On tap at Growler & Gill, tart blood orange adjunct and earthen grain musk perks up dry radler-styled light lager. Mildly spiced lemon spritz as well as peach-pitted pink grapefruit, mandarin orange, rose petal and tangelo illusions flutter by baked breaded white wheat backbone. Juicy blood orange template stays subtle yet continuous.
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GREAT DIVIDE ROADIE GRAPEFRUIT RADLER
Top-grade soda-beer combo reveals juicy grapefruit permanence that gains sweet orange peel drift and crisply carbolic 7Up-like lemon lime sugaring. Zesty morning sunshine.
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE HOPS N’ ROSES AGED IN OAK BARRELS
On tap at Growler & Gill, politely oak barreled wild ale utilizes mild rose hips, elderflower and hibiscus adjuncts to engage lightly vinous red wining, tart lemon snicker and musky honeysuckle trickle. Tertiary floral-daubed herbal tea illusions sneak thru winy tannins.
OMMEGANG PALE SOUR ALE
Elegant pale yellow-cleared moderation (in collaboration with Belgium’s famous Liefman) forwards white-wined lemon rot musk to lemongrass-salted citric hop stead and tart grapefruit curdling above mild sourdough respite. Sour lemon-limed yogurt finish fades quick.
THREES SHORT FUSE SMOKED HELLES
On tap at Ambulance, abstruse foudre-fermented helles lager combines reserved vanilla-sugared marshmallow sweetness with mild tropical fruiting above subtly smoked pale malt dryness. Foudre casking adds ever-so-slight toasted wood parch.
VICTORY HOME GROWN AMERICAN LAGER
Elusive clear golden pale lager with modest intentions. Mildly spiced lemondrop spritz tingles cereal grained carapils malting and alkaline astringency. Sedate Mosaic-Cascade-Citra-Chinook hop influence checkmarks unspecific citric-spiced neutrality.
NIGHT SHIFT NITE LITE
On tap at The Oath, microbrewed lite lager works well as stylishly distinct alternative to Bud-Coors-Miller fodder. Mild wet grain musk surfaces alongside rice-watered corn malts, subtle lemon spicing and delicate grassy hop astringency and directly above wheat-dried cracker base. In the can, corn-starched grain musk and perfumed hop lemon spritz rise to surface.
DOUBLE NICKEL LAID-BACK LAGER
Inexpressive blue collar fodder lacks advertised ‘sweet melon’ influence. Unassuming orange-dried lemon bruise and murky vegetal musk gain sour splurge.
DOUBLE NICKEL PILSNER LAGER
Classically-styled German pilsner takes on macrobrew competition with nearly inoffensive lightweight. Musky wet-grained dankness soaks lemon-dried grassy hop astringency and murky herbal-floral blur. Diacetyl remnant depletes soggy finish.
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE ORBITAL TILT INDIA PALE ALE – GALAXY
On tap at Captain Lawrence, punctual grapefruit rind bittering and dry wooden earthiness contrast lightly sweet pilsner-oats malting of brusque lupulin-powdered Galaxy-hopped medium body. Continuous grapefruit briskness picks up subsidiary peach, pineapple, orange, tangerine and mango illusions as well as latent fresh-grass astringency.
PIPEWORKS ONE GLOVE ONE OVEN MITT
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned Imperial Stout fermented on oak spirals lets chalky cocoa dryness lead the way over umami-like soy sauced piquancy, lightly spiced blackberry-wined burgundy tones and recessive vanilla snips. Sourer lactic milking than similarly styled stouts.
TERRAPIN RASPBERRY TRUFFLE WAKE-N-BAKE COFFEE OATMEAL IMPERIAL STOUT – 2017
Luxurious fresh-brewed coffee entry superseded by tart raspberry pureeing for rich (9.4% ABV) Wake-N-Bake variation. Dark chocolate insistence and liquid cacao adjunct catch up to hop-charred coffee bittering midway, coalescing with bittersweet raspberry truffle scheme at fulsome Black Forest cake finish.