On tap at Seven Lakes Station, fruitful IPA lets tart mango, pineapple and blood orange adjuncts redirect slightly soured candied orange and grapefruit rind bittering. Mild herbal astringency tethers submerged sour-over-sweet tropicalia.
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FOREIGN OBJECTS FUTURE SIGHT INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, brisk double dry-hopped IPA brings ‘visions of peach nectar’ to ‘earthy conifer sap,’ leaving mellow yellow grapefruit and lemon rind bittering in its grassy wake. Sugary pale malts secure tertiary pineapple, peach and tangerine tang contrasting mildly pungent dry wood tones.
SHEBEEN SMOOTHIE SHOP MILKSHAKE IPA
Creamy café-styled New England IPA caresses juicy Citra-hopped fruitiness with piquant vanilla beaned sweetness. Polite grapefruit-embittered orange peel tang shines brightly above bready pale malt base. Orange-sugared vanilla creaming recalls a Creamsickle. Mild Banana’s Foster, tangerine and peach illusions show up at the vibrant citrus finish.
SLOOP (NO) PUMPKIN
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, inscrutable anti-autumnal golden-hazed India Pale Ale boasts no seasonal pumpkin spicing but retains soured tropical fruiting and fungi-shadowed cucumber watering. Despite advertised blackberry boysenberry and grape influence, tartly soured mango-guava-pineapple illusions, lemon-rotted lime zest and wispy Sauvignon wining gain traction over light piney hop dankness. A weirdly eccentric hybridized IPA sour ale fans may grasp.
WEYERBACHER MEAN SQUEEZE INDIA PALE ALE
Crisply brisk East Coast-styled IPA lets sharp hop-spiced citrus zest spread across light pine resin and wispy floral herbage. Juicy grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang replete with ancillary mango, peach, tangerine and melon illusions above dainty caramelized oats.
WYNDRIDGE NEW ENGLAND STYLE IPA WITH HONEY
Honey-dipped, double dry-hopped, New England-styled, golden-hazed India Pale Ale retains candied caramel glaze for tangy orange-peach, grapefruit, mango and pineapple juiciness. Along the way, brown pear and apple illusions dot the honeyed tropical fruiting. Resinous piney hop bittering stays mellow.
CONSHOHOCKEN TYPE A INDIA PALE ALE
Straightahead West Coast-styled IPA offers lively citrus-derived Cascade hop briskness to mild pine resin. Floral-spiced pineapple juiciness pervades pleasant orange-peeled grapefruit bittering. Biscuity pilsner malts lighten the backend.
BOLERO SNORT IN A CHINA SHOP TAVALON IPA
Askew dry-hopped IPA with peach and Tavalon oolong tea (and bright hazy golden hue) retains a busy mix that takes time to fully unfold. Sharp IPA fruiting brings yellow grapefruit-seeded orange peel bittering to earthen black tea influence and mild peach tones. Floral-tinged sage, bay leaf and parsley herbage lightly integrates with brisk citric hop profusion above gentle rice-flaked white wheat backbone.
SUSQUEHANNA HOPCELLERATOR IPA
Rustic olfactory musk infiltrates moderately embittered West Coast-styled IPA, leaving mossy earthen dryness upon floral-wafted Citra-Cascade-hopped citrus tang and spritzy tropical fruiting as mildly piney Simcoe-Amarillo-hopped dankness increases. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit zestiness and mild mango-guava-papaya nuances linger above pale malt spine.
KANE OPEN WATER IPA
On tap at Plank Pizza, bright ‘n lively yellow grapefruit sunshine peeks thru sweet orange peel tang and brisk lemon bittering, kickin’ up a lively floral-bound citric spritz. Grassy hop astringency and dank pine snips contrast sugary pale malts.
SWIFTWATER ALPACA KISSES IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, tart “Fruit Loops”-endeared New England India Pale Ale with creamy head retention brings forth yellow grapefruit, lemon rind and orange peel bittering heaped upon large wood contingent and grassy hop astringency to contrast less resilient pale malt sugaring.
STONE SCORPION BOWL IPA
Irresistible medium-bodied India Pale Ale relies on sharp tropical fruiting to resonate above resinous hop pining and wispy floral herbage. Sunny orange-bruised grapefruit, pineapple, peach, mango and tangerine tang picks up browned pear-apple sweetness above biscuity cereal-grained sourdough bottom. Recessive chamomile, hibiscus and jasmine illusions flutter softly.
