On tap at Beef Trust, hazy New England-styled IPA utilizes muskily hop-oiled sour fruiting to set the stage as waxy floral citrus tones spread above dry pale malts. Guava-soured grapefruit rind and orange pith bittering contrasts less prominent pineapple, peach, mango, lychee and papaya tanginess to its tart lemondrop finish.
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SWEETWATER 420 STRAIN G13 IPA
Nicely re-creating super-sticky skunked weed with its piney ganja resin and dank hemp pungency, briskly clean dry-hopped India Pale Ale also regales lemony orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering and dainty peach-pineapple-tangerine tanginess with pink peppercorn flourishes. Wispy tarragon, dandelion and carnation snips flutter. A fine strain.
SPRINGDALE BUT I DIGRESS
SINGLECUT HYPGNOSIS DOUBLE DRY-HOPPED IPA
CZIG MEISTER LEKKER MILKSHAKE
On tap at Taphouse 15, engaging amber yellow-hazed New England-styled IPA brings sunny Citra-Mosaic-hopped lemony grapefruit tartness to lime-salted passionfruit and guava pucker as well as bittersweet lactose-aided Madagascar vanilla creaming. Limey passionfruit-guava adjuncts receive peppery herbal respite and floral chrysanthemum wisp at the finish.
NAP TIME LIQUID CREATION RESILIENCE IPA
On tap at Ambulance and brewed in collaboration with Sierra Nevada to support Camp Fire Relief Fund, Naptime’s version seems directed at typical middle-of-the-road IPA lovers. Sharp citrus fruiting and reserved earthen pine resin override dry pale malt base. Lemony grapefruit-orange-tangerine tanginess and honeyed cantaloupe sugaring sweeten the midst.
SINGLECUT BON BON 2X TNT IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Ambulance, bold Imperial IPA with marbled beige yellow haze proves as thickly concise as its viscous body. Sharp orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple and mango juicing gains plastique lupulin-oiled musk and slight salinized white-peppered herbage to contrast sugary pale malt thrust. Tertiary white grape, passionfruit and papaya tartness counters tangy citrus mayhem.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY TRAIL BLAZER NEW ENGLAND STYLE INDIA PALE ALE
ALPHABET CITY VILLAGE INDIA PALE ALE
BRIX CITY TASTY JAMS INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Taphouse 15, easygoing moderation lets juicy Citra-Mosaic hop fruiting seep into oily lupulin-powdered resin. Perfumed lemony grapefruit frontage gains pineapple, peach and mandarin orange seduction caressed by tingly herbal minting above pale malt sugars.