Tangy blood orange juicing gains candied tartness and sweet vanilla smidge, nearly recalling a less sugared Creamsickle or spritzy soda pop. Ancillary tangerine ripeness reinforces blood orange adjunct.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
ANDERSON VALLEY CHAI SOLSTICE
‘Variation of Anderson Valley Solstice” adds cardamom, star anise and vanilla to orange-peeled ginger, black-peppered herbage and sugary crystal malts, creating a honeyed chai tea experience. Tertiary chestnut, chamomile and cinnamon illusions add further complexity of worthy medium-bodied herbal spiced mélange.
2ND ACT BIG CABIN COFFEE SAISON
On tap at Sogo, cream-sugared roasted coffee overtones never ambush maibock-styled sour lemon peel bite and sweet orange peel tang settling above Maris Otter/ pilsner malting. Judicious coffee stimulation gains dark chocolate, cocoa, espresso and hazelnut illusions to contrast lingered acidic hop esters.
RUSTY RAIL FOOL’S GOLD PEANUT BUTTER HEFE
KROMBACHER WEIZEN
GOLDEN ROAD TART MANGO CART WHEAT ALE
If you believe Blue Moon Mango Wheat’s sugar-fruited tropicalia and honeyed wheat base are too damn sweet or nearly cloy, then try this pleasantly tart alternative. Kinda like a spritzy mango seltzer, its zesty lemon spurt, sticky watermelon sweetness, easygoing mandarin orange kick and delicate floral-spiced snips balance both the sweet and dry sides.
GOLDEN ROAD MELON CART WATERMELON WHEAT ALE
Utilizing dried watermelon and honeydew rind to reduce its mild cantaloupe sweetness, above-average moderation will please some fruit ale fans. Lemony carbolic spritz blitzes candied melon tartness at the musty midst, leaving dewy cantaloupe ripeness alongside salted watermelon remnants right above the moldy wheat base.

GOLDEN ROAD PALISADES PINEAPPLE WHEAT ALE
Tart pineapple spritz and juicy apricot sweetness define syrupy soda-like wheat ale. Summery candied pineapple tartness lingers over bready wheat malting. Sugary fruitiness may seem cloy to some.
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BLUE POINT BEACH PLUM GOSE
Plum-juiced German-styled gose adds salty seaweed to lightly vinous lemon liming. Tart plum pucker retains calmly acidic sourness. Kettle-soured sea salting integrates fairly well with guava-tinged plum caking.
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LEFT HAND BLACKCURRANT CREAM ALE – NITRO
GOOSE ISLAND KELLER MARZEN
“Classic cold-cellared German lager” brewed in collaboration with Spaten Brauerei stays crisply clean as doughy yeast enticement brings biscuity breading to light lemon-rotted musk, musty peat earthiness and leafy hop astringency. Spritzy carbolic pep awakens the tongue.

