Tart Flemish Red Ale brings light balsamic vinegaring to white-wined grape esters as well as leathery oaken cherry, sour plum, unripe raspberry and phenolic Band-Aid nuances gain sour edge.
ROUND TABLE ROOD RUSTIC RED ALE
ROUND TABLE PAMPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, summery witbier with soft-toned appeal. Lemony orange spritz, mild coriander spicing, musty herbage and possible agave snip stay subtle above dewy wheat cracker base.
EAST ROCK BLACK CURRANT & TANGERINE GOSE
On tap at Jealous Monk, candied tangerine and goose-berried blackcurrant tartness tread lightly to stylish sea-salted coriander spicing of crisply well-balanced gose variant.
ZERO GRAVITY OKTOBERFEST MARZEN
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, common Bavarian-styled marzen lets subtle floral-spiced lemon licks engage leafy Saaz hop astringency above lightly caramelized biscuit base.
HANGING HILLS BAYERN HARTFORD OKTOBERFEST
On tap at Jealous Monk, wavering Bavarian festbier utilizes raw-honeyed melanoiden malts to add sour edge to mild orange oiling and musky barnyard grains, finishing with a slight pilsner malt-tweaked sourdough swagger.
VON TRAPP RADLER WITH GRAPEFRUIT
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, summery radler plies juicy red grapefruit zest to tart lemonade sugaring and lightly salted soda fizz. Serve to fruited light lager fans.
ARMADA SORCERER’S TEMPLE DUNKEL LAGER
Frothy dark cocoa-powdered chocolate roast lightly tethered to dewy salted caramelization and mild cola-hazelnut-chestnut snips. Betters less mocha-induced American dunkels though many German originals have richer body and compare favorably.
ARMADA SACRED THRONE HELLES LAGER
Decent helles lager with dewy tobacco-roasted barley crisping segueing to lemony orange-candied Grand Marnier pleasantry as musky earthen hops counter gluey wheat malts down low.
BAD SONS LIGHT RIDER LAGER
Stylishly robust, yet perfectly centrist, light lager succeeds on all levels. Creamy eclair-like eggy yeast breading brings doughy sweetness to lemony orange spicing, wispy champagne sparkle and buttery Chardonnay snip. Floral-daubed Noble hop herbage stays moderated. Dried maize onrush contrasts corn-sugared cereal graining at the busy finish.
TWO ROADS TWOCONN EASY ALE
On tap at Jealous Monk, easygoing golden ale celebrates UConn basketball’s back-to-back championships with salty lemon-dried yellow grapefruit, orange rind bittering and light pine musk up top and soft white breading down below. Mild citric pining reminiscent of lighter bodied West Coast IPA.
JEALOUS MONK PILS
On tap at Jealous Monk, proprietary German pilsner plies musty mineral graining and dank herbal hops to musky lemon bittering, picking up slight brininess towards the rustic finish.
JACK’S ABBY PUB LITE LAGER
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry aluminum yellowed light lager with crisp lemony hop herbage greeting dried maize over delicate barley-roasted sourdough white breading. Beats Miller-Coors Lite by a pint.
