tad phenol. Under-ripened berry flow too subtle and pale malt setting too dryly sedate.
Pallidly seasonally spiced winter ale lacks resilience and allows phenol hop astringency to decay orange-peeled cinnamon and nutmeg spicing and sweet vanilla creaming.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, crisply clean golden-hazed dry body stays refreshingly juicy as tangy orange, grapefruit and lemon spicing bursts thru above mild oats spine. Hoppy sedation with a slight citric-pined IPA bent.
On tap at 98 Cannon – Chestertown, Md., resilient amber lagered ‘common beer’ (a.k.a. California-styled Steam Beer utilizing lager yeast at warmer ale temperatures) brings fruity pale ale disposition to lightly pungent piney hopped herbage contrasting toasted caramel malting. Modest grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering stays easygoing while rustic earthen grain minerality rides below.
Creamily sweet dessert-like malt beverage (with loose milk stout tag lacking hops) promoted as coffee-beer hybrid with ‘a dash of milk’ and defined as a premier vanilla-infused iced coffee. Coffee ice cream entry gathers White Russian, Kahlua and whipped vanilla illusions while mildest vodka-like whim adds latent alcohol smidge.
On tap at Ambulance, cavernous barrel-aged strong ale (13.9% ABV) weaves luxurious bourbon vanilla sweetness thru fudgy brown chocolate resonance, molasses oats sugaring and lovely sherry-noir wining. Tertiary toffee, caramel, coconut, raisin and cookie dough illusions add depth. A beautifully designed digestif.
On tap at Ambulance, confectionary jet black Imperial Stout unites lusciously pink Himalayan sea-salted burnt caramel sweetness with dark chocolate exuberance. Creamily caramelized chocolate salinity gains dark-roast coffee, milked espresso, buttered toffee and dark cocoa undertones for perfect Godiva-candied dessert treat.
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, sweet vanilla creaming gains light lactose influence relegating coffee-beaned cocoa nibs adjuncts and grassy hop astringency. Delicate vanilla sugaring picks up latent caramelized butterscotch twist.
