On tap at Julian’s, opulent Belgian quad with sweet whiskey barrel-matured candi-sugaring and mighty 10.5% ABV warmth receives chewy caramel, toffee and vanilla creaming. Syrupy bourbon, white rum and sherry subtleties share space alongside red cherry, peach, candied orange, pink grapefruit, bruised orange, banana and sugarplum illusions at the whiskey-daubed fruitful finish. In the bottle, dewy Scotch whiskey sweetness gains dried fig nicety, molasses candied toffee sugaring, maple walnut snicker and mild truffle earthiness over vanilla-creamed brown chocolate bottom.
ENGELSZELL STIFT GREGORIUS – 2014 (AGED IN ALSACIAN WINE)
On tap at Julian’s, exquisite Belgian dark ale utilizes Alsacian wine yeast to propel fruit-caked dried fruiting of subtle 9.7% ABV elixir. Mild burgundy-wined fig, prune, green raisin, red cherry and blackberry illusions sashay across ephemeral honeyed chocolate whim with calming warmth.
GRIMM ZAP DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Ambulance, wholly appealing Imperial IPA brings bright citrus tang to floral orange blossom adjunct and light pine-oiled grassy hop bite. Zesty lemon, yellow grapefruit and orange rind bittering gains perfumed mango, papaya, guava and pineapple tropicalia for absolutely fruitful delight.
THIMBLE ISLAND GHOST ISLAND DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Arooga’s, rousing orange-peeled lemon seed bittering and brisk yellow grapefruit tang provide hard-candied sweet ‘n sour profile. Tertiary tangerine, clementine and pineapple illusions allow fruitiness to expand above moderate pale malt base. Aggressive Citra hop briskness anchors 8% ABV DIPA, deepening its juicy citrus frontage and resinous pine hind. In the bottle, richer doughy yeast sinew arouses bitter yellow fruiting plus dark cherry, bruised orange and sweet fig illusions.
EVIL GENIUS #ADULTING
Refreshingly crisp 5th Anniversary guava-infused IPA retains tangy crystal-malted tropical fruiting to contrast light piney hop-oiled bittering. Delicate guava influence picks up tart ‘lemony watermelon’ illusions alongside subsidiary cotton-candied orange and pineapple sweetness.
HARPOON FRESH TRACKS SPRING PALE ALE
Predictably fine moderate-bodied pale ale with IPA aspirations brings floral-bound orange-peeled pineapple, grapefruit and mango tropicalia to the fore as light piney hop bittering settles below at soft white-breaded bottom. Subsidiary tangerine, mandarin orange and clementine illusions waver. On tap, citra-hopped version retained refreshing floral citrus spritz.
KENT FALLS HORSE MASK PARTY
On tap at Ambulance, pleasant brettanomyces-soured pale ale combines rustic Chinook hop earthiness, yellow grapefruit tartness and lemon seed bittering with lightly creamed pale malting. White-peppered lemongrass herbage seeps into plastique citrus slipstream of soft-watered bacteria-affected moderation.
HILL FARMSTEAD SELF RELIANCE #3 PALE ALE (EXPERIMENTAL EQUINOX HOPS)
On tap at Ambulance, ‘experimental’ Equinox hops provide juniper-nipped yellow grapefruit bittering and light pine glaze to floral-perfumed lemongrass herbage of reliable beige-yellowed moderation. Zesty pineapple, orange rind and lemon wisps waver.
3 GUYS & A BEER’D SOUL PATCH ALE BREWED WITH PUMPKIN
Sharp autumnal seasoning guards brown-sugared pumpkin pie theme while quickly approaching lemony gourd earthiness stays just below the surface to contrast the cinnamon-sweetened nutmeg-allspice-coriander spicing and honeyed Graham Cracker respite.
SUSQUEHANNA SO-WHEAT
Tangy citric hop spritz gains hefe-styled banana, clove, bubblegum and vanilla sweetness above delicate brown-sugared Graham Cracker spine. Lemony grape esters lighten the blanched yellow-fruited finish.
FORDHAM WISTERIA WHEAT
Summery unfiltered wheat ale brings sharply crisp lemon-soured spritz to hefe-like banana, clove and bubblegum niceties above white wheat base. Mild lemongrass, green grape and champagne nuances flutter by.
SAMUEL ADAMS HOPSCAPE WHEAT ALE
Basically a wintry West Coast-styled IPA with a pale wheat ale bent. Moderated pineapple, grapefruit and orange fruiting picks up zesty lemon spritz enhanced by piney remnant above grainy wheat breading.
