On tap at Ambulance Brew House, dismissive German-styled pale lager relegates red-orange fruiting to funky vegetal spoilage and starchy corn malting. Toasted white bread spine falters.
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SPEAKEASY SYNDICATE #2 VINTAGE ALE
On tap at Ambulance Brew House, vintage bourbon-barreled strong ale (circa 2014) combines brewers’ Scarface Imperial Stout with Old Godfather Barleywine and less dominant elixirs. Mild bourbon overlay secures bittersweet black chocolate territory. Ancillary vanilla, cocoa, molasses and cookie dough illusions sweeten the mocha-laden front end while its coffee-stained hop char deepens the bitter backdrop. Bruised black cherry, blackberry, blueberry and brambleberry fruiting finds tertiary space.
SINGLECUT KIM HIBISCUS SOUR LAGRRR
On tap at Ambulance Brew House, indeterminate hybridized pale lager loads bacterial brettanomyces souring atop subtle hibiscus flowering and wispy black currant nuances. Sour green apple, cherry, lemon and lime tartness as well as vinous green grape tannins usurp mildly pungent lactic acidity. Just needs clearer stylistic definition and deeper resonance.
NEW HOLLAND INCORRIGIBLE
Impressive Berliner Weisse spreads soured wild yeast and leathery brettanomyces bacteria across puckering lemon-candied tartness. Granny Smith apple sharpness, lemon-juiced white wining and ester-y white grape tannins pick up light balsamic vinegaring at the ultra-dry finish.
(BIRRIFICIO DEL DUCATO) NUEVO MATTINA
On tap at Ambulance Brew House, respectable Italian saison (a.k.a. New Morning) drops farmhouse-dried minerality into lightly herbal-spiced citric tartness. Honeyed lemon souring leads the way before subtle green-peppered ginger, coriander and chamomile adjuncts affect the fruited midst. Tertiary orange marmalade, curacao orange, tangerine, green grape and gooseberry illusions pick up herbal tea nuance. Parched hay, horse blanket and wild oats acridity deepens ultra-dry template.
KANE CIVIL TWILIGHT
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, light stout takes barley-malted second runnings of A Night To End All Dawns Imperial Stout and creates fine low-alcohol (3.7% ABV) moderation. Sedate dark-roasted coffee and black chocolate frontage mildly embittered by charred hop roast. Tertiary milked espresso, cola nut and earthen peat illusions vie for space.
KANE NOM DE PLUME
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, chameleonic strong saison (7.8% ABV) blends advertised tangerine-peach tartness into wood-dried hop grouting and peppery herbal spicing, picking  up passive cologne muskiness. After a few sips, sweet banana bubblegum illusions come forward to contrast its deepening orange rind bittering. Desiccated wheat, rye and spelt grained spine wavers and a hint of lemongrass, perhaps, seeps beneath the busy medium body.
RINN DUIN SANDPIPER ENGLISH BROWN
On tap at Taphouse Grille, sessionable dry-hopped English brown ale scatters walnut chocolate cake illusions across mossy earthen peat. Brown tea-like followup seeps into mild hop bittering and light biscuit malts. Lightweights’ delight.
RINN DUIN RIVER TOMS
On tap at Taphouse Grille, mild dry-hopped English IPA suffuses floral citric hop bittering with reedy wood tones. Brisk yellow grapefruit rind and orange pith sharpness overrides dewy mineral grained temperance.
TUCKAHOE DENNIS CREEK PALE ALE
On tap at Taphouse Grille, easygoing flagship pale ale retains dry moderate body. Punctual citric-hopped bittering juxtaposes buttery pale malts. Sharp lemon pith bite enlightens dark floral bouquet, chamomile tea reminder and light vanilla persuasion. Just a tad askew.
TUCKAHOE STEELMANTOWN PORTER
On tap at Taphouse Grille, viable dry porter lets subtle Scottish peat smoke infiltrate dark-roasted chocolate malting. As the smokiness subsides, its mocha theme widens to include ancillary ground coffee, cocoa and cacao nibs influences. In the recess, mild vanilla bean bittering and latent cola nuttiness contrast sweet black cherry hints.
CARTON SS 2014 YIRGACHEFFE
On tap at Taphouse Grille, dominant Ethiopian coffee adjunct creates emphatic lemon rind-rimmed espresso impression. Medium-roast coffee overtones stretch across latent IPA fruiting. Lemony grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering deepens dry-hopped faction. At the finish, its espresso veneer fades and the citric tangent spreads.
