On tap at Ambulance, tartly citric moderation utilizes freshly-squeezed orange juicing, but its affectation fades fast as soured lemon pucker gains hold above salty bottom. Wispy mandarin orange, curacao orange and blood orange undertones given clean mineral-watered crisping.
On tap at Ambulance, dry Simcoe-hopped version (circa summer ’15) brings light citrus musk to botanical ginger spicing and juicy mango serenity. Subtle papaya-guava-passionfruit-kiwi tropicalia and mild butternut splotch muddled by waxy crayon grouting.
On tap at Ambulance, refreshingly dry-bodied summertime moderation brings corn-starched pale wheat astringency to mildly perfumed tropical fruiting, polite citrus-pined hop brightening and dainty floral snips. Moderate grapefruit-peeled orange, pineapple and tangerine tang retains relaxed feel.
On tap at Eddie’s Roadhouse, “easy drinking proper hopper” best describes sessionable India Pale Ale. Bright yellow grapefruit vibe receives tart lemon zesting, wispy pineapple tang and light floral daub over grassy hop dryness.
On tap at Ambulance, uncommon saison utilizes golden spelt flouring to fortify lightly creamed honey malts and sweet saffron buttering above lemon-soured hop astringency.
Muddled off-dry medium body blurs lemony orange-grapefruit spicing, leafy hop resin and dewy malt graining by never fully integrating with nutty caramel smidge, funky vegetal nudge and metallic tinge, ultimately interrupting vague citric pleasantries.
On tap at Ambulance, yellow-fruited German pils utilizes herbal citric-spiced Santiam hop oiling to moderately embitter brusque grain musk. Wood-toned lemony grapefruit tang spreads across grassy earthen dew, botanical floral-perfumed wisp and musty vegetal snip. Not far removed from a light summertime India Pale Ale.
Fine flagship offering (in a can) will please avid hopheads with its oily hop bittering, resinous pine tarring and brisk juniper berry pungency. Sharp grapefruit-peeled orange rind tang brightens all the musky bitterness. Wispy pineapple, peach, mango and mandarin orange tropicalia found in deep recess.
On tap at Ambulance, earth-scorched moderate body loads lemon-peeled oaken cherry souring atop stout-styled dark roast chocolate and raw cacao bittering. Soy-milked souring adds lactic residue.
On tap at Ambulance, approachable warm weathered IPA seems closer to a dry-bodied American pale ale with its floral yellow-fruited entry picking up muted grassy hop astringency and straw wheat respite. Lightly pined lemony grapefruit-pineapple tang gains vegetal gourd notion. In the backdrop, sugary mango, orange and passionfruit tropicalia finds space.
On tap at Ambulance, worthy Oregon-Virginia collaboration offers buttery rye-toasted honey nut sweetness, spiced prune-raisin richness and dry cereal graining to sharp charred hop thrust and subtle grapefruit dirge. Mild chocolate roast inundates caraway-seeded chestnut, almond and praline subsidy. In the 22-ounce bottle, heady auburn-browned roggenbier brings spicier prune-raisin affluence to Blackstrap molasses-sapped pumpernickel rye thrust.
Sessionably smooth English-styled moderation brings stylish mocha nuttiness to mild hop char. Creamy hazelnut chocolate insistence picks up cocoa bean, cacao nibs, roasted coffee and sweet vanilla subsidy as well as cola nut, macadamia and walnut illusions. Modest dried fruiting (blackberry-fig-date) lost to gassy carbolic acidity.
