On tap at Ambulance, curious mixed culture saison combines brown sour ale and golden sour ale for a tannic Flemish Red hybrid. Bubbly champagned-licked lemon liming gains fizzy white wining, oaken cherry tartness and dry peppercorn spicing over barnyard-dried herbage. Vinous lactobacillus yeast provides dry wined acidity for soured wild ale.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, muted lemony blackberry tartness lingers softly above musty fungi-induced barnyard acridity and spicy saison yeast peppering. Needs more pronounced blackberry influence.
On tap at Beef Trust, muskily tart deep red-hued raspberry lambic utilizes Hallertau Blanc hops to create white-wined sparkling rosé backdrop. Muted raspberry tartness reinforced by tertiary lemon-candied gooseberry, cranberry and boysenberry dryness as well as cherry rhubarb snip over mild pink peppercorn earthiness.
On tap at Taphouse 15, delightful soft-tongued ambrosia salad replica, conditioned on tangy pineapple, tart mandarin orange and toasted coconut, receives marshmallow-creamed milk sugar frosting above wheated oats base. Spritzy orange zesting crowds the yogurt-soured midst as tertiary grapefruit, peach and banana illusions provide further dimension.
On tap at Taphouse 15, zestful tropical fruited IPA boasts Lemon Starburst, orange sherbet, mango, papaya, cherry, grapefruit and peach ripeness dried out by wild oats leathering and grassy hop astringency.
On tap at Taphouse 15, richly creamed lactic milkshake IPA conditioned on Madagascar vanilla beans, toasted coconut and cocoa nibs picks up lemony passionfruit-pineapple souring atop marshmallow-fluffed roasted oats. Resembles chocolate-laced vanilla coconut cookie.
On tap at Beef Trust, substantial lactose-fused dry-hopped milkshake IPA conditioned on yogurt-soured passionfruit, orange and guava puree retains floral-daubed tropical fruited juiciness and vanilla-sugared marshmallow fluff over lacquered pine tones. Sweet ‘n sour sashay enhanced by strawberry, kiwi and ‘orange Starburst’ illusions.
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, creamily lactose milk-sugared vanilla sweetness provides sturdy foundation for grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering, ancillary mango-tangerine-orange tang, resinous pine dankness and spicy floral dash of NEIPA/Milkshake-inspired medium body.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, mildly creamed mango-infused IPA loads lemony grapefruit tang and dank piney hop resin upon malted barley-wheat backbone. Gumball-like candied fruiting rallies at the brisk tropical finish, but the peachy mango influence recedes slightly.
In the can, soft-toned NEIPA exposes lemony grapefruit tang and sweet orange peel zesting to sour pineapple-kiwi-guava tropicalia and juniper-spiked pine lacquering contrasting softly creamed vanilla sweetness.
On tap at Taphouse 15, viscous ultra-creamed opaque beige ‘sour smoothie’ works tart raspberry, blueberry and strawberry adjuncts into fudgy granola- honeyed cocoa nibs and lactose milk-sugared vanilla frosting. Wild berry toaster pastry finish receives curdled yogurt souring. Thickly persuasive hybridized IPA.
On tap at Ambulance, boozy (8.2% ABV) tribute to ’60s Merry Prankster, Ken Kesey, invites vodka-doused orange, pineapple, peach and tangerine tang as well as tart lemon meringue piquancy to dank wildflower-honeyed pale malts. Floral citrus spicing holds steady.
