Summery unfiltered wheat ale brings sharply crisp lemon-soured spritz to hefe-like banana, clove and bubblegum niceties above white wheat base. Mild lemongrass, green grape and champagne nuances flutter by.
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SAMUEL ADAMS HOPSCAPE WHEAT ALE
Basically a wintry West Coast-styled IPA with a pale wheat ale bent. Moderated pineapple, grapefruit and orange fruiting picks up zesty lemon spritz enhanced by piney remnant above grainy wheat breading.
BREAKSIDE POST TIME KOLSCH
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned kolsch rounds up subtle grassy-hopped mandarin orange, tangerine and clementine tang as well as raw-honeyed herbage for pilsner-malted white wheat bottom.
ANZALONE SPECIAL BEER
Simple moderate-bodied helles lager brings musky dry-hopped toasted graining to lemon meringue tartness atop lightly creamed pastry-like crystal sugaring, cereal-grained corn malts and doughy French breading while wispily herbal earthen hops provide mildly bitter contrast.
KENT FALLS APRICOT GOSE
On tap at Ambulance, mild apricot-infused gose allows salty lemon-juiced lime tartness and puckering green apple bitterness to nearly overwhelm fading apricot adjunct. Light citric acidity singes malted white wheat base.
RUSTY RAIL BLUE COLLAR BLONDE ALE
Easygoing straw-cleared blonde plies subtle lemony orange tang, mild amber graining and grassy hop astringency to biscuit-y wheat spine.
JOLLY PUMPKIN / TIRED HANDS ALIEN CHURCH
On tap at Ambulance, interesting oak-barreled collaboration with Pennsylvania’s Tired Hands shows off wild yeast influence upon India Pale Ale-styled grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering as well as lemon-seeded white grape tannins and pineapple-candied strawberry tartness. Bitter aspirin-like acidulation and oats-dried earthen minerality reinforce raw-honeyed citrus souring.
DOGFISH HEAD BEER FOR BREAKFAST STOUT
On tap at Amazing Grapes, ridiculously complex and thoroughly gratifying milk stout utilizes rich Guatemalan Antigua cold-press coffee creaming to support syrupy maple molasses sweetness and pig-fatty scrapple flouring. Applewood-smoked barley, oats-flaked roasted chicory, black-peppered cumin spicing and ashen hop char reinforce mighty mocha molasses fortress of fascinating breakfast coffee alternative.
FOUNDERS LIZARD OF KOZ IMPERIAL STOUT W/ BLUEBERRIES
Vibrant bourbon-barreled Imperial Stout utilizes compact blueberry puree adjunct to further enrich milk chocolate-y vanilla creaming. Syrupy molasses sweetness drapes Black Forest-caked dark rum warmth. Dark-roast mocha malting fortified by moderate hop-charred bitttering.
FIRESTONE STICKEE MONKEE QUAD
On tap at River Of Beer, fabulous mocha-imbibed Belgian quad (heady 16.6% ABV) retains rich full-bodied robustness. Sweet candi-sugared bourbon warmth douses syrupy chocolate creaminess and sappy molasses sinew. Caramel-malted barley roast and torrified wheat spine fortify oak-toasted coconut, pecan pie and cigar tobacco illusions. Mild purple grape, fig and raisin undertones create dried fruited respite for bourbon chocolate essence.
OSKAR BLUES TENFIDY BARREL-AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, warming rum-spiced Bulleit bourbon sweetness coats rich black coffee roast and smoky black chocolate syruping to charcoal-smoked flaked oats spine. Fudgy brown chocolate, vanilla, cocoa and Black Forest cake sugaring adds blissful resplendence to rich dessert template. Tertiary black cherry puree, burgundy, port, marshmallow and toffee illusions seep inside mocha-bourbon mud caking.
DUEL GOYA IMPERIAL STOUT
Dreamy bourbon vanilla elegance and rich chocolate sweetness meet candi-sugared Belgian yeast for resounding 15.9% ABV nightcap. Hard-candied red cherry tartness gains sherry, burgundy, cognac and almond wining as well as brown-sugared gingerbread spicing. Creamy bourbon vanilla and brown chocolate essence remains indescribably magnificent!