Interesting, but ultimately nebulous, collab with Counterweight (and brewed by Jack’s Abby), ripe banana esters from nubian South African hops waft thru setback orange-peeled grapefruit bittering, peachy ginger tea spot and candied lemon snip. Pithy pale malt-lagered powdered sugaring contrasts phenol herbage and dank pining before receding as quickly as its inceptive banana nose.
Canned version of ‘harmonious’ West Coast-styled IPA boasts sweet orange peel resonance, zesty lemon spritz, peachy pineapple tang, dry grapefruit bittering, green mango souring and slight tangerine twist. Floral-spiced citrus continuance gains vodka-like boozing (&% ABV) and crisp pine tones atop papery caramel malts.
On tap at Ambulance, semi-sharp West Coast-styled IPA retains brisk lemon-peeled yellow grapefruit and orange rind bittering plus light pining and mild herbage over sugared pale malts.
Using organic barley-hops, Smart Beer became New York’s first organic brewery in 2016. Closer to a Brit-styled IPA with its dewy mossing and cellared fungi musk overtaking any bitter piney grapefruit expectancy – yet surprisingly diverting to dried-fruited raisin, prune and apricot sweetness. Molasses-honeyed sorghum syruping seems to coat the cocoa powdered bottom. A decent changeup.
Tidy red ale/ hazy IPA blend forwards straight-up lemony orange, apple and peach tanginess to mild grapefruit-peeled piney Chinook hops (of an IPA) with lightly spiced toasted amber graining (of a red ale).
Classic West Coast-styled IPA (Columbus/ Simcoe/ Citra hops) lets lingered grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and tangy pineapple whims settle across dry piney hop resin and above pale malt sugaring. Sharp citrus bittering never coarse or astringent.
Yellow grapefruit sunshine lingers thru sweet orange peel spritz and candied lemon tartness given light piney hop bittering over heavily creamed oats. Double dry-hopped Citra influence enhances brisk tropical fruit juicing securing tertiary peach, passionfruit, papaya and mango tang.
On tap at Plank Pizza, brusque lemon-seeded grapefruit rind bittering rides alongside dank pine resin as ancillary spiced pineapple tang and navel orange spritz sweeten pale malt spine.
Perfectly streamlined Citra-hopped IPA brings sunshiny lemony yellow grapefruit spicing, salty guava souring, zesty pineapple tang and mandarin orange tartness to the surface in ‘pleasantly light-bodied” fashion. Slightest pine resin dries out at sedate pale malt bottom.
Bright tropical fruited thrust invites dry pine minting and perfumed juniper musk to sharply brisk lemony grapefruit bittering contrasted by peachy orange peeled pineapple sweetness and spunky spiced malt sugaring.
Modest New Zealand-hopped (Nelson, Rakau, Motueka, Wai-ti) pale ale lets lightly salted guava-gooseberry tartness flow softly into lemony grapefruit sunshine and delicate pine tones above mild flaked oats.
Fleshy Brussels lace covers hazy russet hue of robust IPA. Brisk Citra-hop explosion brings lemon zest, bruised orange sweetness and mild passionfruit tartness to the fore as piney Columbus hop herbage enters the (6.66% ABV) fray. Creamy cookie dough spine thickens its cereal malt base.
