On tap at Poor Henry’s, sour cherry blossom entry contrasted by vanilla-sugared marshmallow fluff and a slight lemon twist.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
YONKERS RAY’S NORTH EAST STYLE IPA
Lemony grapefruit and orange tang contrasts resinous hop astringency over cereal-grained malt sugaring, picking up subtlest banana, apricot and pineapple nuances as well as tart guava, gooseberry and white grape waxing for moderately hazed, amber yellowed, Citra-Centennial-hopped medium body.
BELL’S SPARKLEBERRY BELGIAN-STYLED ALE
On tap at Ambulance, sparkling raspberry ale with enough lactic Belgian Framboise thrust, sour cherry tartness and sulfuric green grape esters to denounce its teasing tripel tag. Subtle champagne spritz, delicate Chardonnay buttering and dry rosé wining detail its multi-berry midst. An elegant sweetly soured Framboise with ample raspberry-pureed fruit juicing securing savory affluence.
MIKKELLER STAFF MAGICIAN NEW ENGLAND STYLE PALE ALE
Taut pale ale given briskly fruited hazy NEIPA styling that resonates with orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tanginess and lightly pungent resinous hop bittering. Pasty pale malts contrast herbal musk to fortify the back end while subtle peach, mango, tangerine and illusions reinforce the juicy citric frontage. Betters less fruitful, more astringent pale ales.
MIKKELLER TABLE TALKER
On tap at Ambulance, dry low-alcohol saison lets rustic herbal barnyard mustiness infiltrate candi-sugared mandarin orange, banana and peach subtleties to its salted cracker bottom. A tad slight as to be expected.
ARROWOOD FARMS WHITFIELD GRISETTE
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing summertime grisette (a low alcohol farmhouse ale) retains dry citrus salting, white wine flirt and light spicing with effervescent splash.
CATSKILL GRAND CRU
On tap at Ambulance, sour wine-barreled grand cru pits tart lemon zesting against vinous green grape subtlety and sharp cider bite. Easygoing fare with lightly acidic nature.
BREWDOG PINA PLAYA
Pina Colada gose with a Margarita Twist. Salted coriander expectancy gains lemony pineapple-coconut tartness for refreshingly tropical summertime briskness. Sour citric acidity lingers alongside Pina Colada likeness while tertiary mango, papaya and guava illusions waver.
ROCKMILL DUBBEL
Chewy, gooey and dewy, sharply spiced dried fruiting engages candi-sugared bread pudding sweetness and moist earthen mossing of rich dubbel. Ample prune-stewed fig, raisin, plum and dark cherry tartness gains musty purple grape esters and dry bourbon lilt by the creamily rich fruit-caked finish.
ROCKMILL WITBIER
Fickly offbeat witbier ‘brewed with spices’ combines sharp orange-peeled lemon meringue tartness, cider-bound champagne souring, rummy banana daiquiri wisp and wayward peach sway for obtusely fruitful deviation. Peppery herbal-licked coriander, cardamom and clove spicing and musky cellar funk crowd the honeyed wheat back end.
SHIP BOTTOM BLUEBERRY BIKINI BOTTOM WHEAT ALE
Amiss blueberry tartness fades quickly as corn whiskey malting and phenol hop stead create murkily acrid astringency. Raw-honeyed blueberry syruping usurped by cidery advance, depleting desolate cherry and mango snips. Ripe blueberry aromatics far outweigh blueberry flavoring.
BRIX CITY ACID BLEND STRAWBERRY RHUBARB ALARM CLOCK
Psychedelia-bent sour ale brings ‘acid blend’ of lemon-dropped strawberry puree tartness and mild salted rhubarb chutney piquancy to contrasted creamy vanilla sweetness, leaving cranberry, oaken cherry and gooseberry illusions at the leathery back end. Fluffy whip-creamed strawberry sweetness counters moderate citric acidity at demure sour-fruited finish.
