On tap at Pompton Craft House, zesty lemon-limed Motueka hop influence provides yellow grapefruit-forward profile punctuated by sour guava-gooseberry spell, vodka-licked orange tang and brisk crackling fizziness to creamy oated wheat base.
FAST FASHION BARGAIN BIN NEIPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, lemon-desiccated grapefruit musk meets perfumed orange tang and candied pineapple tartness plus pleated pine pungency above dry pale-malted French breading.
FOAM DEAD FLOWERS
On tap at Growler & Gill, limey guava, gooseberry and passionfruit souring and mild yellow grapefruit bittering contrast orange-candied vanilla Creamsicle trickle and distant cantaloupe-honeydew snips for dry New Zealand-hopped NEIPA.
MAST LANDING MAIN STREET MAGIC INDIA PALE ALE
Crayon-waxed guava-gooseberry combo awakens juicy pineapple tang and lemony grapefruit bittering of grassy-hopped New England-styled IPA with crisply cereal-grained pilsner malt base.
BRIX CITY HANSEATIC MERCHANTS DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Pompton Craft House, wintry New England-styled IPA allows minty spruce tips to bring wintergreen Christmastime freshening to lemon-oiled juniper licks, juicy pineapple tanginess, orange-peeled grapefruit bittering and lavender cologne musk in quirkily unique mix.
BRIX CITY FIT FOR A QUEEN
Conditioned on blueberry puree with moderate lactic acidity, double dry-hopped (Mosaic-El Dorado) Imperial IPA stays tart as candied glaze usurps gin-soaked blueberry frontage as well as tertiary cranberry, boysenberry and crabapple scrum, leaving cinnamon-spiced Graham Cracker base a tad compromised. In deep recess, floral lei and rose pedal nuances wade thru waxy fruited lacquering.
ASPIRE BURGEON
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry hazy IPA utilizes ‘Southern Hemisphere’ hops (Nelson Sauvin/Galaxy/Strata) to allow sour guava-gooseberry tartness to infiltrate lemon and orange rind-embittered grapefruit tanginess, resinous piney insistence, dry herbal perfuming, sharp juniper bite and earthen musk atop wispily creamed oated wheat. A bitter hophead delight.
ASPIRE WISH
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, juicily grapefruit-forward NEIPA receives lemony herbal respite, tart passionfruit-guava whim and dry pine bittering but lacks stylishly sour New Zealand hop edge and enough oated wheat malts to deepen its easygoing profile. Genetically modified thiolieze yeast softens tropical fruitedness.
NORTH PARK HOP-FU! IPA
Spunky West Coast IPA flagship loads cryo-hopped tropical fruiting over dry pale malting in briskly clean water setting. Mildly musky floral-spiced Citra/Mosaic-hopped lemon rind, grapefruit peel and orange pith bittering reinforced by currant-dried juniper bittering, dank Chinook/Simcoe/Amarillo-hopped pine resin and salty black peppered herbage.
TWIN ELEPHANT HERD IS THE WORD INDIA PALE ALE
Soft-toned, double dry-hopped, nickel-hazed IPA allows mild lemony grapefruit bittering and peachy mango-guava tang to float above frothy vanilla-creamed oated white wheat base. Lemon meringue, orange marmalade and advertised ‘guava jelly, mango chiffon cake and coconut milk’ illusions flutter gently.
ASPIRE JUBILATE HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, fizzy lemon liming nearly obscures banana-clove sweetness to its creamy sourdough wheat base. Yet a certain sinewy honeyed yeast clouding thickens its texture (as sharp cider sneaks in).
EDMUND’S OAST CEREAL FOR DINNER BLONDE ALE
On tap at Pompton Craft House, outstanding adjunct blonde ale allows toasted almond and coconut to sway lightly creamed milk-sugared vanilla sweetness as fizzy lemon pizzazz brightens pleasantly soft-toned moderation. Distant honeyed granola, spice cake and lemon coconut almond cake illusions flutter.
