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.
Rustic wine barrel-aged farmhouse ale fermented in oak foedres allows mild lemon lime acidity, vinous green grape tannins and wispy herbal salting to enhance tartly citric saison yeast of dry white wine alternative.
On tap at Growler & Gill, crisply clean well-watered bohemian pils relegates lemon rot souring with splashy lemon spritz and a dash of clay-hopped grass. Floury sourdough bottom gains mossy compost earthiness and wispy floral nuance. Offbeat original.
On tap at Ambulance, clear pale-hued bohemian-styled moderation utilizes earthen Czech hop herbage to affect modest wet-grained pilsner malting and zesty lemon spritz.
