Appealing ‘entry level’ moderation brings easygoing honeyed citrus sweetness to light caramel-spiced malting. Candied lemony orange tartness infiltrates neutral back end.

Sessionable light-bodied suds offers yellow-fruited moderation to pale-malted croissant breading and dewy tea respite. Acidic citrus spritz and tannic green grape tartness pick up mild fresh-cut grass astringency for mild off-dry ‘lawnmower’ fodder.

On tap at Poor Henry’s, dependable blonde ale utilizes passion-fruited Galaxy hops to deepen soured grapefruit tartness and sweet orange-tangerine tang. Honeyed biscuit malts contrast mild grassy astringency below sharp citric crisping.

Summery straw-yellowed moderation (in a can) offers sugary lemon-grapefruit-orange-pineapple tang to delicate grassy hop spicing, pale-malted white bread spine and mineral watered crisping. Predictable, but efficient.  

On tap at Poor Henry’s, beautifully designed blonde ale hybrid (2015) re-creates delicious rice-milked, almond-sugared Mexican dessert drink known as horchata. For such an easydrinking lightweight, its  complexities abound. Fudgy vanilla soaks into banana-creamed rum cake sweetness, soothing cinnamon spicing, honeyed citrus splendor and mild coconut tinge. Sharp citric hop pep provides brisk carbolic thrust for fabulous one of a kind elixir. Try in lieu of rice pudding, coconut custard, fruit pastry or doughnut.

Smooth moderation lacks specific Belgian styling, instead relying on lemon rind bittering, sour orange rot and bruised peach innuendo. Musty mineral graining contrasts sweet floral accents and mild candi-sugared malt creaming, but white-peppered Indian coriander adjunct never suffices. 

Sessionable summer ale brings light pilsner malting and grassy Saaz hop herbage to clean-watered citric subtlety. Dainty grape-leafed Barlett pear influence stays distant.

Delicate blonde ale utilizes ‘grapefruit zest’ to briskly fortify mild dry body. Candied pink and yellow grapefruit tang sets the tone, then drops off a tad as subtle lemon pith bittering picks up. Light flavor profile withers too quickly.

Tepid pilsner-malted light body brings lemony Seltzer-fizzed pineapple tang to acrid straw-hay-alfalfa graining. Sour orange midst fades at bittersweet citric finish.

Modest straw-paled ‘malt beverage’ utilizes Muscat grape juice and Nelson Sauvin hop tropicalia to brighten overall appeal. White grape-soured peach, apple and grapefruit illusions stay recessive as sharp carbolic fizz picks up vinous white wining and subtle lemon pie tartness.

One of three casual flagship offerings from Southern Westchester brewer (including standard Lager and IPA). On tap at Blue Ribbon Tavern, frail light-bodied summer session ale brings subtle honey adjunct to mild lemony grapefruit-orange acidity and bland biscuit malting. Strictly Blue Collar fodder.

Faulty non-pasteurized light body (in canned version) needs richer Vienna malting and sharper hop thrust to overcome staid blonde ale profile. Spoiled-to-sugared citrus frontage picks up frisky carbolic spritz above stagnant cereal graining. Wafting floral nuances slip away.