Humble golden pale moderation brings spiced tropical fruiting to pasty pale malt sweetness, distant pine tones and wispy herbage. Upfront, zestful grapefruit-orange-peach-pineapple assurance sidles sour passionfruit adjunct anchored by red ale-like midnight wheat cereal graining.
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ANDERSON VALLEY CHAI SOLSTICE
‘Variation of Anderson Valley Solstice” adds cardamom, star anise and vanilla to orange-peeled ginger, black-peppered herbage and sugary crystal malts, creating a honeyed chai tea experience. Tertiary chestnut, chamomile and cinnamon illusions add further complexity of worthy medium-bodied herbal spiced mélange.
ANDERSON VALLEY SUMMER SOLSTICE CERVEZA CREMA – NITRO
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, superb nitro version of highly respected summer ale heightens softly creamed éclair mouthfeel and kettle corn-buttered caramelization while lessening tropical fruiting. Mild lemon meringue, mandarin orange, white peach and fig illusions delicately linger behind.
ANDERSON VALLEY FRAMBOISE ROSE GOSE
On tap at Eli Cannon’s, impressive pinkish golden framboise-gose hybrid brings kettle-soured raspberry tartness to salty lemon-peeled acidity and hibiscus-like rose hips adjunct. Vinous green grape tannins, oaken cherry bittering and mild cranberry pucker reinforce lovely sour-candied raspberry puree tanginess.
ANDERSON VALLEY G & T GOSE
Botanical gin and tonic-inspired gose allows perfumed juniper berries to further embitter orange-peeled grapefruit rind oiling, acidic green grape esters and sea-salted brininess for mouth-puckering goodness. Tertiary lemongrass, grains of paradise and coriander licks add splendor to ‘juicy lemon-limed’ tartness.
ANDERSON VALLEY EETAH! IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, tropical fruit punch gains resinous pine hop aggression above lightly creamed crystal-pale malting. Juicy orange-peeled pineapple, peach, tangerine, nectarine, guava and passionfruit tang smacks the lips while moderate vodka-like snip consumes the fruitful finish. In the can, zesty lemon-juiced yellow grapefruit and orange peel bittering reinforced sweet tropical fruiting above mild wood-toned pungency and rustic hay-dried astringency.
ANDERSON VALLEY HORSE TONGUE SLIGHTLY SOUR WHEAT BEER
On tap at Triton, sessionable ‘slightly sour’ wheat ale brings light brettanomyces acidity to tart lemon rind bittering, puckered white wine vinegaring and musty horse-blanketed raw wheat acridity. Subtle oaken dryness affects lemony orange sourness at mildly lactic finish.
ANDERSON VALLEY BRINEY MELON GOSE
World class gose combines briny sea-salted melon rind dryness with lightly acidic lemon lime pucker and brief cucumber-watered watermelon, cantaloupe, passionfruit, guava, kiwi and pomegranate pleasantries. Spritzy lemon-limed crisping retains sour fruit-brined acridity. A bit unspecific with its ‘melon’ influence, but lingeringly memorable.
ANDERSON VALLEY HUGE ARKER BOURBON BARREL IMPERIAL STOUT
Opulent brown chocolate richness saddles exquisitely detailed Wild Turkey-barreled bourbon vanilla sweetness. Just below the bold molasses-sapped mocha surface, its cigar-leafed cedar char spreads into subsidiary cocoa, coconut, toffee, marshmallow, burgundy and hazelnut illusions while brown-sugared fruitcake recession brings subdued raisin, date and plum undertones.
