On tap at Ambulance, sunshiny Citra-Mosaic-hopped IPA goes for Orange Crush soda audience as lightly vanilla creamed blood orange and mandarin orange adjuncts (plus tertiary pineapple, grapefruit and tangerine tanginess) bring juicy fruited vibrancy to citric-candied finish of ‘crushable’ soft drink (with well-hidden 8.2% ABV).
On tap at Pompton Craft House, briskly clean New Zealand-hopped IPA lets tangy peachy pineapple-grapefruit-guava conflux, lemony orange peel zesting and floral-daubed pine needling reach mild creamy oats-flaked wheat base. Intense Nectaron hopped tropical fruiting dazzles the tongue.
On tap at Ambulance, zestful New England-styled IPA lets yogurt-milked mandarin orange and tangerine tang slide into sourly salted guava-kiwi-papaya tropicalia and advertised ‘strawberry candied’ tartness above heavily oated wheat creaming. On the sly, cucumber-watered navel orange, white/yellow grapefruit and pineapple illusions seep thru.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, stickily sweet vodka-like alcohol esters (11.5% ABV) simmer into tropical fruited double dry-hopped ‘quad’ IPA (utilizing tropical Citra-Comet-Motueka variants), retaining sugary orange-peeled grapefruit swill and peachy guava-papaya tang above gluey oats-honeyed malts.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, strong (9.6% ABV) double dry-hopped (Citra-Nelson) tropical fruiting stays sunshiny as lemony grapefruit, pineapple and orange peel tanginess and tart guava-gooseberry subtleties ride above rich marshmallow-daubed oated wheat creaming.
On tap at Taphouse 15, sharp lemony grapefruit bittering linked to powdered coconut pasting as sweetly soured floral-daubed passionfruit, pineapple and guava restraint adds to tropical opulence of lemony coconut finish.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, lemon-candied yellow and pink grapefruit sugaring plus slightly soured guava-mango-papaya tropicalia (courtesy of Nelson and Motueka hops) reach corn-syrupy maltose base of murky golden IPA.
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry coppery moderate-medium body lets streamlined grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang pick up tertiary white peach, tangerine and guava licks as mild piney bittering sets in over desiccated pale malting.
Blending Mosaic hop tropical punch with floral-perfumed Loral hop pepperiness, dry West Coast-dominant moderation seeps lemony orange peeled grapefruit tanginess and peachy pineapple sweetness into earthen pine resin as boozy (8.5% ABV) vodka musk envelops streamlined citrus spicing over lightly vanilla creamed pale malting.
On tap at Taphouse 15, spicy fruited double dry-hopped (Citra-Simcoe) IPA with murky gold haze places sunny yellow grapefruit tang and mild orange rind bittering against musty piney resin in pale malt setting. As the citric-pined bittering ascends, a lollipop-candied glaze adds a tart edge.
The original double dry-hopped ‘Fog’ recipe reaches the fruited stratosphere as rummy botanical gin booziness and lacquered pine resolve soak zestful orange peeled grapefruit bittering, peachy mango-papaya-guava tropicalia, salty pineapple zing and candied lollipop tartness over cookie dough-sweetened wheated oats creaming.
Nicknamed ‘A Force Of Nature,” heightened 8.3% ABV adds boozy conviction to sunshiny dry bodied Imperial IPA. Bright lemony yellow grapefruit stead gains tangy tangerine-pineapple zing as salty pine licks and subtle herbage lightly come forth.
