Though lacking the creamy vanilla sweetness and juicier tropical fruiting of competing milkshake IPA’s, its ‘matcha’-like green tea leafing brings subtle bittering to candied citrus tartness above light toasted white breading. Moderated mandarin orange, grapefruit and pineapple illusions soak up sour oaken vanilla influence.
“Unorthodox” limited edition (2019) West Coast/ New England-styled IPA merger slightly overstates its ‘experimental’ aspect. Though bright lemon-peeled orange and pineapple tanginess brings solid West Coast influence, its sourly acidic New England styling seems adrift as limey passionfruit, vinous green grape tannins and candied pineapple tartness never fully integrate. Mild lemongrass snip also informs mildly hopped moderation.
“Aggressively laidback” India Pale Ale with tart blood orange juicing receives mildly sour lemon pucker. Sedate pineapple, mango and guava tropicalia secures blood orange adjunct sufficiently while sugary vanilla respite sweetens the back end.
On tap at Ambulance, straightforward IPA loads tangy yellow grapefruit and navel orange juiciness upon sugary crystal malts and mild grassy hop astringency in convincingly mannered way. Resilient citrus spicing gains latent peach, pineapple and honeydew sweetness to contrast resinous floral herbage.
Brisk lemony grapefruit sunshine, candied orange sweetness and sour gooseberry tartness anchor basic moderate-bodied IPA. Resinous hop astringency stays low contrasting bready pale malting.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sugary cotton-candied surge countered by lactic yogurt-soured zing as zesty lemon spritz bursts forth. A lovable moderate-medium-bodied sweet-toothed confection.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sour cherry blossom entry contrasted by vanilla-sugared marshmallow fluff and a slight lemon twist.
Lemony grapefruit and orange tang contrasts resinous hop astringency over cereal-grained malt sugaring, picking up subtlest banana, apricot and pineapple nuances as well as tart guava, gooseberry and white grape waxing for moderately hazed, amber yellowed, Citra-Centennial-hopped medium body.
Taut pale ale given briskly fruited hazy NEIPA styling that resonates with orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tanginess and lightly pungent resinous hop bittering. Pasty pale malts contrast herbal musk to fortify the back end while subtle peach, mango, tangerine and illusions reinforce the juicy citric frontage. Betters less fruitful, more astringent pale ales.
Sessionable mediocrity lets delicate orange-spiced sweetness pick up lingered grapefruit bittering, mild peach-tangerine-mango snag, tart pineapple rind spell and floral-herbed lemongrass dusting above straw-like bread crust spine.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, soft-toned middleweight brings lemony mandarin orange tartness, earthen melon rind musk and floral lavender wisp to wood-lacquered herbage over delicate oats base, leaving spritzy tongue tingle.
Juicily sessionable lo-cal moderation brings dry Cascade-Simcoe hop urgency to wispy pale malt sugaring and spritzy lemon Seltzer splash. Mildly effervescent orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering contrasts slight grassy hop astringency and dainty wood tones.
