Taut pale ale given briskly fruited hazy NEIPA styling that resonates with orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tanginess and lightly pungent resinous hop bittering. Pasty pale malts contrast herbal musk to fortify the back end while subtle peach, mango, tangerine and illusions reinforce the juicy citric frontage. Betters less fruitful, more astringent pale ales.
On tap at Ambulance, dry low-alcohol saison lets rustic herbal barnyard mustiness infiltrate candi-sugared mandarin orange, banana and peach subtleties to its salted cracker bottom. A tad slight as to be expected.
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing summertime grisette (a low alcohol farmhouse ale) retains dry citrus salting, white wine flirt and light spicing with effervescent splash.
On tap at Ambulance, sour wine-barreled grand cru pits tart lemon zesting against vinous green grape subtlety and sharp cider bite. Easygoing fare with lightly acidic nature.
Pina Colada gose with a Margarita Twist. Salted coriander expectancy gains lemony pineapple-coconut tartness for refreshingly tropical summertime briskness. Sour citric acidity lingers alongside Pina Colada likeness while tertiary mango, papaya and guava illusions waver.
Chewy, gooey and dewy, sharply spiced dried fruiting engages candi-sugared bread pudding sweetness and moist earthen mossing of rich dubbel. Ample prune-stewed fig, raisin, plum and dark cherry tartness gains musty purple grape esters and dry bourbon lilt by the creamily rich fruit-caked finish.
Fickly offbeat witbier ‘brewed with spices’ combines sharp orange-peeled lemon meringue tartness, cider-bound champagne souring, rummy banana daiquiri wisp and wayward peach sway for obtusely fruitful deviation. Peppery herbal-licked coriander, cardamom and clove spicing and musky cellar funk crowd the honeyed wheat back end.
Amiss blueberry tartness fades quickly as corn whiskey malting and phenol hop stead create murkily acrid astringency. Raw-honeyed blueberry syruping usurped by cidery advance, depleting desolate cherry and mango snips. Ripe blueberry aromatics far outweigh blueberry flavoring.
Psychedelia-bent sour ale brings ‘acid blend’ of lemon-dropped strawberry puree tartness and mild salted rhubarb chutney piquancy to contrasted creamy vanilla sweetness, leaving cranberry, oaken cherry and gooseberry illusions at the leathery back end. Fluffy whip-creamed strawberry sweetness counters moderate citric acidity at demure sour-fruited finish.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, lightly vinous malt-lagered ale yeast gains slightly sulfuric lemon-soured musk and salty herbage for grainy dry-bodied moderation.
On tap at Ambulance, crisply dry kolsch conditioned in oak foeders lets perky lemon spritz gain floral-dried grassy hop astringency above raw wheat base. Oaken vanilla influence offers sour respite to clean vodka-teased citrus finish.
On tap at Poor Henry’s (2019), sourly tropical Mexican lager’s an acquired taste. Splashy agave-cologned lime peel zesting given mild sea salting over musky hop stead. In the can (2022), aluminum-cleared light body gained slight resolve. Mild sea-salted lime peeled lemon spritz and wispy agave herbage retain frothily creamed malt liquor head. Decent baked bread remnant. Betters Corona.
