On tap at Tapastre, eye-squinting white peach acidity inundates lactobacillus-soured pale ale (fermented in stainless steel). Lactic house yeast deepens peach sourness as well as vinous white wining and green apple tartness.
ALEMENTARY KALAMANSI GOSE
On tap at Tapastre, easygoing flat-headed clear-yellowed gose offers sedate Philippine lime souring to wispy salinity and floral-doused subtleties. Light summertime retreat.
NICKEL BROOK RASPBERRY PEACH BERLINER WEISS
On tap at Tapastre, delicately delightful pinkish amber-cleared Berliner Weiss brings champagne sparkle to lemon-juiced raspberry and peach tartness and salty coriander stead. Moderately vinous green grape tenure plus teasing grapefruit bittering add further acidic sourness.
STILLWATER ACTION BRONSON’S 7000
On tap at Poor Henry’s, pungent dry-hopped sour ale utilizes lightly vinous Muscat grapes and acidic brettanomyces yeast to enhance lemony grapefruit tartness over straw-dried barnyard acridity. Tertiary guava, passionfruit and gooseberry illusions filter thru.
SHOCK-TOP SUNSET ORANGE
Cloying Belgian-styled wheat ale with candied blood orange and tangerine tang retains sinewy corn syruping as well as meager coriander spicing. Sticky soda-like carbolic sugaring becomes soapy and unsettling.
BROTHERTON EARTHBOUND WILD SAISON
On tap at Tapastre, tranquil red wine-barreled farmhouse ale stays extremely dry as vinous red grape tannins create mild Sauvignon-pinot warmth activated by wild lactic yeast. Lemon-licked peppery hop bite adds moderate bitterness and scorched earth snip provides slight acridity.
ICARUS WELCOME TO THE JAM
On tap at Poor Henry’s, turbidly amber-yellowed medium body adds sour lactose acidity to salty lemon pith bittering, dry-hopped passionfruit puree tartness and zesty mandarin orange wisps. Below the soured tropicalia lies grouty fennel, lemongrass and celery illusions.
ICARUS BLUE WORLD SAISON
On tap at Poor Henry’s, subtle pepper-spiced blueberry honey tartness receives lemony herbal suppleness, candied orange respite and leafy hop astringency. Crisply clean water flow softens residual bitterness.
ALESMITH .394 SAN DIEGO PALE ALE
Well-realized and stylistically bold pale ale (dedicated to former San Diego baseball star, Tony Gwynn) places tangy grapefruit-orange-pineapple juicing upfront as resinous hop pining contrasts cereal-grained caramel sugaring. Tertiary mango, peach, clementine and tangerine fruiting adds further luster.
EQUILIBRIUM TACHYON
On tap at Growler & Gill, crisply clean freshwater flow provides smooth setting for interesting pale ale turnabout. Zesty lemon burst furnished by abstruse floral herbage, oily pine hops and sugared pale malting. Delicate pineapple, mango, passionfruit and mandarin orange illusions add zing to offbeat eccentricity.
SINGLECUT STRICTLY HAND-HELD HONEY KOLSCH
On tap at Growler & Gill, daringly hybridized clear beige-yellowed kolsch blends stylish pale lagered grape tannins with supple askew adjuncts. Milk-sugared coconut water, honeyed ginger licks, tart lemon spritz and wispy floral nuances coalesce quite efficiently in clean water setting.
FUNKY BUDDAH FLORIDIAN HEFEWEIZEN
Middle of the road moderate-bodied hefe retains mild vanilla creaming as lemony banana-clove frontage picks up tart orange binge and sugar wafer honeying.
