From fine rotating series of sour ales, bright red glowed, frothily fruit-forward ‘Smoothie’ unites lemony gooseberry bittering with salty green mango tang and red raspberry tartness as well as oaken vanilla tannins in moderately acidic setting. Puckering passionfruit, cranberry, pomegranate and green grape illusions add to fruitfully chewy consistency.
On tap at Jealous Monk, pleasant kettle-soured fruit ale with tannic vanilla influence and subtle sweet cherry adjunct given sour lemon overture to contrast less intense confectionery cotton candied sugaring.
On tap at Draught Industries, tart blueberry peach cobbler knockoff not as thickly cream fluffed as other J.R.E.A.M. fare lets lemon limed acidity and oaken vanilla souring outdo brown-sugared cinnamon sneak.
Tartly salted blush pink-cleared fruited sour retains moderate lemony blackberry bittering as well as dusky oaken cherry tannins, vinous green grape esters and mild pink grapefruit/ passionfruit pucker. Delicate floral honeyed blackberry blossom blissfulness stays soft.
Tart pina colada-inspired cocktail with murky honeyed orange hue unites salted passionfruit, pineapple and orange adjuncts fronting yogurt-soured milk sugaring. Nifty tropical bonanza picks up slight coconut watered raspberry juicing and spritzy lemon liming.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, engaging sour-candied pomegranate, passionfruit and plum puree lead the way for likable fruited moderation. Candied Pez-like powdering gains ancillary Granny Smith apple tartness, salted cranberry pucker, sweet grenadine licks and limey acidity to its red wheat malt bottom.
On tap at Ambulance, mild milk sugaring receives yogurt-soured red raspberry tartness and oaken cherry tannins as vinous lemon-juiced green grapes esters confirm its sour edge. Distant cranberry, pomegranate and green apple illusions flutter.
On tap at Taphouse 15, brunchtime fruited kettle sour lets apple cider donut sweetness, pureed Concord grape jamming, raspy raspberry tartness and oaken vanilla tannins softly slip into mild peanut buttering for uniquely offbeat pastry dessert.
On tap at Taphouse 15, zestful tropical fruited sour ale provides mild lactose acidity for briskly tart pink guava, passionfruit and pineapple puree adjuncts as well as less prominent coconut milking.
Ephemeral lemon-limed kiwi and pineapple souring picks up grapefruit-seeded passionfruit salting, vinous green grape esters and mild mandarin snips.
Clear pale yellow lemonade-beer concoction retains flattish blueberry tartness and sour lemon puree pucker in lactic Madagascar vanilla bean setting. A light-bodied lemonade lollipop.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, pureed navel orange, blood orange, tangerine and tangelo juiciness seeps thru viscous cotton-candied marshmallow sugaring like a confectionery creamsickle. Tart citrus insistence and sweet vanilla creaming pervade sweet sticky thing.
