Easygoing Citra-hopped IPA (limited edition 2019) pipes delicate yellow grapefruit bittering into light pine resin and doughy pale malts, leaving ancillary mandarin orange tartness, pineapple tanginess and mango sweetness to battle back latent alcohol-burnt astringency.
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SINGLECUT PROG! IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, easygoing moderation evenly spreads tangy grapefruit, orange and pineapple juiciness across sweetly spiced pale malts and salty citric hop bittering.
HUDSON VALLEY PIROUETTE
On tap at Growler & Gill, hazily yellow marbled sour IPA brings lactic milk-sugared yogurt tartness to parched lime acidity and lemony green grape tannins above tempered oats-dried raw wheat cushion, leaving mild barnyard acridity upon the citric-soured back end.
STONE TROPIC OF THUNDER LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, calmly reserved ‘tropical lager’ wrangles lemony yellow grapefruit spritz out of zesty Citra-Mosaic hop sunshine. Vinous white grape subtlety underscores lightly embittered orange rind midst where sweet pineapple-coconut tranquility contrasts mild pine resin subsuming divergent India Pale Lager.
LIC BEER PROJECT DREAM SHOVEL PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, sweet-tart grapefruit and orange groove gains sugary pale malt spicing to contrast mildly grassy Citra hop response.
COMMON ROOTS BARREL AGED IN BLOOM
Rustic wine barrel-aged farmhouse ale fermented in oak foedres allows mild lemon lime acidity, vinous green grape tannins and wispy herbal salting to enhance tartly citric saison yeast of dry white wine alternative.
WEST KILL DOODLEBUG PILSNER
On tap at Growler & Gill, crisply clean well-watered bohemian pils relegates lemon rot souring with splashy lemon spritz and a dash of clay-hopped grass. Floury sourdough bottom gains mossy compost earthiness and wispy floral nuance. Offbeat original.
KENT FALLS YEESH PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, clear pale-hued bohemian-styled moderation utilizes earthen Czech hop herbage to affect modest wet-grained pilsner malting and zesty lemon spritz.
ALLAGASH SUN DRIFT ALE
On tap at Ambulance, sour brettanomyces yeast enhances tart lemon zesting and earthen black tea adjunct above pale malted raw oats. A bit underwhelming, but quite welcoming for those just discovering sour ale virtues.
PLAN BEE BARN BEER WILD ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, aggressive oak-aged sour ale matches vinous white grape musk and tart lemony limestone pucker to musty barnyard leathering for acidic brettanomyces yeast-induced rusticity.
MEAN MAX BARREL-AGED BARLEYWINE
Richly complex barleywine aged eleven months in bourbon barrels retains bold ethyl-burnt 12% ABV. Beautiful bourbon whiskey luster picks up heavily spiced brown chocolate and vanilla sweetness that nearly drowns out the citrus-derived Citra-Cascade hop briskness – but never to the detriment of its dewy peat whiskey expressiveness.
MEAN MAX BARREL AGED KILTS UP SCOTCH ALE
Humbler, less complex and less aggressive (at 10.5% ABV) than brewer’s barrel-aged barleywine, letting dewy scotch malting embrace spiced toffee sweetness, brown chocolate sugaring, dried fig-prune-raisin whims and wispy cola-pecan nuttiness. Modest bourbon, spiced rum and burgundy illusions add latent serenity.
