On tap at Ambulance, standard hop-fruited pale ale piles on Columbian Villa Gladys coffee roast to amplify zesty grapefruit-lemon juicing. By the moderate citric-embittered finish, bittersweet coffee influence gently smooths out.
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PIZZA BOY PIZZA CHASER PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, “classic American pale ale” stays mild and unassuming while complementing pizza. Dried lemon acridity, grassy-hopped astringency and wispy herbal snip counter sugared-spiced pale malts.
RAPSCALLION HONEY ALE
Locally popular flagship ale (originally brewed at Paper City) layers mildly creamed wildflower honey sugaring above grassy-hopped lemon and orange tang, but loses momentum by nebulous finish.
RAPSCALLION PALE ALE
Sweet caramel-malted Scotch licks, mild lemony orange tang and prickly hop spicing pick up light phenol acidity for sessionably straightforward moderate-to-medium body. Decent middle of the road fare for less adventurous ale imbibers.
KANE MANDARINA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, tenaciously sharp Citra-hopped pale ale’s unyielding yellow grapefruit tang picks up sunny lemon juicing above sugar-spiced crystal malt base. Wispy mandarin orange, blood orange and tangerine illusions increase bright citric glisten at clean finish. Exquisite.
SCHLAFLY DRY-HOPPED APA
Stylishly complex American pale ale retains brisk mineral-grained water crisping that smooths out lemony dry-hopped bittering, glutenous wheat-rye-whey conflux and herb-tinged earthiness.
HILL FARMSTEAD WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, sharp 2nd anniversary pale ale intensifies initial dry-wooded Simcoe and Amarillo hop bittering with yellow grapefruit rind bite. Below the surface, pungent pine-needled forestry freshens floral orange-mango-pineapple conflux, mineral-grained lemongrass herbage and straw-like astringency.
NEW HOLLAND CARHARTT WOODSMAN BARREL-AGED PALE ALE
Mellow oak-toasted barrel aging smooths out below softly creamed caramel malting and tropical-fruited Cascade hop briskness. Mild alcohol astringency emerges alongside lemony yellow grapefruit, navel orange, mandarin orange and tangerine tang while herbaceous basil, fern and rosemary seasoning adds complexity. But its frail white bread spine falters, allowing the ripe fruity aspects to slip thru the resinous pine-wooded cracks.
FULTON THE RINGER AMERICAN PALE ALE
Charming caramel-spiced yellow fruiting and resinous earthen grains outduel gooseberry-dried Nelson Sauvin-hopped white wining. Laid-back lemony orange-grapefruit souring contrasts sweet tangerine tang of dependable moderate-medium body.
BRIX CITY WET HOP PALE ALE
On tap at Plank Pizza, sharply embittered medium body given musky dry-hopped pungency and rotted yellow-fruited phenolics that will satisfy manly Czech pilsner imbibers or bolder Bavarian lager quaffers. Dank lemon putridity and tart orange desiccation rise above hay-like acridity of amped-up pale ale.
SEBAGO SIMMER DOWN SUMMER SESSION ALE
Summery moderation with IPA-fruited leanings brings lemony grapefruit zest plus tangy mandarin orange, mango, peach and passionfruit tropicalia to light piney hop bittering. Restrained orange blossom herbage, delicate floral tea nip and distant oats-flaked mineral graining embrace casual citric-sugared finish.
3 BROTHERS GREAT OUTDOORS
Coming across like a Brit-styled Extra Special Bitter with its raw-grained rye dryness, mild lemon tea sugaring and biscuit-y malt base, sly moderate-bodied pale ale retains lightly pungent minerality. Herb-tinged grassy hops provide soft bittering as fennel, pumpernickel and wheatgrass illusions fill the gaps.
