Sweet rum barrel-aged elixir picks up light bourbon vanilla influence to elevate molasses-sapped milk chocolate theme. Ashen piney hop roast softly embitters the silken mocha contingent. Tertiary cola nut, hazelnut and walnut toasting works its way into the mix alongside port-wined black grape wisp.
Easygoing 19th anniversary India Pale Ale offers zesty Chinook-citra hop briskness to sugared cara-pils malting and mild floral herbage. Crisp orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tang, juicy lemon freshness and tingly pineapple tartness combine for highly sesionable moderate-to-medium body.
Ordinary English-styled India Pale Ale brings dewy peat mossing, herbal green-black tea bittering, resinous cedar pining and earthen Goldings hop crisping to desolate crystal malt sweetness. Brown pear, brown apple and citrus notions simply fade away.
Prolfic, ever-evolving IPA series presents decisive Batch 3, a Belgian-styled India Pale Ale better defined as a typically fine West Coast knockoff. Soft-toned lemony grapefruit tartness crisply picks up white-peppered Citra hop spicing above sugary crystal/carapils malting and buttery biscuit spine. Peachy tangerine, pineapple, cantaloupe, mango and melon tang gets juicier by illustrious floral fruited finish.
On tap at Growler & Gill, briny lemon-limed sourness pleats hard-candied cherry pucker. Tart raspberry rasp, vinous green grape esters, mild green apple snip and Jolly Rancher watermelon nuance provide further souring. Residual sugar sweetness hidden below the oaken cherry surface. ‘Sublime,’ indeed.
On tap at Ambulance, stylishly easygoing Imperial IPA (2015 limited edition version celebrating 4-20 pot icon Waldo) brings subtle floral-perfumed botanical herbage, moderate piney hop resin and dank hemp oiling to tropical fruited sensation. Sharp grapefruit-peeled orange and pineapple bittering contrasted by tangy peach, mango, apple and nectarine sweetness.
On tap at Ambulance, winning collaboration between two Brooklyn brewers brings zesty tropical fruiting and honeyed malting to astringent citric dry-hopped bittering. Bruised orange, grapefruit and lemon illusions sweetened by caramel corn sugaring.
On tap at Ambulance, pungent grapefruit-peeled orange rind musk and brisk lemon prickle recline over sticky pine-oiled bittering pervading massive hop bomb.
On tap at Ambulance, dank citrus musk crowds astringent hop bittering of arguably ‘sessionable’ Money IPA knockoff. Retaining all the original brew’s grain alcohol coarsening and lemony orange pungency (minus the fruit rotted aspect), its light sugared spicing takes away some of the bitter edge, but not enough for lighter palates.
Approachable wild ale brings light brettanomyces funk to sour green grape and Granny Smith apple pucker. Delicate mango, guava and papaya tartness hidden by earthen barnyard astringency (and light herbal touch). Sugared malt spicing, usually lacking in sour ales, provides mild contrast. Easygoing crossover will please lighter conventional ale thirsts since the acidic sourness is never overdone.
On tap at Ambulance, delicate wild ale spontaneously soured with Seyval Blanc white grapes in red wine barrels retains soft-toned nature despite terse mouth-puckering acidity. Sour grape esters settle beside lemon-juiced cherry vinaigrette and Granny Smith apple tartness. Briny sea salting increases sharp sourness at wispy white-wined finish.
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned moderation provides tart raspberry souring and acidic lemony orange pucker for wispy white wheat spine. Spritzy seltzer-watered flow keeps the raspberry influence in check for crisply clean fruited sedation.