On tap at Ambulance, sour lactobacillus yeast brings gose-inspired alderwood-smoked sea salting to oyster mushroom umami mossing and truffle-like earthiness guarding lemon-limed yellow grapefruit bittering of arid hybridized farmhouse ale enjoyed more by those with a taste for citric-laced oceanic salinity.
HUDSON VALLEY CONFETTI SOUR IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, mild limey grapefruit bittering, brisk lemon zesting and wispy green grape esters ride above complacent yogurt-soured wheat bed.
SPRINGDALE MARG PARTY
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, classic cocktail-inspired Margarita knockoff only gets it half right. Tart lime-juiced orange zesting works, but smoked sea salting strangely scoffs citric souring.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY APRICOT SOUR
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, subtle apricot souring hidden by fizzy lemon limed bittering contrasting sweet peachy snip. A tad arid, acidic and unassuming, but briskly crisp.
DESTIHL WILD SOUR SERIES: FLANDERS RED
On tap at Ambulance, wholly soured Flanders Red stays dry as acidic red-wined tannins overrun “tart cherry candy,” vinous raspberry bittering and limey lemon licks. More sour than tart as oaken cherry acridity defines stylistic departure.
MODIST DOUBLE RASPBERRY ENDLAYER FRUITED GOSE
Tart pinkish mauve gose with milky yeast clumps offers sea-salted raspberry puree and pulpy orange juicing to wheated pilsner malting, leaving mild lime-soured guava and pink grapefruit respite on the coriander-salted raspberry rhubarb backend. Briskly crisp.
BURLINGTON BEER RASPBERRY WHALE CAKE CREAM ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, sour coral red-cleared ‘whale cake’ lets limey raspberry tartness grip mild grassy hop astringency over dry corn husking. Subsidiary cranberry, lingonberry and oaken cherry souring deepens puckered raspberry vinegaring.
THREES CANAL BEER
On tap at Growler & Gill, light aluminum-cleared cream ale with maize-dried pilsner malting, straw-like barnyard leathering and grassy hop astringency receives delicate floral-licked lemon pith zip.
LOST SHOE LOOP SWOOP & PULL OAT CREAM IPA
Creamily lactic milk-sugared vanilla creaming buttresses yogurt-soured gooseberry/ guava salting, zesty lemon briskness and orange-peeled grapefruit tang over mild oated wheat base of enthusiastic hazy golden medium body.
LOST SHOE ANYONE HEAR A HELICOPTER
Sour pinkish-headed scarlet-cleared fruit ale allows salted raspberry-blackberry tartness to dominate wispy cinnamon-spiced Madagascar vanilla beaning. Tart berry goodness gains oaken cherry swagger as lemon-candied orange juicing stays reserved.
LOST SHOE GRANGER BLVD. MOCHA COCONUT CREAM ALE
Brewers’ Post Road Detour Cream Ale conditioned on chocolate, coconut, vanilla and cold-brewed coffee gains phenol citric-hopped pale malting. Milk-sugared coffee sweetness digs deep, leaving vanilla-coconut splurge in the dust.
LOST SHOE STAND PIPE
Fine German-styled bohemian pilsner. Musky hay-like wild oats leathering backs mineral grained malt crisping, picking up mild lemon pith bittering in clean light-bodied setting.