On tap at Growler & Gill, thickly hazed beige yellow dry body brings lightly embittered lemon-bruised yellow grapefruit zesting and candied pineapple-peach-mango zing to the fore. A piquant sour citrus edge cuts thru the spicy pale malt bottom, tucking away hints of pencil shavings.
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing dry-hopped moderation (despite hefty 8.7% ABV) places yellow grapefruit zest before sugar-spiced pale malting, salted pineapple-peach-tangerine illusions and herbal lemongrass tinge. Briskly clean summertime sedation.
On tap at Growler & Gill, mild double dry-hopped Imperial IPA stays mellow. Lemony grapefruit-peeled orange, clementine and tangerine tanginess reclines into resinous pine tones as fizzy citric spritz tickles the nose.
Modest hazy yellowed light body brings bright lemon-peeled mandarin orange tingle to mild oats malting. Slightly salted Nelson Sauvin-hopped gooseberry and guava tartness as well as herbal marigold tinge tucked away below sedate citrus tang.
On tap at Beef Trust, zestfully centrist bi-coastal IPA briskly combines hazy New England-styled tangerine/navel orange tang and distant sour green grape esters with aggressive floral-perfumed piney citrus bittering of lemony grapefruit-affixed West Coast variant.
On tap at Growler & Gill, understated NEIPA placates mild citrus tang with light vanilla creaming and oats flaked caramel malts. Salted yellow fruiting slowly picks up delicate passionfruit, juniper and gooseberry snips.
Easygoing moderation with persuasive floral-daubed yellow grapefruit spicing, delicate lemon-limed zesting and resinous pine needling receives lightly creamed crystal malt sweetness.
Tamped down red-orange fruiting combines with celery-watered rustic amber graining above glass-candied pale malt pasting. A milder, less bitter, more centrist IPA.
On tap at Growler & Gill, impressive sour IPA dangles mildly tart peach-fuzzed strawberry adjunct and vanilla-creamed milk sugaring atop delicate flaked oats base. Pez-candied strawberry tartness and peachy lollipop dollop maintain slight sour edge knocked back a tad by sweet coconut shavings. Another finely tuned Hudson Valley sour ale.
Swarming with frantic flavonoids, herbal-cologned lemon zesting receives coriander-spiced Curacao orange peel sweetness and white-peppered ginger adjunct, picking up ancillary basil, parsley and juniper licks over its white bread bottom. Despite pallid yellow cleared appearance, this one’s stylistically bold and ambitious.
Straightforward dry-hopped cream ale lets Indian corned maize astringency gather pasty porridge-oated pilsner malts and mild honeysuckle herbage as slightly sour lemon fizz adds bubbly effervescence to moderate-bodied fare.
On tap at Ambulance, dry mixed culture Sauvignon Blanc-derived farmhouse ale aged in oak foeders retains leathery green grape esters. Lightly acidic white wining seeps into limey green apple, white peach, passionfruit and pomegranate souring.