Given softly creamed nitrogenation at Ambulance, frothily vanilla daubed cask conditioned IPA penetrates tart lemon curd piquancy and orange pekoe tea musk with dewy peat fungi. Beneath, mossy pale malt dryness counters sedately rustic Noble hop herbage.
Spunky West Coast IPA flagship loads cryo-hopped tropical fruiting over dry pale malting in briskly clean water setting. Mildly musky floral-spiced Citra/Mosaic-hopped lemon rind, grapefruit peel and orange pith bittering reinforced by currant-dried juniper bittering, dank Chinook/Simcoe/Amarillo-hopped pine resin and salty black peppered herbage.
Tangy orange peel adjunct stays bittersweet above doughy baguette base, picking up mildly spiced grapefruit-pineapple wisps and phenol hop astringency before fading at the dry finish.
Dry lemony orange peeled grapefruit stead gains candied pineapple-tangerine tang above sugary pale malts, but lacks oated wheat creaming and guava-gooseberry souring of better defined NEIPA’s.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, standard clear golden IPA lets perfumed citrus spicing and musky pine resin rise above dry pale malting. Persistent yellow grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering receives dainty floral sweetness and gingery lemongrass minting. Pleasant mid-range moderation.
Since 2018, well-known Polish brewer has made these blandly dry India Pale Ales. Wavering fruited spicing, shuttered piney bittering, gluey cardboard malts, spoiled herbage and minimal body put this closer to a boringly misguided pale ale.
Efficient small-batch ’23 IPA retains soothingly soft-toned orange blossom honeyed citrus zing to counter musky dark-roast hop bittering. At the midst, dry pine-toned grapefruit and orange rind bittering contrasts pineapple-candied peach tang above caramel malt base.
Sessionable moderate bodied IPA brings floral-spiced fruited tropicalia to the fore as tidy orange-peeled pineapple zesting, mild yellow grapefruit bittering and peachy mango tang gallop thru honeyed malt base. Delicate piney hop bittering detected latently.
On tap at Triton, sharp piney citrus hop spicing induced by Cascade, Centennial, Citra, Columbus, and Chinook varietal provides lightly embittered yellow grapefruit, orange rind and pineapple zesting plus ancillary peach-tangerine-mango tang above sugary pale malt surface. Slight herbal licks sneak thru mowed grass astringency beneath the surface.
Easygoing beige yellow-cleared tropical fruit dry body places juicy pineapple, green mango and passionfruit tartness at the fore alongside salted lemony grapefruit zesting and distant kiwi-guava snips. But its light hop pining and passive white bread base are silenced.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dry yellow grapefruit and orange rind bittering consumes piney interior, pumpernickel breaded rye malting and mild dark-roast hop pungency of grainier IPA.
On tap at Ambulance, soft ‘hop-forward’ double dry-hopped IPA retains sour lemon herbage and salty yellow grapefruit bittering contrasted by lemon verbena sweetness, picking up lemongrass, herbal tea and floral illusions.
