On tap at Ambulance, tart beige-hazed farmhouse ale utilizes Red Jacket apple cider to complement leathery horse-blanketed hay dryness and spelt grained earthiness. Yet its white-peppered green apple tartness steals the show midway, receiving a lightly acidic limestone parch and lemon-fizzed coriander salting. Very interesting and never too demanding for softer palates.
On tap at Ambulance, brisk medium-bodied IPA boasts of tangy “pineapple, cantaloupe, cherry blossom and grapefruit” influence, but lemon zest, mandarin orange, melon, tangerine, papaya and mango illusions make similar up-front impact. Dried piney resin seeps into the floral-bound tropical fruiting and crystal malt sugaring. It’s the perfect blend of Citra, Simcoe and Cascade hops!
On tap at Ambulance, mighty pale ale may be mistaken for hop-headed IPA in the wink of an eye. Mouth-drenching pine needling and zesty yellow grapefruit rind bittering are the product of a sticky Mosaic/ Calypso hop pungency that brings bark-dried wood tones to the fore as well. Orange rind, lemon peel, and passion fruit illusions backup massive grapefruit contingent. Sugar-spiced spruce sweetness perfectly contrasts brash piney citrus bitterness and slight turpentine-like ethanol burn.
Easygoing profile balances stylish floral-perfumed piney fruiting with biscuit-y caramel toasting. Dry Cascade hops freshen pineapple, orange, grapefruit and tangerine tang. Light cookie dough malting and mild spicing underscore citric nicety.
Velvety mocha-rich full body loads Goshen black coffee and bittersweet vanilla beans atop dry hop char. Black chocolate, chocolate brownie, espresso, dark cocoa and molasses illusions catapult pureed black cherry sashay and ascending bourbon-burgundy wining. Light anise influence provides sticky afterthought.
“Brazen” is an advertising overstatement. Instead, this well-rounded Brit-influenced oatmeal stout maintains a likable dark-roasted mocha malting and oatmeal sugaring above its coarse toasted hop char. Black chocolate, day-old coffee, espresso and peat illusions do the job as backup.
Intriguing English Brown Ale neatly duplicates molasses-draped gingerbread cookie. Brown-sugared nutmeg, cinnamon, clove and cardamom spicing as well as light vanilla hints sweeten gingerbread theme over slightly coarse hop astringency, ascending orange peel bittering and light pumpkin pie piquancy. Sharp ginger spicing really takes hold at finish. Well-done Christmas dessert treat.
Earthy British strong ale tosses dirty grained cellar musk at dank dried fruiting and tea-like follow-up. Soft-watered flow lightens burgundy-wined plum, raisin and prune swoon as well as vinous purple grape tannins. Soured milk chocolate ascendance outgains timid toffee, caramel and chewing tobacco notions. Despite heady 8.5% ABV, mild and casual.
Well-rounded hybrid leans towards the dark side as dark-roasted mocha malts and cookie dough yeast upend piney citric fruiting. Resinous hop char thickens caramel-burnt dark cocoa and brown chocolate impulse as well as light ashen nuttiness. Grapefruit fondue likeness emerges alongside lesser marmalade, peach and apricot illusions beneath the massive mocha maelstrom.
Straightahead IPA brings perfume-fruited Cascade hops and dryer woody Amarillo hops to creamy crystal malting. Orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, peach and red apple tang ripens above pungent juniper bite and tingly ginseng spicing.
Uncompromising ‘blond sour ale’ (at 6% ABV) goes the distance with its wide-ranged stylistic profile. Aged in stainless steel for a cleanly crisp lemon-limed salting, its dried hop flowers bring out vinous white grape, hard cider, mustard seed and limestone illusions to complement the dry lemon rind midst. Stylish leathery brettanomyces funk picks up light acidic burn and hot peppery respite at tartly juiced citrus finish.
Stronger Grand Reserve version of oak-aged farmhouse ale (7.3% ABV) utilizes dry-hopped astringency to create “undiluted old ale” aged longer than Petrus Aged Pale Ale. Lemony cider tartness and oaken cherry respite settle into sparkling champagne fizzle. Vinous white grape tannins recede to salty bottom. Notions of pencil shavings drift below the surface of succulent sour ale.
