Easygoing “farmhouse pale ale” brings sunny yellow grapefruit tang to rustic oats-dried barnyard funk and herbal lemongrass pleasantry. White-wined mandarin orange seduction tingles lemon-soured grapefruit finish.
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OXBOW / VEIL POST NO BILLS SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, fine double dry-hopped IPA given farmhouse saison yeast influence for collaborative Maine-Virginia concoction. Lemony mango, orange, pineapple and papaya juicing rubs up against piney Amarillo hop bittering, picking up dried barnyard astringency and slight vodka kick.
COMMON ROOTS BARREL AGED IN BLOOM
Rustic wine barrel-aged farmhouse ale fermented in oak foedres allows mild lemon lime acidity, vinous green grape tannins and wispy herbal salting to enhance tartly citric saison yeast of dry white wine alternative.
OXBOW DANCE LANGUAGE BLUEBERRY SAISON DE MIEL
On tap at Ambulance, lemony blueberry bite receives mildly soured buckwheat-honeyed barnyard rusticity and sweetly tart banana quirk for nifty Belgian-styled strong blonde posing as a dry farmhouse ale.
FAT ORANGE CAT DO ALL 16 DANCES SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, lightly soured lemondrop-hopped farmhouse ale sweetens its white-peppered herbage and dry barnyard musk with honeyed banana-clove pleasantries.
EQUILIBRIUM UNLIKELY FORAGERS
On tap at Ambulance, likable saison with subtle heather-honeyed dandelion adjunct lets zesty lemon spritz accommodate sour green grape esters, leaving light acidity upon leathery hay acridity.
BURIAL THE BRIDGE OF RESTRAINT SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, open fermentation allows ‘rustic multigrain grist’ to receive funky bacterial mixed culture yeast souring. Moderately acidic lemon-dropped green grape tannins pick up tart lemon pucker over sun-drenched hay acridity. Wispy cinnamon, prickly pear and crabapple illusions waver.
THREES TABLE BEER SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, mild lemon-fleshed saison picks up white-peppered lemongrass gingering, earthen straw musk and wispy herbal nips over wheat-cracked French bread spine for easygoing low alcohol fare.
ICARUS BLUE WORLD SAISON
On tap at Poor Henry’s, subtle pepper-spiced blueberry honey tartness receives lemony herbal suppleness, candied orange respite and leafy hop astringency. Crisply clean water flow softens residual bitterness.
GUN HILL SIDE SQUEEZE
On tap at Bronx Alehouse, mildly dry farmhouse-styled grisette aged on French oak-barreled Sauvignon Blanc lets floral-herbed tart fruiting linger subtly above smooth mineral-grained white wheat malting (reminiscent of a light pilsner). Kaffir limed white wine souring gains delicate ‘Asian pear, gooseberry and lychee’ illusions at the phenol-spiced midst. Serve to saison, gose and Berliner Weiss fanatics.
GRIMM CRYSTAL SYNC SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, dry-hopped light body brewed with floral-citric Earl Grey tea maintains subtle herbal lemon influence, wispy mandarin orange tease and botanical peppercorn whim above hay-dried straw acridity.
2ND ACT DEEP CUTS SAISON
On tap at Poor Henry’s, voluptuous renegade saison buttresses stylish Hallertau Blanc-hopped Sauvignon grape, gooseberry and lemongrass tartness with tenacious clove sugaring and equally sweet cherry-wined cinnamon and nutmeg spicing. Pale wheat-malted barnyard leathering and light citrus spritz hold up the dry end alongside latent herbal nuances. The blend’s original, insistent and decisive.
