In the can, headier stylistic Nod Hill ‘weisse’ collab obscures “classical banana-clove” onrush with dryer white peppered herbage and sourer lemon rot that keeps honeyed wheat base from sweetening up enough.
OEC FRITZ WALRUS EDEL WEISS
CZIG MEISTER LAWMAN HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Plank Pizza, subtle banana-clove-bubblegum sweetness gains light powder-sugared vanilla sprinkle and spritzy lemon-soured cider sidebar above sinewy sourdough wheat malting.
TRIPLE CROSSING DAGWOOD HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Taphouse 15, “aggressively top fermented” hefe lets lemon-peppered lime spritz prickle stylish sourdough-sugared banana and clove sweetness. Slight banana nut bread, vanilla cake and cider illusions flutter and mild basil tea herbage felt below.
FAT ORANGE CAT KITTENS SUMMER ALE
On tap at Pompton Craft House, easygoing pale wheat ale with mild lemon-candied grapefruit tartness contrasting spritzy orange peel sweetness as wispy currant and juniper berry snips flutter.
SALTY TURTLE LA SURFEZA MEXICAN LAGER
Easygoing aluminum cleared Mexican lager with spry lime spritzing pervading salted agave spicing, floral saffron sweetness and light herbal peppering.
YONKERS CERVEZA MEXICAN LAGER
On tap at Ambulance, ‘classic’ light-bodied Mexican-styled lager sprays spritzy lime seltzer fizziness all over as citric-soured Mandarina Bavaria hops and slight herbal musk increase limey guava-gooseberry tartness above crisp corn chip toasting.
NESHAMINY CREEK WAREHOUSE LAGER
On tap at Rebar – Lodi, pale golden Mexican-styled lager lets floral lemon limed agave spritz tickle light guava-mango salting, mild moldy grain musk and vegetal-tinged Noble hop herbage, leaving subtle piney juniper-berried grapefruit snip on the backend.
WIDOWMAKER GALACTIC NOMAD
On tap at Taphouse 15, ‘light drinikin’ lager’ is actually a dry New Zealand-hopped pils with salty lemon liming and mild oily hop astringency reaching mineral grained pilsner malt stead. White grape esters, tart guava whim and white grapefruit snips increase summery tropicalia.
EAST ROCK PILSNER
Crisply dry German-styled lawnmower fare betters most light pils with its upfront sourdough sweetness joined by floral-spiced lemon zesting, light herbal peppering and barley-cracked whiskey tones. Well-balanced simplicity.
NOD HILL GIDDYUP HOP-FORWARD PILSNER
“Assertively dry-hopped” German pilsner adds NEIPA-like grapefruit zesting, tannic green grape esters and earthen pine resin to lagered lemony orange tang, phenol spicing and corn-starched white breading.
GARAGE BEER LAGER – CLASSIC
On tap at Pompton Craft House, perhaps bettering all American light lagers under 95 calories, football’s Kelce brother’s team up for pleasantly unassuming aluminum-yellowed suds. Musty maize astringency meets sweet rice, phenol hop spicing and black peppery snip at dry mineral grained malt stead.
NOD HILL STELLAR RAY’S PILSNER
Crisp cold conditioning allows bulky German-styled pilsner to filter out any gunk from lemon-rotted grape tannins its Huell Melon hops promote, leaving dank cellar fungi, musky raw graining, root vegetable must and wafting compost upon roasted corn chip backend. Rustic.
