On tap at Beef Trust, distinguished Mosaic-hopped pale ale embraces sharp IPA-like fruiting with its floral-daubed grapefruit, orange, pineapple and mango tang fronting light piney hop pungency and subtle caramel malting. Brisk lemon-limed carbolic spritz brightens the load.
Sessionable billowy white-headed pale body places mild grapefruit-peeled lemon bittering against spicy orange-pineapple tang and sweet caramel malting, picking up lightly salted citric hop astringency. Tender on the tongue.
On tap at Beef Trust, sessionable autumn ’17 pale ale (made in collaboration with Philly restaurant Jose Pistola’s) recalls English bitter with its dewy sweetness, mossy earthiness and vegetal acridity. Lemon-rotted orange tartness and resinous pine hop wisp created mostly by Simcoe-Centennial-Cascade hop trio. In the can, lemony grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering stays zestier and tarter above dewy wood-dried soiling.
Dubious kettle-soured wheat ale blitzes lemon-dropped strawberry adjunct with vinous green grape tartness, spritzy grapefruit zest and coarse citric hop bite. Needs higher strawberry concentration.
Veritable peach cobbler’s a ‘classic confection’ featuring inconspicuous vanilla bean bittering, lightly sugared cinnamon-nutmeg-clove spicing and earthen Perle hop astringency while retaining a sharp peach tartness. At the finish, mildly lacquered peach syruping picks up wispy cherry snip above caramelized biscuit bottom.
On tap at Biggie’s, dry light-bodied marzen (formerly Goose Oktoberfest) greets dewy earthen peat with floral-spiced Hallertau hops and baked breaded rye malts. Dried apricot and orange illusions fade in the recess.
“Airy” summertime moderation lets tart navel orange adjunct provide sweet ‘n sour candied coating to white wheat spine. Tangy mandarin orange, tangerine and clementine illusions reinforce carbolic navel orange frontage.
Easygoing collaboration with Denmark’s Mikkeller Brewing brings tart blood orange zest to pilsner-malted Danish lager yeast and light grassy hop astringency. Floral-daubed blood orange continuance gains mild candi-sugared sweetness at the finish.
Subdued “wheat ale aged with tart cherries” retains mild lemon-juiced acidity to its salty bottom. Laid-back oaken cherry souring picks up bitter cranberry spell and plain yogurt snip, but washed-out white wheat base falters as tart cherry influence fades abruptly.
Mellow off-dry yellow-cleared pale lager brings mild lemon-spiced spritz to subtle mineral graining, wispy hay-like earthiness and distant floral snips. Light cilantro herbage caressing the delicate citric finish goes fine with Mexican salsa.
On tap at Grafton Street – Cambridge, dry IPA-like German pilsner brings delicate floral-pined Hallertau hop bittering to zesty lemon-dropped orange peel briskness and tart lime twist. Mild carapils malt sweetness lingers below.
On tap at Russell House Tavern, crisply dry Czech-styled pilsner brings moderate Saaz hop astringency to tingly lemony spicing as well as earthen spelt, oats and wheatgrass graininess. Soft doughy biscuit spine holds up well.
