On tap at The Oath, oaken Chardonnay-barreled ‘old ale’ maintains balance as Scotch-licked wheat whiskey dryness and tannic green grape musk contrast corn-sugared bourbon sweetness. Mild citrus, apricot and plum illusions flutter.
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BEAR REPUBLIC TARTARE ROUGE
On tap at Ambulance, mildly pungent, yet effervescently sparkling, ‘sour red ale’ (also labeled a salt-watered Berliner Weiss) uses spontaneous yeast to propel oaken cherry tartness, vinous green grape pucker, dried apricot musk and bitter lemon sway above leathery barnyard acridity, gradually heightening its sharp acidity.
BEAR REPUBLIC APEX SPECIAL IPA
Appeasing lemony grapefruit entry gains crystal malt-sugared orange peel sweetness and pastry-like glaze. Lingering herbal hop astringency and slight aspirin-chalked aftertaste contrast tangy lemon-candied peach, mango and tangerine illusions at the centrist finish.
BEAR REPUBLIC DOUBLE AUGHT PILSNER
Crisply clean Czech-styled pils brings sugar cookie sweetness to honeyed cereal graining, biscuit pilsner malting and peppery hop spicing. Salty carbolic spritz allows lemon meringue tartness to fill out finely tuned moderation.
BEAR REPUBLIC PIRATE STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, uncommon peculiarity works tart black lime adjunct into light brandy-rum barrel aging. Wood-burnt smoked molasses influence sweetened by tingly cinnamon-mace-allspice-cardamom seasoning to contrast sour lemon respite.
BEAR REPUBLIC PACE CAR RACER
Sessionable IPA retains vibrant lemony grapefruit-orange tang and sharp citric-spiced hop bittering above mildly lingering aspirin-like astringency. A mellowed-out and toned-down IPA lighter thirsts will find approachable.
BEAR REPUBLIC GRAND AM AMERICAN PALE ALE
“Sessionable, yet assertive” moderate-to-medium body loads sharp India Pale Ale fruiting to grassy hop astringency and biscuit-y pale malting. Zesty orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, peach, tangerine and lemon tang stays brisk as floral undertones sweeten the front end to contrast oncoming alcohol insistence.
