On tap at Seven Lakes Station, fruitful IPA lets tart mango, pineapple and blood orange adjuncts redirect slightly soured candied orange and grapefruit rind bittering. Mild herbal astringency tethers submerged sour-over-sweet tropicalia.
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FOREIGN OBJECTS FUTURE SIGHT INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, brisk double dry-hopped IPA brings ‘visions of peach nectar’ to ‘earthy conifer sap,’ leaving mellow yellow grapefruit and lemon rind bittering in its grassy wake. Sugary pale malts secure tertiary pineapple, peach and tangerine tang contrasting mildly pungent dry wood tones.
GRIMM CELEBRITY CRUISE
On tap at Growler & Gill, lightly embittered citric fruiting contrasts plastique groating of sessionable India Pale Ale-styled lager. Initial lemon-candied orange tartness enjoins bitter grapefruit rind insistence and wavering pineapple-strawberry snips.
JACK’S ABBY PRIVATE RYE BIERE DE GARDE
On tap at Ambulance, warm-fermented Kellerbier piles Belgian candi sugar to subtle French farmhouse-styled lemon spicing and dry rye malting. But its rye influence is restricted and, stylistically, this biere de garde’s as nebulous as its summery strong pale ale category.
CROOKED STAVE NIGHTMARE ON BRETT DARK SOUR ALE – 2016
On tap at Ambulance, low-key dark sour ale aged two years in Leopold Bros. Whiskey barrels retains brettanomyces-bound balsamic vinegaring, tart oaken cherry pucker and mild lemon musk, but whiskey influence is negligible. Slight charcoal graze inundates sharp vinous sourness and horse-blanketed barnyard acridity by indirectly providing charred mocha remnant. Subtly complex.
PARADOX ACTUAL SIZE – OAK-AGED SOUR ALE WITH KIWI & TOASTED COCONUT
On tap at Ambulance, vinous green grape tartness overwhelms toasted coconut and kiwi adjuncts for highly acidic oak-aged golden ale. Sour white wining gains modest peach, guava and mango illusions, but its coconut-kiwi tropicalia fails to take hold.
CARTON TANGLED UP BLUEBERRY HIGHLANDER WEISS
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, tartly blueberry-pureed souring stays subtle alongside salty lemon spritz and vinous green grape esters for lactic Berliner Weiss. Desiccated straw-dried wheat base lays barren while sour blueberry adjunct sweetens ever so slightly.
REVOLUTION FREEDOM OF SPEACH SESSION SOUR W/ PEACHES
Sessionable kettle-soured peach moderation with plain Greek yogurt adjunct maintains lightly vinous green grape acidity and oaken vanilla resonance, staying sharp on the tongue. Delicate sweet-tart peach spritz nearly overwhelmed by lemon-limed souring at the citric-wined finish.
OXBOW OPEN AIR
Fine fermented farmhouse ale utilizes open-air coolship production of mixed culture yeast aged on cherry and raspberry to provide lightly acidic Sauvignon Blanc appeal as oaken cherry and raspberry rhubarb tartness pick up vinous green grape souring over straw-dried red wheat malts.
THREES TABLE BEER SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, mild lemon-fleshed saison picks up white-peppered lemongrass gingering, earthen straw musk and wispy herbal nips over wheat-cracked French bread spine for easygoing low alcohol fare.
BURIAL EXISTENTIAL ENNUI BARREL-AGED JUNIPER SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, souped-up saison utilizes gin-spirited juniper berries to heighten its citric bitterness alongside light tannic vinegaring and wheat-straw barnyard acridity. Brisk juniper adjunct seeps into aged oak setting alongside sweet mandarin orange, spritzy lemon souring and light lemongrass oiling.
M.I.A. MIAMI WEISS
On tap at Growler & Gill, expressive medium-bodied hefe combines tangy orange-peeled banana and clove piquancy with doughy wheat sweetness, musky lemon-rotted herbage and tingly chamomile snips in distinct manner.
