From Area Two Experimental Series, tart Morello cherries gain sharply vinous white wine pucker, salted raspberry vinaigrette acidity and leathery barnyard astringency for mildly ammoniated pinkish amber-cleared sour ale. In the distance, cinnamon-burned red apple, pomegranate and cranberry illusions waver.
Briny lime-juiced blue agave adjunct – aged in tequila barrels – leaves dry (orange-less) Margarita appeal. But Seltzer-fizzed salted lime pucker receives preclusive lambic-like vinous acidity. Still, pairs well with spicy Mexican dishes.
On tap at Draught Industries, bubbly red champagne-hued sour IPA offers tart lemonade-sugared pink grapefruit piquancy and orange-fleshed watermelon snip to quirky hibiscus-doused lemon balming. Spritzy citrus zesting gathers milk-sugared yogurt souring and flaked oats creaming along the way.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, lavender tea-like earthiness greets Meyer lemon tang and limey bittering for sourly ‘tart ale.’ Lemon-juiced lavender adjunct picks up latent vinous white wining.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, boysenberry-forward, salmon coral-hazed, kettle acidified ‘gusher’ retains tart berry essence. Limey boysenberry salting admits ancillary blackberry, raspberry cranberry and huckleberry illusions to flourish alongside wispy ruby red grapefruit zesting and mildly floral rosé misting.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, mild Madagascar vanilla bean creaminess saturated by spicy pale malted ambrosial fruiting as tropical grapefruit-orange-peach-pineapple tang and lemon meringue tartness outdo any lasting vanilla verve.
Sharp citrus zesting conquers vanilla creamed strawberry tang and mild rhubarb souring of brisk milkshake IPA. Limey Huell Melon-hopped guava and gooseberry bittering stays sedate atop gluey wheated oats, erasing some of the initial strawberry influence.
On tap at Taphouse 15, coconut-daubed tropical fruiting brightens yellow-hazed, moderate-bodied, Mind Haze offshoot. Lightly vanilla-creamed coconut adjunct offers only subtle sweetener to lemon meringue tartness, zesty lime souring, salted mango-papaya-guava juicing, mild pineapple bittering and orange vodka sharpness.
Rich pineapple funnel caking enjoins supremely tart orange-juiced lemon zesting over gooey marshmallow-creamed milk sugaring, leaving bittersweet Pez-candied powdering upon the tangy citrus-sharp pineapple immensity. Serve semi-frozen for total Smoothies journey. May be best pineapple ale circa ’21.
Thick rust bronze glowed fruited sour ale rampages forward with tart limey strawberry, guava and passionfruit adjuncts outdoing banana taffy sweetness and concentrated orange juicing over milk-sugared vanilla creaming. Another exceptional, richly textured, tartly soured Smoothie by Bolero.
Straightforward citrus-spiced Imperial IPA with limey guava-pineapple tropicalia and tangy peach-orange-tangerine zesting backed by mild pine-oiled hops over delicate oats malting and finishing with a clean fruited vodka fuming.
On tap at Beef Trust, crisply clean cryo hop fruited tropicalia rides atop yogurt-milked lemon souring and distant pine needling. Above all, salted grapefruit, orange and pineapple zesting provides tongue-tingled summertime spritz.
