Balancing “dank and fruity” hop varieties, unfiltered 9.4% ABV India Pale Ale maintains lightly creamed caramelization for intensified lemony grapefruit-orange tang and candied peach-pineapple-tangerine sweetness, leaving mild alcohol warmth on the smoothly clean mineral grained back end.
Serviceable soft-toned light body brings lemony grapefruit-orange zesting to the surface as resinously pined grassy hop astringency politely contrasts pale malt sugaring. Tertiary mango, pineapple and guava tropicalia stays subtle.
“Go to” IPA promotes grapefruit-juiced blood orange tang and zesty lemon prickle, but sweet vanilla adjunct lacks thrust over frail white bread bottom. Forget its ‘milkshake’ tag’ and call it a sessionable West Coast moderation instead.
Sessionable soft-toned lo-cal (95 calories) IPA with tropical monk fruit extract and mild guava souring secured by laidback herb-spiced floral hops and dry wood tones over biscuity mineral grains. Misty orange rind, yellow grapefruit and pineapple bittering in far distance.
On tap at Beef Trust, diverting double dry-hopped NEIPA closer to a muskily wet-grained English IPA than its ‘hazy’/’juicy’ tag would indicate, leaving dank earthen wood tones upon desiccated lemony grapefruit tartness, musty vegetal herbage, dark floral misting, mild pineapple-guava souring and raw oats neutrality.
Taking its ‘trashcan’ moniker from the Astros baseball cheating scam, sessionably brisk IPA brings bitter yellow grapefruit and orange rind zesting to the fore as sour yogurt milking gains strength alongside boozy gin ethers above sugary pale malts in frisky crayon-waxed carbolic manner.
On tap at River Of Beer, sharp grapefruit pith bittering heads dry pine needled medium body. Brisk citrus thrust gains pineapple, mango and peach sweetness and mild herbal residue.
On tap at Taphouse 15, lemony grapefruit sunshine brightens subtly embittered front end of crisp ‘pineapple-juiced’ moderate-medium body. Casual mango, peach and tangerine illusions add further straightforward tropicalia.
Fine tropical-fruited summertime moderation takes straightforward path to sessionability. Crisply clean pink grapefruit-licked pineapple tang gains subtle blood orange tartness to placate mild grassy hop astringency over dry cardboardy pale malts. Lemon custard, apricot, quince, mango, peach and vinous grape undertones flutter.
Easygoing lo-cal IPA with spongy white head fading above its clear straw body utilizes acai berry to increase overall tartness. Spritzy lemon fizz prickles hard-candied pineapple, lacquered peach and mandarin orange illusions guided by acai-like pomegranate tartness above grassy-hopped wheat wafer bottom.
Teeming with blood orange tanginess and massive tangerine juiciness, hybridized IPA gains light pine lacquered hop stickiness to boost sourly hard candied tartness. Thick tongue-coated tangerine-orange resilience never relents.
On tap at Beef Trust, bold golden-hazed tropical fruited IPA lets zestful lemony grapefruit sunshine and tart mandarin orange spritz brighten mildly bitter pepper-spiced piney hop resin. A citrus-crisped summertime refresher.
