On tap at Ambulance, zesty yellow grapefruit tartness sinks into sour lemon-seeded pucker above bready barley-malted bottom. Light white-wined peach, green apple and passionfruit illusions simmer below the sour citric surface.
FRIEDENFELSER HEFE-WEIZEN
On tap at Ambulance, atypical hefe lets sour lemon rot and herbal lemongrass consume, but not overwhelm, stylish banana-clove expectancy. Closer to a muskier Belgian wit, perhaps, its white-peppered citric spicing and white-wined lemon pie tartness gain ground on setback banana-clove sweetness and malted wheat refuge.
BROOKLYN BEL AIR SOUR
On tap at Biggie’s, mild dry-hopped sour ale brings saltwatered lemon twist, vinous white grape tannins and snippy green apple pucker to delicate pale wheat malting. Slightly sharp citrus tang embraces lightly acidic lactobacillus souring at the white winey finish.
LAGUNITAS CITRUSINENSIS PALE ALE (BLOOD ORANGE)
Plentiful blood orange tang and zesty yellow grapefruit juicing brighten truly world-class pale ale. Ample tangerine, navel orange, clementine, mango, peach, papaya and guava fruiting gains mild floral-pined hop resin at pale wheat-malted spine. Ultimate sunny day thirst quencher!
BERKLEY COFFEE PORTER
Mild milk-sugared coffee bean sensation picks up sharp hop-oiled astringency, delicate black chocolate nip and distant nuttiness. Weak dried fruiting lost in the bittersweet roasted coffee midst.
DARK CITY BOND STREET BROWNIE AMERICAN BROWN ALE
Sufficient dry-bodied brown ale overwhelms fudged brownie sweetness with cocoa-powdered dark-roast coffee, Baker’s chocolate bittering and charcoal-stained wood char. On tap at Biggie’s, tarry oats-dried hop char embittered dark-roast chocolate and ice coffee tones.
BOLERO SNORT FROZEN PASTURE WINTER WARMER
Wondrous wintry moderation (in a can) retains pleasant caramelized nuttiness above barley-flaked chocolate piquancy and earthen Glacier hop bittering. Almondine, hazelnut, almond, pecan and chestnut illusions get caressed by citric-candied tartness and mulled cherry wine souring in the backdrop of proudly ‘unspiced’ winter warmer.
RIVER HORSE HIPPO’S HAND
Pleasantly streamlined ‘New England-styled IPA’ utilizes Mosaic, Citra and Lemondrop hops to acquire well-balanced pineapple, peach, orange, tangerine and grapefruit tang. Moderated astringent piney hop herbage crisply cleansed by mildly ‘citrusy’ tropical fruiting above mellow crystal-pale malting.
BALLAST POINT MANTA RAY DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
Easygoing subtlety laces soft-tongued citric candied tartness with light piney hop bitterness and delicate sugar-spiced crystal malts. Sweet ‘n sour hard-candied orange, pineapple and grapefruit piquancy gains minor floral aspect over time.
ALEMENTARY A-GAME IPA
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, straightforward East Coast IPA brings mild orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, peach and mango tang to sugar-spiced crystal malting and sly piney hop astringency. Polite citric-spiced finish lingers softly.
TWO ROADS ZERO 2 SIXTY TART IPA
Variant India Pale Ale brings peculiar eye-squinting citrus rot tartness (reminiscent of an acidic Berliner Weiss) to the easygoing fore. Brisk yellow grapefruit, orange, tangerine, mango and pineapple tang curiously turns to ‘kettle-soured’ lemony white wine tartness above compost-like sourdough spine. A newly hybridized ‘tart IPA’ that’s truly an acquired taste.
NIMBLE HILL HOP BOTTOM INDIA PALE ALE
Dismal nickel-hazed medium body drowns skunk-soured grapefruit rind, orange peel, pineapple rot and green apple bittering in musky hop astringency ’til its nasty phenolic alkaline aftertaste comes forth.
