On tap at Taphouse 15, viscous ultra-creamed opaque beige ‘sour smoothie’ works tart raspberry, blueberry and strawberry adjuncts into fudgy granola- honeyed cocoa nibs and lactose milk-sugared vanilla frosting. Wild berry toaster pastry finish receives curdled yogurt souring. Thickly persuasive hybridized IPA.
On tap at Ambulance, boozy (8.2% ABV) tribute to ’60s Merry Prankster, Ken Kesey, invites vodka-doused orange, pineapple, peach and tangerine tang as well as tart lemon meringue piquancy to dank wildflower-honeyed pale malts. Floral citrus spicing holds steady.
On tap at Ambulance, ‘vivid yellow’ lactose-aided moderate-medium body collaboration with nearby District 96 resonates as lime-juiced passionfruit, pineapple and tangerine tanginess plus mild coconut-flaked sweetness reach lightly creamed caramel malt base in clean fashion.
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, zestful orange-peeled grapefruit bittering and peachy tangerine licks gain resinous spruce-tipped pining and grassy hop astringency over caramelized pale malts for dry West Coast-styled IPA one step better than middle-of-the-road pack.
Zestful lemon-candied grapefruit peel and orange rind bittering and pineapple salted mango goodness gain dank wet-leafed resin and grassy floral wisps as liquid nitrogenated hops intensify brisk crisping. Pasty pale malting coats biscuity bottom at clean citrus-spiced finish.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, radiant lemon zesting sparkles alongside juicy tangerine, grapefruit, mango, peach and clementine tang above creamed pale malt spicing. Resinous pine tones lightly embitter sunny citrus finish.
On tap at Beef Trust, trusty double dry-hopped Imperial IPA takes the main road as stylish floral-tinged fruited tropicalia bum-rushing light grassy hop astringency contrasting creamy crystal malt sweetness. Lemony blood orange tartness, zesty grapefruit perfuming and peachy mango tang crowd the top end.
Sharp Mosaic-hopped citrus zesting speckles red currant-licked juniper bittering and floral-perfumed blueberry rasp as ethyl alcohol esters bring astringency to black tea-induced pine tarring of breakfast cereal alternative. Mild orange rind, candied peach, tart strawberry, salted pineapple and red grapefruit influence increases currant-spiced ‘red berry’ luster.
On tap at Beef Trust, crisply clean lemony orange-grapefruit sedation, misty pineapple-tangerine-clementine tang and wispy floral spicing settle atop dry wheat malts for somewhat sublime moderate-medium body.
Hazily beige-glowed Imperial IPA provides zestful lemony grapefruit bittering for reluctantly pungent grassy-hopped pine resin and sugary pale malt spine.
Waxy crayon-like fruiting persists. Yogurt-soured Nelson Sauvin-hopped gooseberry and guava tropicalia greets zestful lemon-peeled pineapple, grapefruit and orange rind bittering above crystal pale malting.
Straightforward citrus-spiced Imperial IPA with limey guava-pineapple tropicalia and tangy peach-orange-tangerine zesting backed by mild pine-oiled hops over delicate oats malting and finishing with a clean fruited vodka fuming.
