Plum-juiced German-styled gose adds salty seaweed to lightly vinous lemon liming. Tart plum pucker retains calmly acidic sourness. Kettle-soured sea salting integrates fairly well with guava-tinged plum caking.
LEFT HAND BLACKCURRANT CREAM ALE – NITRO
Mild nitrogenated blackcurrant adjunct brings subtle souring to pink-headed magenta-bodied cream ale. Tart gooseberry, passionfruit and boysenberry illusions delicately affect blackcurrant tannins above earthen maize-dried lager yeast base.
GOOSE ISLAND KELLER MARZEN
“Classic cold-cellared German lager” brewed in collaboration with Spaten Brauerei stays crisply clean as doughy yeast enticement brings biscuity breading to light lemon-rotted musk, musty peat earthiness and leafy hop astringency. Spritzy carbolic pep awakens the tongue.
SINGLECUT INEXPLICABLY USED UMLAUT OKTOBERFEST
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry cold-conditioned autumnal moderation brings a tannic quality to the usual marzen-styled seasonal. Desiccated fig spicing upends lager-kilned toffee sedation. Tertiary wattle seed, cocoa powder and chestnut remnants found below the mild surface.
FLYING FISH OKTOBERFISH 2018
Well-balanced autumnal offering laces spritzy cinnamon-spiced caramel malting with leafy hop foliage and wispy pecan nuttiness over mildly earthen bottom. Easygoing seasonal fare for the masses.
SIERRA NEVADA / WEIHENSTEPHAN OKTOBERFEST 2018
Fairly distinguished collaboration with masterful German brewery stays crisply clean as balanced blend of sweetly caramelized Vienna malts, leafy Sterling hop foliage and wet-papered autumnal spices leave rounded mouthfeel.
HIJINX VERANO BLONDE ALE
Lively blonde moderation brewed with lime and orange zest bursts forth with citric resilience. Limey orange-peeled grapefruit pith bite receives light piney hop bittering and dry pale malting. Brisk, clean, citrus-forward delight outdoes its usually nebulous stylistic competitors.
SOUTHERN TIER 8 DAYS A WEEK BLONDE ALE
“Infinitely drinkable” moderation. Easygoing floral-daubed lemon zing gains mild straw-dried buttered corn salting and biscuit-honeyed pilsner malt breading. Too modest even for its light-bodied style.
STRAUB WILD BOY INDIA PALE LAGER
Fine dry moderation blends IPA-like citrus sharpness with cold-conditioned lager yeast. Floral-spiced lemony grapefruit tang gains light pine resin before tea-honeyed pale malts conquer earthen wood respite.
DEVILS BACKBONE REVENGE OF MARINER BARLEYWINE
Subtle Grand Marnier barrel aging provides light orange-candied liqueur syruping for buttery oak-toasted barleywine (with incredibly unassuming 13.1% ABV). Delicate white wine esters and cognac brandy sweetening penetrate the pilsner malted bottom.
DEVILS BACKBONE PEAR LAGER
Summery citrus sheen outlasts understated tart pear adjunct contrasting grassy hop astringency. Citric-doused pear subtlety gains wispy white-wined cider snip above light doughy malts.
KEEGAN HUDSON LAGER
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, crisply clean yellow-cleared moderation brings polite bread-like pilsner malting to effervescent lemon zest and musky floral-nipped herbage. Brisk carbolic spritz enlivens simple pleasure.
