On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, lactic lollipop-inspired Imperial IPA never fully blossoms as murky tropical fruiting and oaken Madagascar vanilla adjunct become waxy. Candied orange, mango, tangerine and pineapple tang seems congested. Dank pine resin and light herbal hop bittering flutter.
On tap at Ambulance, soft-tongued moderation provides dried fruited dimension plying honeyed apricot sweetness to stylish orange-peeled pineapple, mango and peach tanginess as well as subtle lemon custard tartness.
On tap at Plank Pizza, dry lemon-embittered orange rind tartness zings resinous Chinook-Simcoe-hopped pine tones as barley-flaked Marris Otter malting sweetens the back end of medium-bodied West Coast-styled IPA. Sharp citric bittering will please hop-heads.
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing IPA (with suspect New England styling) lets lightly creamed crystal malting anchor lemony orange, pineapple and mango tropicalia sharpened slightly by dank herb-roasted pine tones. Woody Simcoe hops contrast fruity Mosaic/Citra hops.
On tap at Plank Pizza, dry English IPA delicately plies stylish dewy fungi musk, desiccated fig tartness, earthen nuttiness and rustic herbage to buttered biscuity malting. Serve to extra special bitter fans as well.
On tap at Taphouse 15, luxuriously frothed pinkish mauve Berliner Weiss-styled fruited sour regales luxurious ‘soft serve’ ice cream-frosted raspberry and cherry tartness. Milk-sugared vanilla creaming nearly outdoes sly chocolate malting underscoring raspberry-salted cherry zing of fluffily mouth-puckering Gummy Bear/ Swirlee-candied confection.
On tap at Plank Pizza, lusciously lactose-milked fruited kettle sour pours marshmallowy vanilla ice cream sauce atop tart boysenberry-blueberry-raspberry zing with rapturous results. Frothy marshmallow sweetness perfectly suits pervasive sweet ‘n sour berry tanginess.
On tap at Plank Pizza, ‘heavily fruited sour’ ale brings sweet milk sugaring to cucumber-watered prickly pear and zesty pineapple adjuncts in unique blend. Beyond the pineapple-tart prickly pear frontage lies subtle watermelon, cantaloupe, cranberry and crabapple nuances.
On tap at Taphouse 15, white-wined Bing cherry tartness saddled by oaken vanilla tannins in dry bourbon-aged setting. Port, Pinot Gris and rosé wining receives mild balsamic vinegaring as sedate cranberry, blackberry and boysenberry illusions waver.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, wondrous kettle acidified fruited sour ale thrusts forth with full-on pineapple resolve. Spritzy sweet-tart pineapple zesting sparkles. Tangy pineapple finish receives mild concentrated orange juicing. Highly recommended tropical fruited cocktail.
Nicely peculiar smoked saison (collaboration with Long Lot) plies pickled jalapeno, habanero and poblano peppering to stylish fruit-spiced cultured yeast esters. Mild pepper burn slowly sears thru lemon-sliced cucumber watering and acrid barnyard rusticity.
On tap at Growler & Gill, pinkish ruby-glowed saison plies candied Sweet-Tart sourness to leathery farmhouse yeast and hay-like barnyard acridity. Puckered strawberry, pomegranate and green apple souring and lemony orange licks pick up latent peppery snip.
