On tap at Beef Trust. Despite tropical label, its muskily cologne-perfumed lemon oiling, pithy dry-spiced orange desiccation and sour grapefruit-guava-passionfruit blur never fully integrate with wet hop absorption compromising the murky caramelized barley base. Nebulous.
Rum-licked pineapple zesting, coconut toasting and marshmallow creaming burrows mildly lingering yellow grapefruit-peeled lemon rind bittering. But phenol acidity dissolves early spirit, soaking up the sugar-rimmed cocktail entry.
Dryer and more rustic than many Americanized wits, bringing funky cellared yeast musk to the fore alongside stylish orange-peeled coriander sweetness, picking up tangy tangerine splash as well as latent herbal persistence. Reminiscent of many fine Belgian wits first imported to America in the ’90s.
Dry pale ale stays laidback as lemony grapefruit souring, tangy tangerine zesting and white peach tartness combine with herbal rusticity above mild toasted graining.
Stylishly nebulous winter-spiced bock wavers as dewy fig-sugared cocoa template and sweet bread lagering only receive muted caramelized pilsner-wheat malting.
Mild lemony yellow grapefruit zesting and lightly soured Nelson Sauvin-hopped gooseberry, guava, white grape and guava tropicalia float above oats-flaked pilsner malts with spritzy glee. Dryly sessionable moderation just slightly less bitter (sans pine tones) than a sour IPA.
On tap at Taphouse 15, herbaceous luster nearly buries early banana-clove-coriander expectancy as lemon-peeled orange zesting ascends. At Pompton Craft House ’24, richer banana-clove luster, lighter lemon zesting and slight rummy sugaring reached creamier sourdough base.
On tap at Ambulance, modest dry-hopped cracked wheat entry picks up salty lemon spree and wispy floral-spiced herbage but may lack stylish specificity.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, clear copper-toned German altbier retains delicate balance as dewy tobacco-roasted amber graining picks up crisp tea-leafed earthiness and floral-daubed dried fruiting over toasted bread crusting.
On tap at Taphouse 15, gunky sweet-tart fruited sour posing as an expansive Berliner Weisse brings juicy black berry, red raspberry and plum adjuncts to yogurt-like milk sugaring above heavily oated salted wheat base.
On tap at Taphouse 15, mainstream lager retains ricey pilsner malting, dry maize astringency and Cascade-hopped lemon spritz above light sourdough base. Serve to blue collar drinkers.
Toasted amber grains receive sweet toffee snag and musky brown tea earthiness for dry blue collar moderation. Serve to all macrobrew hounds as better alternative.
