Delicately vinous grape-skinned rosé resolve sways stainless-aged mixed culture farmhouse ale as ancillary pinot noir grape mustiness and pickled lime salting settle above musky compost soiling. At the puckered finish, green grape esters allow hard-candied cherry, strawberry and raspberry sourness as well as a wispy floral aspect to burgeon.
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OXBOW ARBOREAL
Abundant lactobacillus bacteria deepens sour edge of amber-bronzed bourbon-aged farmhouse ale. Subtle dry bourbon influence seeps into vinous white wine tannins, musty oaken cherry leathering and bitter lemon peel zesting, picking up salted lime licks and tart strawberry-kiwi snips at the finish. As it warms, slight berry-peach sweetness sneaks by.
OXBOW FIRST FRUITS 2018
On tap at Ambulance, vinous ultra-dry pinkish amber barrel-age blended farmhouse ale unites Kriek-like oaken cherry tartness with puckered raspberry vinaigrette souring and woodruff-syruped raspberry rasp. Leathery farmhouse funk seeps into the mix alongside a hint of champagne lemonade.
OXBOW SAISONDRE 3000
On tap at Ambulance, mixed fermentation oak-aged sour saison retains summery lemondrop tartness and vinous white grape tannins over desiccated oats-dried barnyard acridity.
OXBOW MOON JUICE GRISETTE
On tap at Ambulance, dry mixed fermentation farmhouse ale adds white grape juice to lime-salted acidity over spelt-dried dehusked oats for sour frontage. Vinous white wine esters gain champagne sparkle and peppery tingle.
OXBOW PAST TENSE
On tap at Ambulance, brettanomyces-aged farmhouse ale (with low alcohol grisette-like puckered citurs souring) offers rustic barnyard leathering and limey cat-pissed saltiness to subtle lemon meringue tartness for delicately cream-headed, ultra-dry softie.
OXBOW PUNCH BROOK FARMHOUSE LAGER WITH RASPBERRIES
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, frothily pink-headed, ruddy-bodied sour saison aged on raspberry gains vinous lemon-limed acidity. Raspy raspberry vinaigrette souring spreads across sharp green grape, cranberry and cider illusions as well as light beechwood-smoked tinge. Worthy.
OXBOW CAVERN SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, lightly vinous green grape tannins gain tart orange-dried lemon pucker above acrid barnyard leathering for dry wine-soured ‘cara cara’ orange juice-fermented farmhouse ale.
OXBOW / VEIL POST NO BILLS SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, fine double dry-hopped IPA given farmhouse saison yeast influence for collaborative Maine-Virginia concoction. Lemony mango, orange, pineapple and papaya juicing rubs up against piney Amarillo hop bittering, picking up dried barnyard astringency and slight vodka kick.
OXBOW DANCE LANGUAGE BLUEBERRY SAISON DE MIEL
On tap at Ambulance, lemony blueberry bite receives mildly soured buckwheat-honeyed barnyard rusticity and sweetly tart banana quirk for nifty Belgian-styled strong blonde posing as a dry farmhouse ale.
OXBOW OPEN AIR
Fine fermented farmhouse ale utilizes open-air coolship production of mixed culture yeast aged on cherry and raspberry to provide lightly acidic Sauvignon Blanc appeal as oaken cherry and raspberry rhubarb tartness pick up vinous green grape souring over straw-dried red wheat malts.
OXBOW BLACKLIGHT
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, caliginous saison lets well-watered minerality heighten stylish cellar musk for overriding plum-dried purple grape tartness. Charcoaled hops and barnyard must add mild acridity to parched Bakers chocolate snip. But it’s the wild oats-malted dried fruiting that wins out.