On tap at Ambulance, peculiarly hybridized wheat ale offers summery yellow grapefruit peel tang to minty sage herbage and pale wheat malting. Recessive anise spicing dots herbal citrus finish.
BLACK HOG THC CENTENNIAL PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, snarky cannibas lupulined crew, ‘The Hop Collective’ (a.k.a. THC), puts forth soft-tongued citric spiced moderation. Hemp-oiled piney hops softly persuade grapefruit, orange and pineapple bittering that contrasts honeyed cara-pils malting (and syrupy peach sweetness) of brisk tropical fruited sedation.
BOLERO SNORT TABULL SAISON
On tap at New York Wing Factory, appeasing moderation brings sharp citrus fruiting to salty white-peppered hop bittering and soft-watered minerality. Sour lemon rot, mild mandarin orange tartness and light tangerine tang provide subtle illusions above mild barnyard rusticity.
OMMEGANG CALYPSO HENNEPIN
On tap at New York Wing Factory, perfunctory Calypso-hopped version of well respected saison fails to deliver. Pungent floral-perfumed citric spice and barren white-wined yellow grape tartness receive musky earthen barnyard rusticity. Fungi-like navel orange rot, lemon musk and dessicated pineapple never fully integrate.
OMMEGANG GAME OF THRONES #5 THREE-EYED RAVEN DARK SAISON
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, well-rounded dark saison squeezes many fine illusions out of dark-fruited souring, smoky mocha malting and variable nuttiness. Dried fig, prune and apricot tones deepen black chocolate roast, cola-hazelnut-walnut conflux and mild peppercorn herbage, finishing with a frothy pineapple-grapefruit fondue frenzy.
KELSO FUKU
Bland rauchbier-smoked, witbier-fruited, gose-salted hybrid stays softly light-bodied. Soapy curacao-mandarin orange wisp, tart lemon snip and sour lime pucker hide behind fragile peat-smoked black peppering, finishing inconspicuously dull, flat and buttery.
VICTORY SUMMER LOVE ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, refreshing summertime golden ale becomes diacetyl at vegetal citric finish. Sunny yellow grapefruit tartness desiccated by sour lemon rot, raw-honeyed pale malts and grassy Simcoe-citra hop astringency. Light floral orange fruiting needs better penetration.
FREE WILL MANGO WHEAT
On tap at New York Wing Factory, timid summery tropicalia lacks full-force mango theme. Instead, washed-out mango tartness never effectively sweetens listless lemony strawberry, guava and kiwi snips while its thin wheat backbone falters. In the bottle, dry lemon-pitted mango souring stays laidback alongside mildly bitter IPA-like piney grapefruit peel depletion. In the can, lightly perfumed mango salting drifted subtly into dry grassy hops.
ABITA GRAPEFRUIT HARVEST IPA
Effervescent fresh-squeezed ruby red grapefruit zest rides above briskly mild Cascade hop bittering and soft-toned pilsner malt dryness. Floral-perfumed lemon seed tartness deepens pink grapefruit resonance.
ABITA MARDI GRAS BOCK
Vaguely defined maibock lacks focus. Desultory pale-caramel malting and muddled summery fruitiness seem lost amidst honey grained murk. Listless apple, grape, fig and plum illusions never come to the fore while mild nuttiness proves insufficient.
TIN ROOF PARADE GROUND COFFEE PORTER
Affable moderate-to-medium-bodied porter brings initial French roast coffee simmer to dark-roasted mocha malting and oily hop resin, gaining bittersweet black chocolate influence by the mild cocoa-beaned hazelnut java finish.
CARTON PUMPKIN CREAM ALE SCOBEYVILLE WOOD
On tap at New York Wing Factory, abtruse autumnal moderation combines dry-starched pumpkin roast with orange-oiled candied ginger and pink peppercorns. Orange rot midst nearly upends raw gourd adjunct. Sugar bread spine lightly sweetens the backend to contrast the brief pumpkin-squash finish.