On tap at Ambulance, easygoing moderate-to-medium body brewed with juicy lime zest (in collaboration with Pennsylvania’s Tired Hands) retains briskly clean profile. Limey lemon-peeled pineapple, grapefruit and mango tang caresses mild dry-wooded Simcoe-Amarillo hop bittering and sugary pale malt spine.
On tap at Growler & Gill, complex hybridized Abduction lets bittersweet coffee-roasted vanilla bean adjunct pick up gooey molasses-sugared black chocolate syruping. Fudged brownie, chocolate cake, burnt caramel, toffee, hazelnut and cola illusions increase steadfast mocha resilience.
On tap at Ambulance, less interesting Santa Vs. Unicorn variation utilizes dewy English yeast to affect molasses-sugared caramelized fruitiness, spicy bourbon tones, mild tobacco roast and subtle Nelson Sauvin-hopped white wining. Chocolate-covered raisin and cherry sweetness gains mildly vinous purple grape tartness at the finish.
On tap at Growler & Gill, sessionable moderate-bodied tropicalia gains sour citrus edge above grassy-hopped fertilizer spread. Raw-honeyed lemon souring and bitter grapefruit rind continuance nearly overwhelm subtle passionfruit adjunct. Dry Citra hop influence spreads the tart fruited plain across dank earthen compost expanse. On tap at Valhalla, mild Citra-Mosaic-hopped India Pale Ale lets tart raw-honeyed passionfruit, guava, mango and gooseberry souring lead the way. Sedate grape esters and mandarin orange tease add to poignant tropicalia. Soft mineral-grained hop bottom lightens the load.
On tap at Ambulance, suitable caramel-spiced brown chocolate sweetness validates easygoing, if stylishly underwhelming, breakfast-related Imperial Stout. Mild toffee, vanilla, butternut, maple molasses and cocoa illusions need deeper thrust.
“Aggressively hopped” amber ale proves assertive as 8.5% ABV soaks dry orange, grapefruit and apple fruiting as well as sweet peach, pineapple and mango tang above creamy caramel malts. Resinous piney hop oiling and whiskeyed rye malts provide added depth and dimension for Medieval Times-inspired medium-full body.
On tap at Ambulance, mildly creamed chocolate-coffee confluence rides above bittersweet blueberry rasp and oats-sugared nuttiness. Wispy raspberry, strawberry and cherry notions recede way below dark-roasted mocha mass.
On tap at Growler & Gill, salted lemon juicing and tart tropical fruiting gain honeyed malt sweetness to contrast musky piney hop resin. Candied grapefruit, passionfruit and pineapple tartness backs up zesty lemon tang.
On tap at Growler & Gill, engaging milk-sugared brown chocolate fudging further sweetens toasted coconut, glazed vanilla and cacao nibs adjuncts. Tertiary toffee, Kahlua, hazelnut coffee and creme brulee notions add impressive backdrop.
On tap at Growler & Gill, richly creamed chocolate spicing picks up milk-sugared vanilla sweetness to contrast less profound cocoa-dried espresso bittering and unsweetened Baker’s chocolate powdering.
By blending an Imperial Red Ale and Red Double IPA with an American-styled barleywine, wintry “rainbowed chaos” turns up the sharp alcohol brashness (10% ABV) to saturate its IPA-like piney fruiting and toasted caramel malting. Sparkling orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, tangerine and mango tang and subtler cherry-fig-plum undertones receive resinous wood-lacquered coating.
Convincing full-bodied smoked porter lets moderate chipotle pepper heat nearly consume dark-roast mocha mass. In the midst, dark chocolate syruping gains ground coffee, molasses cookie and black licorice influences as well as hazelnut-shelled charcoal bittering and mild cola nuttiness to lighten up the red pepper sweetness contrasting its mellowing smoky chipotle burn.
