On tap at Ambulance, tropical-fruited Riwaka hops bring subtle yogurt-milked gooseberry and guava souring to tangy grapefruit-juiced pineapple and orange zesting. Serene citric hop spicing picks up mild celery-watered salinity, peppery respite and herbal tinge at easygoing finish.
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GRIMM AFTERIMAGE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, ‘plush’ amber-hazed Imperial NEIPA lets briskly carbolic lemon zesting prickle floral-perfumed candied pineapple, yellow grapefruit, tangy orange, salted mango and sweet peach tones alongside less resilient dank pine resin and wavered onion-chived grassiness.
TRIPLE CROSSING POOR ICARUS
BRIX CITY FIT FOR A KING
On tap at Beef Trust, expansively hybridized amber-hazed Imperial IPA brings cinnamon-toasted Graham Cracker sweetness to tartly plastique peach cobbler conditioning above sugary pale malting. Juicy peach pie midst acquires zesty orange zing to deepen cinnamon-spiced peach retention.
SINGLECUT TOMORROW WHO’S GONNA FUSS? 3XIPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, unassuming 10% ABV of demure dry-hopped Triple IPA endures below polite lemony grapefruit bittering and sweet orange tang as resinous pine tones and biting juniper sharpness spike fusel-induced tropical fruit finish. Limey white-wined passionfruit, guava and gooseberry souring contrasts honeyed peach, pineapple and plum sweetness beneath the surface.
BARRIER / EQUILIBRIUM CAN’T TELL ME NOTHING
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, soft-tongued grapefruit glisten brightens grassy hop stead over bready pale malting. Lightly embittered lemon-seeded grapefruit rind and pith frontage gains limey papaya, pineapple and melon rind wisps as well as gentle herbal wave for delicately complex collaboration.
UNIFIED BEERWORKS EVEN MORE JUICY THINGS IMPERIAL IPA
GRIMM CLOUDBUSTING DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Beef Trust, murkily browned amber-hazed Imperial IPA wavers flavor-wise. Juicy orange tang diminished by herbal lemon-candied tartness, wayward tangerine-pineapple-melon-gooseberry rasp, relegated earthen rye grist and sour yogurt respite. Not bad, but indefinite.
ARMADA FORTUNE RAIDER DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
LAWSON’S FINEST LIQUIDS HOPZILLA DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, crystalline dry-hopped medium body lets juicy grapefruit-orange-pineapple-mango tang and zesty lemon perk receive cotton-candied caramel malting. Dank floral illusions, light juniper bittering and recessive vodka snips gain assertion alongside resinous pine-needled pungency at the briskly clean citrus-bound finish.
STILLWATER STOCKPHOTO INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, perfumed citrus spicing gains generous floral dollop over dewy Scotch-licked pale malting in dry piney setting. Zestfully fruited Mosaic hop tropicalia stays briskly clean.
REVISION POUR DECISIONS NORTHEAST-STYLE HAZY TRIPLE IPA
Fine New England-styled Imperial IPA lets lemon-candied orange peel splendor, chimed mango-guava-passionfruit tartness and sunny pineapple-orange-peach tang embrace spruce-tipped maple sapping above biscuit pale malts. Tropical fruit zest picks up pine comb bittering at the floral-bound citrus finish.