On tap at Seven Lakes Station, leathery Flemish Red-inspired sour ale brings prickly raspberry-blackberry tartness and oaken cherry pucker to acidulated Vienna malting. Subsidiary cranberry, crabapple and gooseberry illusions add backend depth.
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GRIMM CYBER CAFE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Centre Street Public House, centrist IPA celebrates ‘pre-haze craze’ with East-meets-West Coast vibe. Juicy East Coast tropical hop thrust brings vibrant grapefruit, papaya, guava and salted mango tanginess to the fore alongside Westerly orange-peeled lemon rind bittering and dry pine tones.
GRIMM CLOUDBUSTING DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Beef Trust, murkily browned amber-hazed Imperial IPA wavers flavor-wise. Juicy orange tang diminished by herbal lemon-candied tartness, wayward tangerine-pineapple-melon-gooseberry rasp, relegated earthen rye grist and sour yogurt respite. Not bad, but indefinite. 
GRIMM HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION PALE ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, mellowly soured pale ale utilizes Huell Melon hops to provide pivotal melon rind, muscat grape, prickly pear and candied lemon tartness for upfront grapefruit rind bittering, wood-dried Amarillo hops and mellow mandarin orange tease. Closer to a sour IPA, perhaps.
GRIMM NO HANDS NOW GOSE
On tap at Ambulance, mellow mixed fermentation gose lets mild sea-salted chipotle chili peppering caress fresh-squeezed lime bittering. Delicate cedar wood tones dissipate alongside lactic citrus acidity, leaving soft-tongued lime-juiced chili peppering.
GRIMM ANTHOS
On tap at Ambulance, muskily straw-dried hoppy pils leaves syrupy clover-honeyed bittering upon floral sunflower-daubed honeysuckle and chamomile adjuncts in subtle moderate-bodied manner. Muted mineral-grained pilsner malting stabilizes back end.
GRIMM TODAY’S SPECIAL BLANC
On tap at Poor Henry’s, dry hazy pale ale utilizes Hallertau Blanc hops to stimulate honeydew, melon, white grape and peach fruiting as well as tangy grapefruit spritz above earthen celery-fennel rusticity, unveiling “orange blossom-watered clover honeying” at the supple finish.
GRIMM BUTTERFLY DOOR DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, super amber yellow hazed Imperial IPA ‘loaded with gummy bear hop flavor’ brings lactic yogurt souring to tropical pineapple, guava, mango and coconut haven. Perfumed orange blossom subtlety, peachy honeydew-mango snip and limey misting tingle gelatin-candied gummy bear affinity.
GRIMM BLACKBERRY ORANGE POP! BERLINER WEISSE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, tart ruby red marooned Berliner Weisse places zesty lemon-peeled orange zest next to mildly acidic raspberry tannins and lactic sour-milked yogurt pungency. Smoothly sharp blackberry souring continues to the puckering lemon bruised finish, gaining wispy raspberry, boysenberry and kumquat illusions.
GRIMM COFFEE COCONUT ICING ON THE CAKE IMPERIAL MILK STOUT
Luxuriously detailed ‘Icing’ offshoot unites rich milk-sugared coffee creaming with toasted coconut sweetness and vanilla bean bittering. Chewy cookie-doughed black chocolate syrup drapes engaging coffee-coconut-vanilla conflux, leaving ancillary fudged brownie, Black Forest cake, molasses toffee and bourbon illusions in its wake alongside latent anise spicing.
GRIMM TODAY’S SPECIAL MANDARINA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, ‘delicate fruit-forward’ pale ale brings mild Mandarina Bavaria-hopped citrus spree to the fore as mildly resinous pine-oiled dankness sinks in. Brisk mandarin orange, clementine and tangelo illusions stay sedate over dry pale malt base of IPA-styled session ale.
GRIMM TETRAPLEX TRIPLE IPA
On tap at Ambulance, lively dry-hopped IPA’s juicy pineapple, peach, orange and mango tang brightens summery medium body in fine fashion. Sugary pale malts guard the back end.
