On tap at Ambulance, salted pineapple tang greeted by tart guava-mango conflux and mild lemon-limed bittering above desiccated pale malting.
SLOOP JUICIER BOMB DOUBLE NEIPA
On tap at Ambulance, Juice Bomb’s ‘bigger brother’ retains floral-perfumed citrus spicing of its sibling while adding more lactic sourness to orange-kissed peach, passionfruit, papaya and grapefruit insistence as well as dank pine-toned grassy hop bittering. In the can, cheerful grapefruit-orange-pineapple zesting, peachy papaya-mango tropicalia and yogurt-milked souring combine for precision-made NEIPA.
SLOOP DOWN UNDER BOMB NEIPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, wonderful frothy-headed golden-hazed double dry-hopped New England IPA utilizes Australian/ New Zealand lupulin powdering and lactic milky creaminess to affect polite yellow grapefruit, mandarin orange, pineapple, papaya and passionfruit tartness above celery-watered pilsner malting.
SLOOP CASHMERE BOMB NEIPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, lactic-soured beige-yellowed hazy New England IPA offers Cashmere-hopped guava, kiwi, melon and peach tropicalia as well as floral-daubed cologne spicing to vanilla vodka-soured orange pith bittering.
DROWNED LANDS SOFT TERRA DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, lactic-soured lemon meringue tartness hovers above raw vanilla-perfumed pineapple, guava and gooseberry tropicalia as well as mild orange rind bittering of hazily beige-yellowed moderate-medium body.
DROWNED LANDS GREEN YIELD HAZY INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, easygoing stylistically dryer NEIPA crams mild vanilla creamed froth onto dank pine lacquer, juicy orange-peach-pineapple tang and tart grapefruit swerve above mellow oats-flaked pilsner malting. Ambitiously arranged flavor profile.
DROWNED LANDS FURROW KELLERBIER
On tap at Ambulance, dry pilsner-malted kellerbier (an unpasteurized cellared helles) retain smooth light-bodied accessibility, holding lemon-died grassy hop astringency in check.
TWO VILLAINS GUMMY WORLD (WATERMELON/ STRAWBERRY)
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, sour fruit-candied Gummy Bear knockoff retains modest citric acidity. Tart watermelon/ strawberry adjunct enlivened by limey lemon zest and tart pineapple-grapefruit tropicalia above delicate popcorn-buttered oats base.
HUDSON VALLEY WINDROW LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry Saaz-hopped bark wood astringency and bruised lemon spritz offer tidily moderate bittering to rustic barley-corn base, recalling a mild citric-pined IPA in spots.
OMMEGANG IDYLL DAYS PILS
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry beige-yellowed Belgian-styled lager relegates cellar-aged floor-malted barley, corn-flaked cereal graining and dry hay leathering for bright floral-perfumed lemon zesting. Rustic Belgian lager yeast and herbal Saaz hops promote mild earthen backdrop of light-bodied pils.
SLOOP PILS
On tap at Growler & Gill, musky German-styled pilsner places mild citrus-rotted tartness across raw-honeyed grain malts and wavered vegetal snag. ‘Classic crisp pilsner’ reminiscent of better antediluvian American macrobrews.
ROUGH CUT BREWING COMPANY
KERHONKSON, NEW YORK
On a winding rural road in the hilly Catskills hamlet of Kerhonkson (ten miles west of New Paltz), ROUGH CUT BREWING COMPANY took over Oscar Restaurant and began brewing operations June 11, 2019. Inside a rustic weathered-shingled shack with stone hearth, antique furnishings, creaky wood floors, railroad-tied bar back and cupboard-bound brewtanks, this amiable roadside tavern also offers casual ‘comfort food.’
Co-founding brothers, Jesse and Bart Cummings, hired hop-head brewer, Kayne Konecny, to design a host of approachable IPA’s alongside a variant of rangy styles going from saison to ESB to oatmeal stout.
My wife and I congregate at a yellow picnic table on the left side grass patio for 90 minutes as I imbibe each tapped offering late afternoon, July ’20.
Raw-honeyed buckwheat and musky wet grains consume gently flowing pilsner, Station 33, leaving delicate floral sweetness upon polite lemony grapefruit-pitted bitterness.
Soft-toned rose petals bring floral subtlety to toasted amber grain sweetness, mild beet sugaring, teasing mandarin orange tanginess and wavered baked apple tartness for blanched light body, Roseability, a wispily arid Belgian pale ale.
Dark chocolate syruping draped cedar-smoked maple oats for sweet milk stout, Holstein, relegating its day-old coffee reminder.
The following beers were obtained in oil-canned 32-ounce crowlers for off-site consumption.
Smooth wheat ale, Sunny Day #3, utilized Barbe Rouge hops to nudge its lightly floral-spiced citric hop mosaic ahead of candied peach-pineapple-apricot-tangerine tartness – letting lemony grapefruit bittering gain mild wood tones to contrast sugary cereal malts.
Sessionable ‘summertime IPA,’ A Rough Summer, brought dry lemony orange perkiness to mild bark-dried astringency and rustic truffle earthiness atop brown-riced grain malting.
Limey guava souring imbibed Beach Weather #2 Pink Guava Saison, leaving floral-tinged barnyard leathering at the salty bottom.
Boldly fulsome IPA, Deserted Island, anchored its brisk citrus thrust with juniper-like hop bittering, musty earthen wood dankness and straw wheat acridity. Pushing forth a rangy flavor profile, perfumy orange-peeled grapefruit, peach and pineapple resilience gained pasty pale-malted mineral graining at the midst.
Zesty grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering regaled 44/55, a bustling Imperial IPA with rustic wet grain musk, bready pale malts and light herbal snips.