On tap at Growler & Gill, dewy dry-spiced amber grain toasting and laid-back caramelized chocolate malting of an Irish Red Ale meets the piney red-orange fruiting of an American IPA. Below the surface, leafy hop musk contrasts dried-fruited pecan snag. A cheerfully wayward St. Patty’s Day treat.
Eccentric pastry-styled blonde ale gathers ground coffee bittering for creamy vanilla-glazed powdered sugaring of splendid Tiramisu knockoff. Coffee-caked center gains orange blossom-honeyed influence as well as cannoli, nutmeg and eggnog illusions (and infrequent black pepper burn).
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, nebulous pale honey bock brings musky wet-grained Vienna malting to slightly viscous raw honey astringency and spicy hop tingle in relegated manner. Closer to a dewy autumnal ale than a springtime bock. On second passing, raw-honeyed orange souring gained musky black tea rusticity and minty lavender afterglow that’s muskier and sourer than stylishly expected.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, briskly clean-watered farmhouse ale lets tart lemon-soured passionfruit puree seep into creamily frothed crystal malt sugaring with minor acidity. Sunny citrus midst gains light barnyard acridity as well as white-peppered tingle while passive green grape esters, zesty grapefruit juicing and mild gooseberry snag add depth.
Mild Belgian-styled witbier brings stylish coriander-spiced orange peel sweetness to spritzy orange-rotted lemon zest, tidy ginger spicing and wispy floral nuances above cracked wheat spine.
On tap at Growler & Gill, spritzy summer lager brings floral-perfumed lemon zest to the fore above light wood musk. Grapefruit-orange rind bittering stays subtle for crisply clean moderation.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, blush pink-hued sour ale invites tart cranberry pucker to invitingly dry Kim offshoot. Vinous green grape tannins increase sharp brettanomyces-soured cranberry salting. Limey green apple and oaken cherry illusions deepen its sparkling champagne undercurrent.
On tap at Growler & Gill, heavy coconut-chocolate infusion and milk-sugared vanilla sweetness embellish off-beat hybridized schwarzbier. Usually a tediously nebulous black lager style never as worthily profound as a permier porter-stout, Singlecut’s heightened schwarz proves to be one step ahead of the dull pack in terms of distinct flavor profiling. Its coconut-chocolate-vanilla aspirations invite lovely gingerbread, sarsaparilla, cinnamon and toffee illusions to join the malt-roasted party. “A unique spin” on a German black beer. In the can, sweet coconut-chocolate enclave receives dryer Black Patent malt bittering, coffee-dried nut char and cocoa powdered chalking.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, serenely tropical hazy New England-styled pale ale (with IPA roots) offers brisk lemony grapefruit zesting, mild mandarin orange tartness and lactic yogurt souring to oats-sugared pale malts, retaining low resinous hop bittering. Subsidiary peach, mango, honeydew and pineapple illusions increase its irresistible fruited tropicalia.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, briskly clean wheated pale ale spreads light citrus spicing across grassy hop astringency, dry pale malting and slight barnyard acridity. Polite Citra-hopped tingle pervades lemony clementine, navel orange and tangerine tang as well as mild orange pith bittering above wheat cracker base in highly sessionable manner.
On tap at Beef Trust, tequila-wooded coffee liqueur sweetness enriches milk-sugared cocoa fudginess for Regular Coffee variant. Homemade coffee syrup deepens caramel latte, crème de cacao and mocha meringue illusions while tequila-like agave nectar adds further sweetness.
Dry lemony floral perfuming gains honeysuckled coriander spicing and light hibiscus sweetness to contrast resinous Noble hop herbage, leaving a prickled citrus sparkle on the tongue.
