Sharp tropical fruiting raises sour passionfruit, orange and guava juicing slightly above piney citrus IPA template and blaring aspirin-like astringency. Lemony gooseberry tartness increases zesty Hawaiian tropicalia while grapefruit pith and melon rind souring gains ancillary mandarin orange, pineapple, papaya and tangerine tanginess. A somewhat bold stylistic changeup. 
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HI-WIRE LO-PITCH JUICY IPA
Easy drinkin’ juicy-fruited yellow-cleared medium body retains zesty sweet orange peel tang and spry lemony grapefruit spritz over doughy biscuit malting and dry wood base. Tart peach-skinned pineapple, passionfruit and grape illusions tucked away alongside lightly lingered floral-perfumed hop astringency.
TWO TON LOW ORBIT ION CANON NE IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, dry Citra-hopped medium body tosses juicy pineapple tanginess and lemony grapefruit zest at lightly sour lactose influence. Another fine hybridized New England-styled IPA.
TROEGS BLIZZARD OF HOPS WINTER INDIA PALE ALE
Wintry IPA ups the tropical fruit spicing and lowers the piney hop resonance for ‘end of year hop cycle’ celebration. Lovely floral-perfumed grapefruit, orange, pineapple and peach tang gains ancillary mango-nectarine-tangerine conflux and dry wood tone above mild biscuit base. More like a “gentle spree of hops” and that ain’t a putdown for this relaxingly accessible moderation.
GREAT LAKES COMMODORE PERRY INDIA PALE ALE
Perfectly approachable and subtly Brit-styled IPA brings tingly citrus spicing to caramel-toasted cereal grains and mild piney hop resin. Polite lemon-candied grapefruit, orange, pineapple, and tangerine tang picks up soft floral nuances at the fruit salad finish.
MAGNIFY SSSH INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, dank double dry-hopped IPA loads wood-soaked herbal spiced pleasantries beside sedate grapefruit, orange and pineapple tanginess and atop soft oats-toasted pale malting. Refreshing cucumber crisping adds vegetal tinge.
MAGNIFY PEAK OF RIPENESS
On tap at Poor Henry’s, refreshingly crisp double dry-hopped IPA utilizes tropical Nelson Sauvin lupulins to amplify brisk grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and zesty lemon-limed souring. Mild peach, pineapple and mango tang contrasts plastique pine lacquering beneath the citric surface, providing further spectral resonance.
FOREIGN OBJECTS SOLARYS IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, yellow marble-glazed New England-styled hazy IPA promotes sharp yellow grapefruit-seeded orange rind bittering and mild pine lacquered herbal respite. In the midst, tartly lemon limed souring contrasts less punctual peach-skinned mango tang.
STONE IDOLATROUS IPA
On tap at Plank Pizza, “blissfully” well-balanced moderate-medium body leads lemon-peeled pineapple, peach and mango tropicalia thru grassy herbal hop astringency, dank pine resin and sweet floral perfuming. A mellower IPA.
OTHER HALF GO WITH THE FLOW
On tap at Ambulance, crisply clean tropical fruiting gains light pine needling and musky floral herbage to contrast mildly vanilla-creamed caramel malt spicing. For a sour twist, limey gooseberry tartness gains a foothold alongside juicy grapefruit, tangerine, mango and peach tang. Just a tad outside the double dry-hopped IPA box.
KANE DONUT SHACK IPA
On tap at Plank Pizza, hazy gold-marbled IPA hybrid resembles a caramel-glazed vanilla donut up-front, letting its stylishly bittersweet orange-peeled grapefruit briskness settle alongside the sweet cake-like turbinado sugaring. Delicately tart Huell Melon-hopped sourness stays subtle while herbal cologne-perfumed notions seem enigmatic.
EXHIBIT A THE CAT’S MEOW IPA
On tap at Ambulance, vibrant citric-juiced pine needling grazes light vanilla creaming above dank earthen grain base. Spicy yellow grapefruit tang and herbal lemongrass punctuation permeate Mosaic-Eldorado-hopped moderate body. Tertiary peach, nectarine and orange licks provide sweet sendoff.
