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.
Strong 7% ABV with rocky tan head and copper body provides rummy twang to waxy mango and orange vodka frontage. Lemon orange cake batter enriches caramelized pale malting.
On tap at Hop & Vine Taproom, inaugural Captain Zig recipe is easygoing summertime IPA. Sweet orange peel zesting and dusty floral spicing contrast sour gooseberry-guava salting and lightly embittered grapefruit swipe of briskly tropical Amarillo-Citra-Mosaic-hopped moderation.
On tap at Growler & Gill, sturdily staid Midwestern IPA shoots for late ’90s stylizing as dry lemony grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and tingly peach sweetness stay moderate against resinous pine stead over grainy pale malts.
On tap at Ambulance, sunshiny (New England-slanted) IPA utilizes mild oated wheat creaming to underscore zestful Citra-Simcoe hop combo. Sour lemony yellow grapefruit seeded briskness and sweet orange-peeled pineapple, peach and guava splash given slight earthen pine-toned cannabis skunking.
On tap at River Of Beer, dry blood orange pureed Brew Free variant gains candied lollipop tartness, mild lemon bittering and tangy tangerine snip as lacquered pine resin settles in grassy hop stead.
On tap at Ambulance, fruitful dry-hopped hazy IPA with upfront grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering, sedate passionfruit-mango-guava souring, tingly lemon curd tartness and buttery Chardonnay wining combine with mild floral-spiced sweetness.
Sessionable grapefruit-forward All Day IPA variant resonates with zestful lemon-juiced grapefruit pith, rind and peel bittering given polite floral-spiced sweetness to contrast light pine oiling.
On tap at Taphouse 15, Leap Year celebrator’s a dry-hopped, hazy beige yellowed IPA/quad blend marching orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple and papaya tanginess thru mossy quad-like cellared fungi then picking up soured lemon rot spot. Strangely, 12% ABV stays calm in zestful Citra-Nelson hop mix.
