Vibrantly juicy soft-toned New England-styled pale ale lets spicy lemon-limed orange peel tang tingle piney yellow grapefruit bittering as affable peach, pineapple and mango tropicalia sweetens the pale malt spicing. Delectable IPA-styled moderation looking for a snappier citric hop bite.
Washed-out seasonal hefeweizen (a.k.a. blonde vanilla coffee ale) needs deeper vanilla-creamed light roast coffee adjunct plus sweeter banana-clove penetration and tarter lemon-licked pilsner malting for better low-key affectation. Sugar cookie, vanilla wafer, lemon meringue and sourdough bread illusions stay distant.
On tap at Amsterdam Ale House, reliable lightly yellow-hazed moderation conjures New England-styled IPA with its bright yellow grapefruit tang and lemony orange zest, despite easing up on the lactic souring and being void of any wood tones. Sunny citrus spicing and wispy mango-pineapple-papaya tropicalia spread across mild grassy hop astringency above sugary pale malts.
On tap at Growler & Gill, dewy dry-spiced amber grain toasting and laid-back caramelized chocolate malting of an Irish Red Ale meets the piney red-orange fruiting of an American IPA. Below the surface, leafy hop musk contrasts dried-fruited pecan snag. A cheerfully wayward St. Patty’s Day treat.
Stylishly robust, copper-hued, “hoppy” amber ale combines spiced-up lemony orange peel tanginess with moderate piney hop bittering, leafy autumnal foliage and light herbal peppering above caramel-toasted barleymalts.
Creamy Dunkin Donuts spinoff re-creates chocolate-glazed donut with black coffee. Black-malted dark roast coffee permanence gains vanilla bean-embittered hop char as well as chalky cocoa powdering. Mild cola, walnut and hazelnut illusions reinforce rich mocha mass.
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, mildly creamed vanilla bean influence sweetens chalky chocolate-cocoa malting and mild nuttiness. Light-roast coffee bittering, chocolate custard pudding crusting and burnt caramel sugaring increase milky chocolate-vanilla theme.
Inspired by brown-sugared oatmeal cookies, rich mocha-bound nightcap picks up cinnamon-toasted vanilla and nutmeg sweetness as well as chewy anise spicing to counter sharp roasted hop bite. Dark chocolate syrup drapes molasses-baked oats, cookie dough malts and recessive raisin or black cherry illusions.
Sweet ‘n sour blueberry (huckleberry) tartness spreads across light white wheat malting of fizzy summertime moderation. Lemony gooseberry, curacao orange and white grape tang plays backup to juicy blueberry invigoration. Easygoing session ale.
On tap at The Oath, middling golden ale brings mild floral-spiced fruiting to subtle herbal hops and white wheat base. Lemon meringue, grapefruit, banana and mango tropicalia needs deeper penetration.
On tap at Growler & Gill, mango-infused pale ale brings sour-candied tartness to grassy hop restraint and dainty crystal-pale malting. Perfumed sweet ‘n sour mango adjunct receives sharp-hopped carbolic spritz as subtle lemon, peach and pineapple subsidies waver.
Streamlined 2016 version of Harpoon’s IPA features ‘hoppy, floral, crisp’ tagline. Easygoing floral-hopped orange peel, grapefruit, pineapple and peach illusions pick up minor acidic astringency and fresh-cut grassiness to contrast light sugar spicing.
