On tap at d.b.a.’s, approachable Belgo-American blend (renamed City Rocker circa 2018) brings candi-sugared crystal malting to uniform grapefruit, orange, peach and pineapple tanginess as well as spritzy lemon zest. Crisply carbolic setting adds pep.
On tap at Tapastre, rustic dry-hopped Red IPA offers raw-honeyed Europils oats and white wheat graining to mildly spiced lemony grapefruit tang with good results.
On tap at Tapastre, summery New Zealand-hopped wheat ale lets subtle fruited tropicalia override wet-grained sourdough wheat breading and slight herbal musk. A delicately tangy passionfruit-guava-soured moderation.
On tap at Tapastre, eye-squinting white peach acidity inundates lactobacillus-soured pale ale (fermented in stainless steel). Lactic house yeast deepens peach sourness as well as vinous white wining and green apple tartness.
On tap at Tapastre, easygoing flat-headed clear-yellowed gose offers sedate Philippine lime souring to wispy salinity and floral-doused subtleties. Light summertime retreat.
On tap at Tapastre, delicately delightful pinkish amber-cleared Berliner Weiss brings champagne sparkle to lemon-juiced raspberry and peach tartness and salty coriander stead. Moderately vinous green grape tenure plus teasing grapefruit bittering add further acidic sourness.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, pungent dry-hopped sour ale utilizes lightly vinous Muscat grapes and acidic brettanomyces yeast to enhance lemony grapefruit tartness over straw-dried barnyard acridity. Tertiary guava, passionfruit and gooseberry illusions filter thru.
Cloying Belgian-styled wheat ale with candied blood orange and tangerine tang retains sinewy corn syruping as well as meager coriander spicing. Sticky soda-like carbolic sugaring becomes soapy and unsettling.
On tap at Tapastre, tranquil red wine-barreled farmhouse ale stays extremely dry as vinous red grape tannins create mild Sauvignon-pinot warmth activated by wild lactic yeast. Lemon-licked peppery hop bite adds moderate bitterness and scorched earth snip provides slight acridity.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, turbidly amber-yellowed medium body adds sour lactose acidity to salty lemon pith bittering, dry-hopped passionfruit puree tartness and zesty mandarin orange wisps. Below the soured tropicalia lies grouty fennel, lemongrass and celery illusions.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, subtle pepper-spiced blueberry honey tartness receives lemony herbal suppleness, candied orange respite and leafy hop astringency. Crisply clean water flow softens residual bitterness.
Well-realized and stylistically bold pale ale (dedicated to former San Diego baseball star, Tony Gwynn) places tangy grapefruit-orange-pineapple juicing upfront as resinous hop pining contrasts cereal-grained caramel sugaring. Tertiary mango, peach, clementine and tangerine fruiting adds further luster.
