Lightly bourbon-aged dry Scotch profile gains oaken vanilla tannins and toasted almond reminder for easygoing whiskeyed strong ale. Subtle Scotch whiskey continuance picks up wispy butterscotch-melted caramel caking.
(VERHAEGHE) DUCHESSE CHOCOLATE CHERRY SOUR
On tap at Growler & Gill, traditional oak-casked Flanders Red Ale with puckered Bing cherry tartness riding above dusky powdered chocolate bittering picks up vinous red wining. Oaken cherry continuance gains slight candied glaze.
TOX INKY CAP STOUT
On tap at Jealous Monk, creamy pastry stout aged on pistachio, vanilla bean and cocoa nibs lets syrupy brown chocolate sweeten the load. Mild coffee-roasted espresso milking enhances mocha thrust as black licorice-spiced black cherry remnant joins the fray above honeyed Graham Cracker base.
TOX HEMLOCK BARLEYWINE
On tap at Jealous Monk, caramel-candied butterscotch sweetness stays subtle alongside mild fig-spiced cherry tartness and dewy mossing contrasting tannic hop phenols above nutty mocha-daubed Maris Otter malting.
TOX BIG POPPY DOPPELBOCK
On tap at Jealous Monk, standard doppel places nutty toffee spicing and candied date sugaring above caramelized chocolate malting, contrasting its overall delicate sweetness with brown leaf foliage.
ABOMINATION THE HARVESTER SOUR ALE W/ GOOSBERRY, MANGO, RED RASPBERRY
From fine rotating series of sour ales, bright red glowed, frothily fruit-forward ‘Smoothie’ unites lemony gooseberry bittering with salty green mango tang and red raspberry tartness as well as oaken vanilla tannins in moderately acidic setting. Puckering passionfruit, cranberry, pomegranate and green grape illusions add to fruitfully chewy consistency.
THIMBLE ISLAND BLOSSOM
On tap at Jealous Monk, pleasant kettle-soured fruit ale with tannic vanilla influence and subtle sweet cherry adjunct given sour lemon overture to contrast less intense confectionery cotton candied sugaring.
BURLEY OAK BLUEBERRY PEACH COBBLER J.R.E.A.M.
On tap at Draught Industries, tart blueberry peach cobbler knockoff not as thickly cream fluffed as other J.R.E.A.M. fare lets lemon limed acidity and oaken vanilla souring outdo brown-sugared cinnamon sneak.
FOX N HARE BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM
Tartly salted blush pink-cleared fruited sour retains moderate lemony blackberry bittering as well as dusky oaken cherry tannins, vinous green grape esters and mild pink grapefruit/ passionfruit pucker. Delicate floral honeyed blackberry blossom blissfulness stays soft.
SKYGAZER WATERCOLORS BRUNCHY COLADA
Tart pina colada-inspired cocktail with murky honeyed orange hue unites salted passionfruit, pineapple and orange adjuncts fronting yogurt-soured milk sugaring. Nifty tropical bonanza picks up slight coconut watered raspberry juicing and spritzy lemon liming.
EVIL TWIN PINK PINEAPPLE
Gypsy brewed at Twelve Percent, impressive sour IPA ‘Slushy’ combines chunky pink pineapple tartness, pulpy concentrated orange juicing, peachy mango-nectar sweetness and zesty lemon twist above lactic acidulated malts. Try in lieu of a pineapple orange popsicle or pink lemonade.
DREAM STATE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OF SOUR ALE
On tap at Draught Industries, mildly hazed pinkish amber Smoothie lacks creamily frothed turbidity of richer fruited sours. The dichotomy between its cotton-candied marshmallow sweetness and acidic lemon-juiced green grape esters leans closer to the sour side as oaken cherry, salted passionfruit, cranberry and guava illusions pucker its pink lemonade tartness.
