On tap at Growler & Gill, ‘crushable’ dry Oberon-like wheat ale retains slightly bitter lemony orange rind zesting, limey cologne musk and herbal lemongrass wisp for bright citric-spiced moderation.
SWITCHBACK ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, Vermont’s #1 draught beer will please easygoing light-bodied lawn mowers. Sugary amber grain malting upends herbal hop musk and mild red-orange fruiting over nuttily toasted bread bottom. Smoothly well balanced old fashion reticence perfect for simpler macro thirsts moving on to better fare.
LEFT HAND FLAMINGO DREAMS NITRO BERRY BLONDE ALE
New signature nitro offering (2021) retains easygoing lambic-like berry tartness too flat and faded for its brittle dextral carafoam malting. Mild blackcurrant-juiced raspberry adjunct hits with a zesty zing then tails off as lightly salted boysenberry, strawberry and huckleberry subtleties flutter.
ROGUE HONEY KOLSCH
Rogue Farms Hopyard Honey supplies the floral honeysuckle wheat dryness to acidulated dextra pils malting as sedate lemon-oiled grassy hop stead and mild froth recall cream ale.
PIPEWORKS PASTRAMI ON RYE
Curious Kosher deli sandwich knockoff proves to be a spicy rye-dried enticement as brown-sugared cured meat, mustard-seeded smoked salami and applewood-smoked bacon glazed by dainty Blackstrap molasses bittering. Black and red peppering as well as coriander-seeded curry snips singe smoke-spiced rye bread spine.
PIPEWORKS FINEST DOPPELBOCK
On tap at Ambulance, underwhelmingly thin doppelbock brings faded hazelnut, chestnut and praline subtleties to dewy molasses rye meadow leading to toasted brioche breading.
FIDDLEHEAD HELLES LAGER
On tap at Plank Pizza, crisply clean bohemian lager relies on dry raw-grained minerality and salty floral herbage as grassy lemon-seeded astringency teases the musky finish.
HOBOKEN MILE SQUARE LATE LAGER
On tap at Plank Pizza, stylishly robust lager retains dry raw-grained rusticity, herbal perfumed lemon musk and leafy hop astringency.
FINBACK CRISPY MORNING PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, crisply clean dry-hopped pilsner metes out mild citrus spicing of a sessionable IPA to doughy biscuit malt spine and herbal drift of a bohemian Czech lager. Polite grapefruit, green grape and mandarin orange subtleties stayed wispy.
ALEMENTARY FRACTIONS & DECIMALS PILSNER
On tap at Plank Pizza, mild barleycorn musk meets lemony herbal-tinged orange oiling above biscuity malts.
THREES YORE CZECH PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, stylishly crisp dry-bodied moderation with lightly creamed biscuit buttering picks up dawdling floral herbage and grassy Saaz hop astringency for mildly spiced lemony melon tingle at rustic raw-grained finish.
JUGHANDLE FOCUS PILSNER
On tap at Plank Pizza, lightly pungent Czech pils brings mild floral herbage and light lemon licks to delicate wheat cracker base.
