Acidic lactobacillus souring promotes mild lemony green grape tannins, slightly bitter strawberry sash, hard cider sharpness and vinous red wining above leathery oaken dryness. Only sourheads need apply.
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GRIMM FOUR EVER RAINBOW SOUR ALE
Dry Sabro-hopped pink guava tartness consumes zesty lime juicing, vinous white wining, mandarin orange misting and floral lavender cologne waft. Sour guava permeates slightly citric-salted finish.
EDMUND’S OAST SOUR CURUBA
Ultra-dry limey curuba brining gains yuzu-like lemon pith bittering plus acidic cat urine-stained ammonia solvency. Spritzy lemon lime souring picks up latent white peach, passionfruit, crabapple and pomegranate tartness. Sour heads prevail.
HUDSON VALLEY SILHOUETTE: STRAWBERRY LEMONADE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dryly soured strawberry lemonade frontage gathers lime-juiced Margarita salting, green grape esters, oaken vanilla tannins and strawberry rhubarb tartness above acidulated pilsner(?) malt base.
FIFTH HAMMER STRUDEL GOBLIN SOUR ALE W/ RASPBERRY & PEACH
On tap at Ambulance, hazy pinkish ‘raspberry-peach creamsicle’ may lack lactic milk-sugared sweetness to fend off its acidic lemon-juiced woodruff syruping, but its doughy peach and raspberry rhubarb strudel influence stands firm.
RADIANT PIG JUICY FRUIT PINK GUAVA PAPAYA GINGER SOUR
Briskly juicy fruited sour ale allows pureed pink guava tartness and limey papaya pucker to soak up ginger tea remnant as white grape tannins flitter with watermelon rind earthiness.
BOLERO SNORT PIRATES DON’T EAT THE TOURISTS BLAST TIKI SOUR
On tap at Pompton Craft House, Sweet-Tart candied tiki cocktail knockoff (with ghoulish pale green hue) allows limey pineapple, raspberry and tangerine souring to lead the way as perfumed green apple, crabapple and cranberry mustiness stays recessive above acidulated pale malting.
SWELLS’A KAHUNA MATATA BARREL AGED SOUR ALE
Subtle rum barrel aging provides dissipating toasted sugaring to contrast tart pineapple-juiced oaken cherry and oaken vanilla adjuncts and vinous white-wined green grape esters. Leathery lactobacillus acidity escalates sour edge as dry bourbon wisps enjoin cidery pineapple-cherry finish.
SHIP BOTTOM BOMB POP SOUR ALE
Exacting popsicle-inspired sour ale plies lemonade sugaring to candied Sweet-Tart powdering. Spritzy lemon-limed raspberry souring hides wispy floral-perfumed piquancy. Classic frozen beverage flawlessly re-created.
WELDWERKS BAMM BAMM RUBBLE RUBBLE SOUR WHEAT ALE
On tap at Taphouse 15, obtuse sour wheat ale re-creates Fruity Pebbles rice cereal as Sweet-Tart Jolly Rancher-candied tartness enjoins slightly soured milk-sugared vanilla marshmallow creaming. In the distance, salty strawberry soured pucker gains mild concentrated orange juicing.
NESHAMINY CREEK SUMMER DOLLARS SOUR ALE W/ BLOOD ORANGE
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, zesty sea-salted blood orange entry gains lemon-dropped liming and hard cider bite as well as tart raspberry snips. But gnarly orange oil souring could be deemed off-putting.
RUSTY RAIL HARDCORE PIE PAL APPLE CINNAMON SOUR
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, knocking off a Granny Smith apple pie laced with cinnamon bark bittering, this sharp cider-finishing sour ale retains mild phenol alkalinity over acidulated malts.
