Pulpy mango tang bursts forth with juicy sweet-tart fruitiness. Ripe mango continuance gains mild lemon spritz and distant guava-papaya-passionfruit illusions over lacquered honey wheat bottom.
ITHACA MANGO SOUR
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, salted mango puree penetrates lemon-juiced green grape acidity and sour guava-passionfruit snips of white wheat-backed Berliner Weisse. Needs more upfront luster.
LONG LIVE HOLA FANTASMA BERLINER WEISSE
On tap at Ambulance, fermented with tart blood orange, pineapple and strawberry adjuncts, brisk hybridized Berliner weisse lets dry lime-peeled brining add sour surge as distant watermelon rind and oaken vanilla illusions flutter.
TRADITION HANG TEN GOSE
Distinct Hawaiian vibe lifts variant gose beyond earthly delight as juicy mango, guava, passionfruit and pineapple tanginess receives brisk sea-salted lemon liming in acidulated pale malt setting. Lively Cascade hop citrus spree heightens jaunty tropical fruiting as tertiary watermelon rind, oaken vanilla and white peach illusions seep thru.
SOUTH 40 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOMS HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Triton, tart blackberry adjunct gains mild sour lemon salting, musky cellar funk and hay-dried earthiness that overtake stylishly (washed-out) banana-clove sweetness over weak wheat wafer base.
FIRESTONE WALKER CALI SQUEEZE BLOOD ORANGE
On tap at Ambulance, spritzy amber rust-hued hybrid hefe allows tart blood orange adjunct to nearly nullify stylish cotton-candied banana and clove sweetness as slight lemonade sweetness creeps thru.
ROSS VELERO NEGRO MEXICAN-STYLE DARK ALE
Roasted cocoa seeds given slightest sea-salted lime adjunct as dry grained legume nuttiness and dewy peat come aboard for easygoing Mexican-styled dark lager.
HACKENSACK HULA SKIRT COCONUT BLONDE ALE
On tap at Pompton Craft House, toasted coconut sweetness receives creamy vanilla froth as tangy pineapple zesting and lemon meringue tartness tingle tropical summertime moderation.
LUCKY HARE GLEN ALE
Sessionable straw clear blonde ale plies zesty lemon twist to mildly spiced herbage over crisp barley-roasted cracked corn base simplistic dry pilsners sometimes utilize.
DROWNED LANDS BROOK & REED PALE LAGER
On tap at Ambulance, “Classical” aluminum yellowed pale lager brings spicy lemon sweetness and floral Hallertau hop herbage to bready pilsner malting in fine stylistic fashion.
NARRAGANSETT DEL’S SHANDY
On tap at Ambulance, “frozen lemonade” with all natural lemon concentrate gets cloy as powder sugared Hi-C fruit flavoring consumes sticky candied tartness. Polite lemon-limed candy licks get soapy.
NEXT CHAPTER BREWPUB
AUBURN, NEW YORK
Inside a red brick building just down the block from Shep’s at Genesee Center mini mall, NEXT CHAPTER BREWPUB came to life in August 2018. Local married homebrewers Scott and Michelle De Lap decided to open the snugly Auburn nanobrewery where proprietary and guest beers, local spirits, wines and cocktails get washed down by wood-fire pizza, burgers, wings and paninis.
Several cherry red-seated hardwood tables, a cozily couched book-shelved lounge area, a Prohibition Era silver inlet black-tiled ceiling and antique red brick walls fill out the Edison-lit twelve-seat wood bar. A tiled wood stove serves pizzas to the local minions joining my wife and I at Next Chapter early June ’24 on a sunny Friday afternoon.
Sweet red-orange-yellow fruiting glided thru Blondie, a pilsner-malted pale ale that’s sunshiny sessionable.
Adding pureed blood orange to the aforementioned blonde ale, Blood Orange Blondie gained tart mandarin, tangy tangerine and sweet clementine illusions for its sugary mix.
Utilizing a sugary pale malt base, Chapter Blueberry Ale retained a light sweet n’ sour blueberry lacquering and lightly creamed honeyed wheat stickiness.
Contrasting slight earthen melon rind bittering with mild watermelon sweetness, spritzy Chapter Watermelon Wheat Ale gained cucumber watered celery crisping.
Underripe peach tartness countered sweet peach tanginess for Peachy Keen Kolsch, a dry pilsner malted moderation with tertiary apricot skin tannins, lemon licks and cucumber slumber.
Perfumed citrus spicing anchored West Coast-styled NYS IPA, a Cascade-Centennial-hopped medium body with lemony grapefruit bittering and orange-oiled guava and passionfruit tartness.
Local Crow City roasted coffee beans met rich cacao nibs bittering for nitrogenated Chapter Crow City Coffee Stout, but its lemon rind-soured espresso spunk and dry red wine esters nearly prevailed.