Lively lemony yellow grapefruit tang gains sweet orange peel resonance, spry floral spicing and herbal lemongrass respite, but minor alkaline-like aspirin chalking drifts inside the midst. Tertiary mango, pineapple and tangerine fruiting and polite coriander seasoning brush against doughy white wheat spine.
Satisfactory 2016 version soaks orange-oiled lemon souring and sweet-spiced red cherry undertones into crisp leafy hop setting and minor gourd earthiness.
On tap at Bronx Ale House, mild pinkish red-headed, maroon-bodied wild ale brings dark red wine barrel aging to tart hard-candied fruiting. Vinous Zinfandel-Cabernet sedation guards oaken cherry respite as well as polite lemon-limed cranberry, raspberry and boysenberry flirtation above dewy mineral-watered salting.
Leathery wine-barreled French-styled aperitif places vinous grape tannins alongside sourer brettanomyces funk, rustic rosewood bittering, musty cheesecloth gauzing and lactic yogurt reticence. Oaken cherry tartness, lemon-limed cranberry pucker, raspberry vinaigrette snips and wispy elderberry tones help reinforce delicate white wheat bed.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, delicate citric hop profile gains salty white-peppered carbolic spritz for summery light-bodied Berliner Weiss. Subtle lemon-limed souring absorbs lactic acidity.
‘Elegant’ jet-black dark lager places mildly creamed dark-roast mocha and carafa malts atop molasses-breaded grain toasting and laid-back hop char. Bittersweet dark chocolate, coffee, cocoa and cola nut illusions swirl across the midst. Unlike lesser Bavarian schwarzbiers, there is no nastily plastique black malt astringency to attack its fine mocha setting. Serve to lighter porter-stout thirsts.
Corn-chipped churro aromatics sweeten laid-back cinnamon and vanilla bean adjuncts, lemon sugared tartness, honeyed Graham Cracker spine and light Christmas spicing of unconventional lager. Paired with Otterbein’s sugar cookie, its honeyed fruit spicing increases while the musky hop astringency gets cut back.
Mainstream dry-hopped session lager with clear-yellowed body brings maize-dried grain musk and floral-perfumed grassy hop astringency to bright lemony herbal respite above biscuit-y toasted white bread spine.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, bustling full-bodied dark ale gains dark-roast coffee edge over molasses-dried black chocolate syruping, bittersweet dark-fruited sanctuary and teasing vanilla extraction. Ashen wood char and mild plasticine grouting skew its base while tertiary bourbon, black cherry and blackberry nuances run amok alongside latent cola-hazelnut hints.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sinister Russian Imperial distorts sweet brown chocolate setting with hop-charred grain roast and dry-spiced vanilla sweetener for ‘freeze-dried Neapolitan ice cream’ sedation. Mild black-malted mocha smokiness, teasing strawberry nip and distant blackberry rip fortify soy-sauced coffee backdrop. Not sure everything’s balanced, but it sure is uniquely qualified to satisfy bolder dark ale imbibers.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, mild (4.5% ABV) milk-soured porter brings light-roast smoked coffee grounds to mild lactic yogurt acidity, picking up lemony espresso respite. Sour black grape and black cherry tartness gain vinous white wining over polite black pepper spicing at the charred mocha finish.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, delicate floral-bound cherry blossom tartness and rice-dried salted spicing defeat ‘languid summer doldrums’ with lightly soured citric acidity as sour raspberry, oaken cherry and bitter lemon rind coerce balmy sea salting of light-bodied gose.
