On tap at Ambulance, feisty clear amber-yellowed sour pale ale (an awkwardly defined mixed culture ‘biere de garde’) retains moderate lactic acidity for salty lemon-limed perfume musk and tannic grape-skinned tartness. Sour yogurt finish completes well-calibrated wild ale.
On tap at Plank Pizza, likable marzen-styled lager places spoiled citrus musk next to wet leafy hop mossing. Earthen Saaz hop earthiness embellishes musky orange-rotted lemon spoilage to nicely counteract its sugary pilsner-Vienna malt glaze.
On tap at Ambulance, crisply clean pilsner-malted cream ale places toasted white breading alongside dry herbal-grassed Noble hop astringency, rustic maize subtlety and zesty lemon twist. Just a tad bitterer than usual cream ale fare – and a tad better.
On tap at Growler & Gill, luscious 30th Anniversary dessert treat circa 2018. Bold oak-chipped stout enriches syrupy black chocolate malting with tart red cherry bluster. Subtle wood-charred hop bittering underscores viscous mocha cherry beauty. Black Forest cake, creamed coffee, bruised cherry, dark cocoa, chocolate truffle and raspberry puree illusions fill out the busy full body.
Gently creamed sweet ‘n sour cold-pressed coffee roast gains soy-sauced brining over barley-flaked dark chocolate malting. Sharp hop roast loudens black coffee scheme and latent anise wisps waver.
Voluptuously frothed toffee-fudged black chocolate syruping picks up molasses-soaked bourbon goodness for creamy sweet stout. In the midst, mocha-smoked soy sauce and medicinal cherry coughdrop astringency battle back sugary dessert richness.
Fudgy cocoa-powdered brown chocolate creaming stays fluffy above molasses oatmeal spine as dry earthen peat scrum, latent nutty remnant and slight vanilla tease help anchor medium-full-bodied mocha breakfast stout.
“Sinfully delicious” bourbon barrel-aged stout goes thru significant transformation. Clean-watered bourbon spicing and dry burgundy undertones gain sour dried fruit respite to reinforce creamy cocoa bean resilience, rich vanilla bean bittering and bruised black cherry resolve. The result is a bourbon-dried Black Forest Cake for robust thirsts.
Rich peanut-buttered dark chocolate template receives Cocoa Puffs, black coffee, molasses bread and seared walnut illusions reinforced by moderate hop char. Not unlike a liquid Reece’s Pieces candy bar, though its fluffy carbolic frisk thins out some of its peanut butter resonance. Competition for admirable peanut-buttered porter, Duclaw’s Sweet Baby Jesus!
Judicious “chocolate-infused oatmeal stout” gravitates towards rich toffee-fudged chocolate milkshake. Dark chocolate, cocoa nibs and coffee creaminess gains sweet caramelized vanilla aspect over sugary maple oats. Reminiscent of Milk Duds candy.
Creamily rich English-styled oatmeal stout lets assertive milked coffee frontage gain dark cocoa pleasantry above maple molasses oats. Dark-roast coffee ground prominence subsides midway, leaving mellower java-related cappuccino, espresso and caramel latte tones to dovetail sedate hop-charred bittering.
Lightly creamed “full-bodied foreign export stout” lets milk-sugared coffee roast grapple molasses-sapped black chocolate and dark cocoa richness. Woody earthen hop char sinks below dry mocha permanence.
