Sessionable grapefruit-forward All Day IPA variant resonates with zestful lemon-juiced grapefruit pith, rind and peel bittering given polite floral-spiced sweetness to contrast light pine oiling.
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PIPEWORKS PATIO FEVER PALE ALE
Easygoing pale ale with IPA-like Mosaic/Idaho 7 hop profile affording floral-daubed citrus bittering and earthen pining over sugary crystal malts. Zesty lemon rind thrust invites polite orange-peeled grapefruit pith bitterness to the fore as grassy hop astringency beckons.
PORT JEFF ORANGE DREAM
Lacquered orange zesting picks up spicy phenolic coarsening and vodka-like 10.3% ABV alcohol ethers above Belgian candi-sugared pale malts of fruited tripel variant. Sticky orange soda-like midst gains treacly honey sinew.
GRIMM COLOR FIELD BERLINER WEISSE
On tap at Taphouse 15, tartly bone-dry mixed culture Berliner Weisse utilizes perfumy rose hips, chamomile and hibiscus botanicals to galvanize salty lemon lime spritz, light earthy black peppering and mild ammonia whir.
DREKKER THERE WILL BE PRRRT JULES DELUXE MILKSHAKE
On tap at Taphouse 15, sassy food court-styled strawberry vanilla milkshake posing as thickly textured sour Smoothie. Chewy marshmallow sweetness guards tart strawberry opulence, creamy banana surge and puckered orange concentrate twang above oaty dextrin-starched acidulated malt base. A fabulous strawberry banana creamed trifle.
CASEY LIKE MINDS FARMHOUSE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, oak-aged sour saison (a foraged farmhouse ale) brings vinous white wine esters and tart lime splurge to sourly sweet raspberry adjunct. Lollipop-like raspberry sway picks up Sauvignon Blanc nip with musky tannic leathering.
HACKENSACK ACHTER KOLSCH
On tap at River Of Beer, dry champagne-salted fizz prickles mild lemony orange spicing and herbal respite above mineralized pilsner malting.
NESHAMINY CREEK PUSHING DAISIES KOLSCH
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, crisp springtime golden kolsch with light frothy cream lets salty lemon spicing invite champagne grape spritz and light Tettnang hop herbage to grassy hop astringency over delicate white crackered pilsner malts.
CATSKILL JOHN O’ THE BIRDS HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, hazy straw yellowed hefeweizen retains lighter mouthfeel despite stylishly higher 6% ABV. Subtle brown-sugared banana bread sweetness and mild clove spicing allow lemon-soured dried plantain stint and wispy herbal tinge to contrast vanilla wafer flouring at its sourdough bottom.
SULLIVAN’S IRISH GOLD
Brisk English-styled pale ale from Ireland coalesces amber grained cereal malt sweetness, dewy peat mossing and toasted bread crusting, recalling an Irish Red Ale in many aspects. Ascending East Kent Golding hop herbage brings snappy bitterness to slightly caramelized barley roast finish.
TOX ERGOT
Summery American wheat beer with “coriander and citrus” and puffy white head embraces sunshiny lemon zesting and dried mandarin orange snip above pallid white wheat bed. Lemon juice continuance brings mild acidity and candied lemon tartness adds slight mouth pucker, but coriander spicing lacks.
JACK’S ABBY LAVENADE LAGER
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, ‘zesty lemon lavender lager’ stays sunny as limey lemonade frontage picks up sweet lavender florality. Tart lemon juicing ultimately wins out.
