On tap at Ambulance, zesty yellow grapefruit tartness sinks into sour lemon-seeded pucker above bready barley-malted bottom. Light white-wined peach, green apple and passionfruit illusions simmer below the sour citric surface.
Tag Archives: saison
OTHER HALF MEEK MILLET FARMHOUSE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, curious grain-ensconced farmhouse ale brings millet and buckwheat malting to the fore as musty lemon rot gains wet-leathered horse-blanketing and brown tea respite.
OTHER HALF VELDRIJDEN LOVE FARMHOUSE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, forage-like saison utilizes dried oats, spelt and rye wheat to deepen earthen musk over mildly citric-soured brettanomyces yeast acidity. Mead-like honeyed wining adds mild eccentricity.
OTHER HALF CALYPSO FARMHOUSE PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, restrained Calypso hop tropicalia desiccates moderate earthen barnyard pungency. Dried-out mango, papaya and kumquat illusions receive light straw-hay parch.
OXBOW SPACE COWBOY COUNTRY ALE
On tap at Ambulance, nonchalant saison (sessionable 4% ABV light body posing as a biere de garde) with toned-down lemon spritz, mild oats-dried graining, pasty pale malting and watery celery vegetalia seems nebulous. Nothing bad, just lacks overall depth and clarity.
GLENMERE FARMHOUSE ALE
Superfine saison contrasts lemon-soured orange rot tartness and raw-grained herbal notions with lightly creamed candi-sugared pale malts. Rustic horse-blanketed wheat straw, hay and alfalfa dryness digs deep into latent Chardonnay wining.
TWO ROADS ROADS GARDEN SAISON
Inviting edible flowering provides temptingly particular vibrancy to intriguingly complex saison. Tart lemon frontage gains herbal chamomile spell for refreshing lavender-calendula bouquet. Light white-peppered hop bittering contrasts honeyed pale malt sweetness as lively lemon meringue, lemon custard and lemon basil illusions tingle the tongue.
STONY CREEK SUN JUICE
Sunshiny ‘Belgian summer ale’ brings sour lemon bruise to sunny orange-peeled grapefruit tang above mild pilsner wheat malting. Light chamomile herbage and coriander spicing get sweetened by subsidiary mandarin orange, peach, pear and banana fruiting.
GREY SAIL CHALKBOARD SERIES SOJA SAISON
On tap at Doherty’s, dry Citra-Galaxy hop influence provides salty lemon spritz and light mandarin orange misting for palest yellow saison. Sour apple respite drifts inside crisply clean citrus stead.
FLYING DOG BEE BEER
Dry French saison yeast affects sweet ‘n sour Buckwheat-honeyed bee pollen, rustic barnyard leathering, ginger-spiced pilsner malting and salted lemon snip to oats-parched white wheat base. Frisky carbolic pep adds spritzy sensation while tertiary melon, pear and mandarin orange undertones wispily waver below.
OXBOW FREESTYLE #37 PETITE SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, plastique crayon waxing embosses honeyed orange, glazed mango, grilled pineapple and sweet cucumber illusions of Galaxy-Citra-hopped one-off. Light lemon lime bruise brings latent souring. Favorably obtuse.
FIRESTONE WALKER LIL OPAL BARREL-AGED SAISON
On tap at Amazing Grapes, saison-styled sour ale blends French and American oak-barrel aged Opal Saison, thrusting lactic brettanomyces acidity upon lightly vinous lemon-seeded green grape tartness and rustic barnyard-grained musk. Delicate Sauvignon Blanc, unripe peach and apricot wisps dissipate beneath lemony white wine tannins.
