Confusingly indistinct ‘ruby farmhouse ale’ lacks stylistic specificity. Closer to a British-styled pale ale with its nominal barley toasting and mild hop spicing, but not far removed from an English Bitter’s dewy peated minerality and rye graining. Belgian ale yeast may induce lulling citric florality.
Even keeled IPA never allows stylishly justified piney fruited bittering to outmuscle caramel-toasted honeyed wheat sweetness. Hard-hitting hopheads may be upset, but others will enjoy less embittered profile. Behind brisk grapefruit peel overtones lie sugar-spiced peach, orange, tangerine and lemon illusions. Dark floral perfumed hops reinforce fresh-watered citric effervescence.
On tap at Coalhouse Pizza, refreshing clean-watered minerality sets up bronze-hazed pale-malted spring bock. Resinous spelt-hopped politeness allows dainty banana, tangerine and dried fig fruiting to come aboard. Minor alcohol burn at murky tannic grape finish picks up dank mildewed wellwater musk.