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.
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STONE DOWNUNDERSTRUCK IMPERIAL IPA
“Exotic tropical fruiting” of re-created 2023 version of 2015 19th anniversary celebrator allows sunny lemon-peeled yellow grapefruit bittering to aggressively linger alongside floral perfumed spicing, bark-dried pining, ascending juniper bite and mild peppery herbage, picking up juicy pineapple, peach and orange tanginess then given stiff vodka-whisked 9% ABV.
BURLINGTON BEER PURPLE PUNCH DOUBLE IPA
Bright, crisp, clean IPA features cannabis-oiled Purple Punch terpenes that bring uniquely fulfilling juniper-embittered yellow grapefruit juicing, sweet orange peeled lemon zesting, tannic redcurrant-soured guava swipe and red cherry daubs to sugary pale malts, leaving dry pine resin on the backend.
THREE FLOYDS SLAPASAURUS
On tap at Ambulance, dry ‘Imperial’ combines Old Style West Coast IPA’s desiccated orange oiling and piney hop resin with musky English-styled IPA’s dank herbal pungency, rustic brown-leafed astringency and raw honeyed bittering for murkily defined whimsicality.
EQUILIBRIUM FOUR FOURS DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, zesty orange peel sweetness contrasts lemon-salted yellow grapefruit bittering intensified by juniper berry bite as mild spicing drifts off to dank herbal pungency.
OTHER HALF DOUBLE MOSAIC DREAM IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Taphouse 15, briskly zestful double dry-hopped Imperial lets sunshiny grapefruit-peeled lemon liming and spritzy orange rind bittering leave juicy citrus imprint upon salty pine resin and sweet floral spicing peppering its dry pale malting. Tertiary mango, passionfruit, tangerine and peach misting adds depth to spectral lupulin powdered Mosaic hop template. Highly recommended.
BURLINGTON BEER INTANGIBLE TIDES TRIPLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, variant Citra/Mosiac-hopped Imperial IPA supersizes Uncanny Valley flagship. Zestful yellow grapefruit-juiced orange rind bittering and cannabis-drenched piney hop dryness encounter peachy mango, papaya and pineapple tropicalia – picking up slight vodka whim at the citrus-spiced finish.
BURLINGTON BEER BLUE DREAM DOUBLE IPA
Persuasive cannabis-oiled Blue Dream terpenes add sticky spruce-tipped lupulin powdering to zestful orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple and tangelo effervescence plus salty lemon fizz and modest juniper-like bittering as creamy vanilla froth sweetens the backend. Pungent piney hop continuance and slight sandalwood perfuming then zaps sunshiny citric wonderment.
HEAVY REEL DROWNING CLOWN DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, easygoing Mosaic hop affair brings candied grapefruit-orange-pineapple tanginess and mild lemon curd souring to salted pine resin above sugary pale malts.
HEAVY REEL / MORTALIS GLAUCUS TRIPLE IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, boozy NY/NJ collab disguises its vodka-like 11% ABV well. Rich vanilla-daubed oated wheat creaming absorbs vodka-soaked candied pineapple, orange and tangerine glaze of Nelson Sauvin/ Citra hop scheme. Sticky pine resin and mild crayon waxing placate viscously gummy tropical fruiting.
ROOT + BRANCH LIFE AND FATE XXI DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Taphouse 15, experimental multi-oat and spelt grained India Pale Ale lets light vanilla creaming saturate floral citrus spicing. Mild grapefruit-sugared orange and tangerine tang meets lime-salted mango and guava spritz, lemon meringue tartness and tannic white grape esters, leaving clean citric vodka licks on the tail end.
FOLEY BROTHERS FAIR MAIDEN IMPERIAL IPA
Dry grapefruit peel, sweet pineapple tang and candied orange tartness pickup dank piney hop resin, light floral spicing and misty passionfruit-guava snips above slightly vanilla creamed pale malting of Foley flagship. Durable piney citrus finish lingers.
