On tap at Poor Henry’s, zesty New Zealand-inspired dry-hopped IPA boasts resilient “tropical juiciness.” Mildly creamed crystal malting backs up bright grapefruit, orange, pineapple, peach, tangerine, mango and guava tang as well as sweet floral spicing and mildly resinous hop phenols. Heavenly.
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ICARUS BRUX C.A.T. PALE ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, so-called “Citric Acid Trip” fermented with Brux Trois yeast lets tart yellow grapefruit entry scour lemony mandarin orange zest above mild herbal hops and semi-sweet pale malts. Lingered citric acidity moderates over time for enhanced pale ale.
GUINNESS IRISH WHEAT
Crisp dry wheat moderation lets spritzy orange zest contrast mild lemon musk alongside subtle banana-clove sweetness. Pasty glass-sugared honey wheat malting counters dank phenol hop bittering beneath the surface. An OK blend of wheat ale and hefeweizen stylings.
SWIFTWATER HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, sour lemondrop tartness rises above reluctant banana-clove expectancy, calm herbal respite and mild floral aspect, gaining white-peppered green tea nuance over time.
THE BRUERY TERREUX TONNELLERIE RUE BARREL-AGED SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, oak-fermented saison lets white-wined phenols, lemon rot musk, orange rind bittering and grapefruit zest receive earthen barnyard rusticity above dry rye malts. Recessive green apple tartness gains raspy pepper spicing beneath the lightly acidic citrus surface.
GLENMERE NORDIC FARMHOUSE ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, mild farmhouse funk and botanical juniper-tipped bittering regale yellow fruited herbal spicing of brisk saison. Lemony grapefruit tartness picks up stylishly Nordic rose hip, honeyed heather and rhubarb nuances.
FIRESTONE WALKER BRETTA WEISSE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, mild Berliner Weiss aged in French oak foeders brings tannic white grape acidity and salted lemon lime tartness to dry barnyard acridity above easygoing sourdough malts. Sour-milked yogurt spurt reinforces stylish citrus salinity.
GRIMM CHERRY RASPBERRY POP! BERLINER WEISS
Sassy Berliner Weiss takes lactic yogurt-like milk sugaring and gives it a lemony cherry-raspberry tartness prickled by muskily tannic champagne fizziness. Snazzy cherry-raspberry piquancy gains equally sour cranberry, pomegranate and crab apple illusions while light oaken acridity spreads to rustic barnyard leathering underneath the sour-candied surface.
EVIL TWIN B IS FOR BLUEBERRY
On tap at Poor Henry’s, tart blueberry essence underlined by sea-salted lemon lime souring for hybridized gose. Puckered cranberry and green apple sourness plus vinous green grape esters deplete blueberry goodness a tad.
HILL FARMSTEAD MARIE
On tap at Ambulance, muskily dry helles lager embeds raw-honeyed maize, wet-grained cellar mustiness and herbal hop spicing into upfront sour yellow fruiting all the way to its gummy sourdough base. Horse-blanketed straw, hay and alfalfa rusticity deepens finishing acridity.
JACK’S ABBY SAXONY VIENNA STYLE LAGER
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, musky grain malts, mild Bavarian hops, delicate sourdough riffs and subtle herbal notions saddle tingly orange spicing to honeyed biscuit spine for amiable moderation. An understated gem.
MAGNIFY HOPPY LAGER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, musky lager fermented in Italian oak foeders loads dank herbal graining upon pungent lemon rot and desiccated orange tartness. White-wined Hallertau Blanc hops, tropical Nelson Sauvin hops and aromatic floral-spiced Crystal hops blend well.
