On tap at Seven Lakes Station, mellowly soured pale ale utilizes Huell Melon hops to provide pivotal melon rind, muscat grape, prickly pear and candied lemon tartness for upfront grapefruit rind bittering, wood-dried Amarillo hops and mellow mandarin orange tease. Closer to a sour IPA, perhaps.
On tap at Taphouse 15, ‘crushable’ pale ale stays dry as woody Simcoe-Amarillo hops saturate sunnily citric Cascade hops. Mellow grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering gains spritzy lemon twist over grainy pale malt bed.
On tap at Centre Street Public House, straightforward flagship moderation brings toasted amber graining to dry Cascade hop astringency in familiar pale malt-spiced fashion.
Crisply smooth pearly-headed amber yellowed light body brings Mexican-styled corn cereal sweetness and maize-flaked astringency to sour lemon-rotted malt liquor snag without getting stifled by musky hop-oiled rye graining.
On tap at Plank Pizza, silken boho pils with muskily herbal Euro hop profile gains sour lemon licks, dark floral wisps and mild herbal snips above daintily mineral grained toasting. Sturdily designed.
On tap at Ambulance, classic straw-hazed German pilsner retains dank sourdough honeyed graining for zesty lemon spritz, grassy hay-maize acridity and muskily perfumed herbal black peppering above its buttered biscuit base.
On tap at Ambulance, lightly creamed dry-roasted peanut buttering receives salty snip above English pale malting. Distant hazelnut and dark cocoa illusions fill out well-designed peanut butter alternative.
On tap at Ambulance, impressively approachable rainbow sherbet-flavored sour ale retains eye-squinting pink lemonade, grapefruit and orange tartness for lactic-soured salinity as vanilla-sugared orange creamsickle sweetness contrasts its sour lemon-limed sherbet finish
On tap at Ambulance, dry brut champagne yeast given perfumed pineapple and key lime adjuncts sweetened by wheat-honeyed Graham Cracker base. Abstrusely offbeat sweet ‘n sour coalition with mild citric acidity stays quirky.
On tap at Ambulance, deep purple-hued NEIPA brings spunky blueberry jam tartness to lemony Citra-hopped bitterness, picking up mildly vinous green grape esters. But its blueberry pureed citrus finish needs deeper resonance.
On tap at Ambulance, opaquely golden hazed IPA (collaboration with Spain’s basque brewery, Gross) stays crisply clean as lemon-juiced pineapple, mango and orange tartness melds to creamy coconut respite and sour lime chime in soft-toned pale malt setting.
On tap at Ambulance, offbeat witbier places dry plantain starchiness, cucumber-watered melon rind pickling and mild floral herbage alongside stylized lemony orange-dried coriander spicing with fair results.
