Conditioned on freeze-dried pineapple, novel pina colada-like cocktail may lack stylish coconut milking, but its zestful lemon-candied orange peel tang and sour-milked vanilla yogurt creaming recall sugary Creamsicle. Latent pine lacquering seeps into pineapple-pureed citrus brightener.
“Soft, juicy hazy IPA” evenly spreads tangy orange, pineapple, passionfruit and grapefruit tandem alongside Gummy Bear waxed candy of upgraded Simcoe-Citra-Galaxy-hopped dry body. Beneath the surface, briny pine licks bring mild bittering to pasty cardboard bottom.
Semi-sharp orange peel zesting paces mildly creamed honey-spiced moderate-medium body. Laidback lemony grapefruit bittering contrasts tangy peach-pineapple zip beneath.
On tap at Plank Pizza, lemony orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple and tangerine tang reaches floral-perfumed piney hop stead above buttery pale malt breading of littler juicy-fruited ‘cousin’ of Sip Of Sunshine.
Silken gold-hazed moderation renders spiced yellow grapefruit sunshine and sweet orange peel zesting over pasty pale malts in crystalline Cryo Citra hop setup. Mild pine tones linger thru the brisk citrus finish as ancillary mango, pineapple and tangelo notions provide juicy backup.
Streamlined piney citrus bittering loiters alongside subtle floral sweetness that blows past its earthen sorghum pastiness for gluten free flagship. Lemony grapefruit rind bitterness extends softly into grassy hop astringency. Sorghum’s not yet a satisfactory substitute for wheat circa 2021.
Somewhat blandly ordinary reduced-gluten IPA lacks specific stylistic piney fruiting as gritty raw graining overwhelms lemondrop-candied tartness and orange-dried grapefruit spicing in mannered tea-like setting recalling a desiccated British IPA.
On tap at Ambulance, lemony grapefruit zesting picks up ancillary clementine-tangerine tang and tertiary blood orange tartness embittered slightly by dry pine resin over mildly creamed oated malt sugaring.
Zesty lemony grapefruit sunshine spikes juniper-licked pine resin and pungent cannabis reminder as yogurt-soured peach, passionfruit and mango salting crests atop mildly creamed caramel malting. Exhilarating.
Briskly sharp lemony grapefruit-peeled pineapple and orange tang embittered by sturdy pine tone dryness contrasting less prominent floral-daubed crystal malt sugaring. Salted gooseberry, guava and passionfruit-inspired Nelson Sauvin hop souring stays subtle (despite promotional moniker) for steadfast hazy IPA.
Vibrant yellow marble-hazed IPA collab with North Carolina’s Resident Culture gleams with dry-hopped Citra-Mosaic tropical fruiting, woody Simcoe hop herbage and dank clay resin. Sunny lemon spritz splatters wispy grapefruit, mandarin orange and clementine tang.
Straight-up piney citrus spicing stays perfectly centrist for scaled down version of brewers’ Lips and Lungs Double IPA. Candi-coated grapefruit-peeled orange rind pleasantry retains light back end bittering reinforced by dry wood tones (and wispy alcohol esters) over a crusty French bread spine.
