Another understated barrel-aged gem from Scotland’s I & G. Jamaican rum sweetens richly caramelized mocha fruiting, maple molasses-glazed nuttiness and dewy earthen remnant. Brown-sugared fig, plum, date and raisin illusions graze vanilla-creamed brown chocolate stead and ample pecan-chestnut-cola conflux for rummy Scottish-based, Irish-styled red ale.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, murkily amber-browned quad brings dewy sweetness to brown-sugared raisin, dried prune and plum tones as well as oncoming brown chocolate spicing. Try in lieu of molasses fruitcake.
On tap at Beef Trust, sturdy rum-barreled English-styled barleywine brings black cherry pureed tartness and sweet bourbon vanilla spicing to rummy molasses sapping. Tertiary red-wined brandy, port and merlot sweetness adds further warmth to fruit-spiced rum finish.
On tap at Beef Trust, blustery red-wined twist on brewers’ berry-heavy Belgian fruit ale, Fort, loads pureed raspberry, boysenberry, elderberry and blackberry atop rum-spiced brandy warmth, picking up vinous cherry tartness alongside boozy alcohol astringency at the bold whisky-dried cherry coughdrop finish. Candied orange, red grape and clementine illusions dot the back end.
On tap at Growler & Gill, wafting floral bouquet sweetens juicy mango, pineapple and peach tang to contrast desiccated lemony orange oiling and dank pine resin of mighty (10.4% ABV) fruit salad. Crystalline vodka-like boozing elevates brisk clean-watered crisping of sunny fruit-blustered tropicalia.
On tap at Ambulance, lively dry-hopped IPA’s juicy pineapple, peach, orange and mango tang brightens summery medium body in fine fashion. Sugary pale malts guard the back end.
On tap at Growler & Gill, rangy copper-hued moderate-bodied IPA offers zesty lemon-soured grapefruit zing to light floral-perfumed candied orange tingle up-front. Distant pineapple-mango-peach tang and vanilla-creamed pastry malts (plus wispy banana-bubblegum sweetness) hang in the citric-swirled vodka recess.
Easygoing Citra-hopped IPA (limited edition 2019) pipes delicate yellow grapefruit bittering into light pine resin and doughy pale malts, leaving ancillary mandarin orange tartness, pineapple tanginess and mango sweetness to battle back latent alcohol-burnt astringency.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, easygoing moderation evenly spreads tangy grapefruit, orange and pineapple juiciness across sweetly spiced pale malts and salty citric hop bittering.
On tap at Growler & Gill, hazily yellow marbled sour IPA brings lactic milk-sugared yogurt tartness to parched lime acidity and lemony green grape tannins above tempered oats-dried raw wheat cushion, leaving mild barnyard acridity upon the citric-soured back end.
On tap at Growler & Gill, calmly reserved ‘tropical lager’ wrangles lemony yellow grapefruit spritz out of zesty Citra-Mosaic hop sunshine. Vinous white grape subtlety underscores lightly embittered orange rind midst where sweet pineapple-coconut tranquility contrasts mild pine resin subsuming divergent India Pale Lager.
On tap at Growler & Gill, sweet-tart grapefruit and orange groove gains sugary pale malt spicing to contrast mildly grassy Citra hop response.
