On tap at Poor Henry’s, beautifully designed blonde ale hybrid (2015) re-creates delicious rice-milked, almond-sugared Mexican dessert drink known as horchata. For such an easydrinking lightweight, its  complexities abound. Fudgy vanilla soaks into banana-creamed rum cake sweetness, soothing cinnamon spicing, honeyed citrus splendor and mild coconut tinge. Sharp citric hop pep provides brisk carbolic thrust for fabulous one of a kind elixir. Try in lieu of rice pudding, coconut custard, fruit pastry or doughnut.

Smooth moderation lacks specific Belgian styling, instead relying on lemon rind bittering, sour orange rot and bruised peach innuendo. Musty mineral graining contrasts sweet floral accents and mild candi-sugared malt creaming, but white-peppered Indian coriander adjunct never suffices. 

Sessionable summer ale brings light pilsner malting and grassy Saaz hop herbage to clean-watered citric subtlety. Dainty grape-leafed Barlett pear influence stays distant.

Delicate blonde ale utilizes ‘grapefruit zest’ to briskly fortify mild dry body. Candied pink and yellow grapefruit tang sets the tone, then drops off a tad as subtle lemon pith bittering picks up. Light flavor profile withers too quickly.

Tepid pilsner-malted light body brings lemony Seltzer-fizzed pineapple tang to acrid straw-hay-alfalfa graining. Sour orange midst fades at bittersweet citric finish.

Modest straw-paled ‘malt beverage’ utilizes Muscat grape juice and Nelson Sauvin hop tropicalia to brighten overall appeal. White grape-soured peach, apple and grapefruit illusions stay recessive as sharp carbolic fizz picks up vinous white wining and subtle lemon pie tartness.

One of three casual flagship offerings from Southern Westchester brewer (including standard Lager and IPA). On tap at Blue Ribbon Tavern, frail light-bodied summer session ale brings subtle honey adjunct to mild lemony grapefruit-orange acidity and bland biscuit malting. Strictly Blue Collar fodder.

Faulty non-pasteurized light body (in canned version) needs richer Vienna malting and sharper hop thrust to overcome staid blonde ale profile. Spoiled-to-sugared citrus frontage picks up frisky carbolic spritz above stagnant cereal graining. Wafting floral nuances slip away.

Flimsy lawnmower fare (in canned version) loses spritzy citric zest to spoiled lemon souring and minor diacetyl buttering. Candied grapefruit, orange and banana tartness wavers beside herbal-nipped grassy hop dryness, mild cereal-grained crystal malting and musty sourdough yeast.

Welcoming blonde ale proves wholly sessionable as smoothly clean local rice adjunct lightly sweetens soft-toned summertime citric spritz and buttery crystal malting above heavily fizzed carbolic pep. Grassy-hopped yellow grapefruit and navel orange wisps lost beneath surface. Blue collar fodder.

Fair lawnmower fare in purplish golden can spreads mild orange-peeled coriander adjunct across white-peppered Belgian yeast and soft-watered backdrop. Lightly sugared pink grapefruit, lemon pith, yellow apple and white grape illusions add distant flare.

Despite ‘intensely hoppy’ and ‘stoutly refreshing’ descriptives, top-fermented ’50s-era blonde ale (formerly St. Amand) remains approachably easygoing, blending estery French Biere de Garde styling with India Pale Ale fruiting. Honeyed vanilla creaming sweetens herbaceous white-peppered citrus theme. Ripe tangerine, orange and lemon tones meet floral-dusted lychee perfuming and rustic peppercorn seasoning.