On tap at The Oath, tropical Citra-Mosaic hop combo provides zesty citrus entry. Lemony yellow grapefruit and Valencia orange juicing picks up mild dry-hopped bittering over spunky oats-spelt graining for sessionable moderation.
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PINELANDS SWAMP DONKEY IPA
Polite floral-fruited India Pale Ale picks up moderate pine-oiled pungency above rye-spiced pale malting. Lemony yellow grapefruit tang embittered by dry hop sedation. Fine sunny day Jersey Shore fare.
NEW BELGIUM OSCAR WORTHY COFFEE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, smooth light-bodied ‘wild’ ale lets sour lemon acidity ascend atop mild cold-pressed coffee bittering. Lactic green grape vinegaring and tart oak tannins reinforce juicy lemon pucker. Delicate lemon-peeled espresso finish has calming affect.
NEW BELGIUM LA FOLIE SOUR BROWN ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, “mouthpuckering” Flanders Reddish Brown Ale aged in French oak barrels spreads sour lemon peel bittering, vinous balsamic vinegaring, tart plum-dried dalliance and oaken black cherry tannins over musty barnyard leathering. Salty citrus acidity and lactic yogurt milking contrast moderate residual sugaring.
BACCHUS LILITH DARK SOUR ALE
On tap at The Oath, elite sour ale with wild brettanomyces-affected yeast acidity and dry oak-barreled raspberry adjunct produces mild Flanders Red Ale pleasantries and delicate Merlot-like eccentricites. Tannic red grape, vinous dark cherry and sour crab apple tartly coalesce beside mild raspberry vinaigrette pucker (above musky cellar funk). Sour heads may find Lilith uncompromisingly splendid.
O’FALLON HEMP HOP RYE AMBER ALE
On tap at River Of Beer, ambitious amber ale utilizes nutty hemp seed toasting to affect caramelized rye malting and mildly musky citric hop thrust. Easygoing lemony tangerine and orange tang plus latent peach, fig and apricot lacquering load effervescent fruity spritz onto honeyed Graham Cracker base.
PIPEWORKS WAR BIRD SAISON
On tap at The Oath, slyly sessionable soft-toned saison deploys citric India Pale Ale-styled tang to grassy-hopped earthen barnyard dryness. Lemony yellow grapefruit entry picks up tertiary pineapple, passionfruit, guava and mango seduction.
GOOSE ISLAND GILLIAN BELGIAN FARMHOUSE ALE
On tap at The Oath, quaint wine-barreled farmhouse ale (with unassuming 9.5% ABV) brings bacterial brettanomyces-bound Champagne yeast souring to raw-honeyed lemon juicing, white-peppered hop pep, musky dried fruiting and murky strawberry adjunct. Vinous white grape tannins soak desiccated plum, pomegranate, white peach, crab apple and mandarin orange sedation above even dryer straw-hay-barnyard acridity . Not far removed from buckwheat honey mead styling.
DUNCAN’S ABBEY SAISON
On tap at The Oath, white-wined lactobacillus yeast souring affects tart yellow-fruited spicing and dry raw-honeyed pilsner malting of rangy farmhouse ale. Lemony orange-grapefruit spurt lingers above lightly leathered straw dryness.
NOMAD LONG TRIP SAISON
On tap at The Oath, indecisive dry saison retains sessionable citric pleasantries but squanders paltry wattle-seeded coffee bean adjunct and roasted Tasmanian peppering. Sweet ‘n sour floral-spiced lemon, grapefruit and orange tartness picks up and latent earthen herbal whim that out-muscles any true java influence.
BRIX CITY ST. STEPHEN & THE DIRTY DOZEN SAISON
On tap at Poor Henry’s, unconventional chartreuse-hazed medium-bodied saison plies sour lemon-pitted tartness and limey bittering to lactose-heavy acidulated malts, creating buttery Chardonnay wining. Sourer and winier than typical pale ale-styled saison and therefore better recommended to sour ale imbibers.
CAPE MAY MISTY DAWN SAISON
Pleasingly moderate saison brings misty orange-peeled coriander sweetness to herbal white-peppered hop pep, light floral wisp and dry barnyard leathering. Zesty lemon spritz enlivens banana tartness and grape esters as well as subtle grapefruit-orange-pineapple conflux at soapy finish.
