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.
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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.
HOBOKEN CITYSIDE IPA
Sharp yellow grapefruit tang gains brisk orange juicing and dry pine tones for zesty medium body. In the recess, sugary pale malts contrast herbal juniper nip.
BARRIER / ASLIN NO RULES, ONLY RECOMMENDATIONS LIME & COCONUT INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, dryly tropical lime and coconut-soaked collaboration with Virginia’s Aslin Beer Co. Salt-licked limey souring puckers mild coconut milking, leaving lactic imprint upon laidback grapefruit, curacao orange and tangelo snips. Somewhat unconvincing IPA hybrid needs to push the coconut forward.
BRIX CITY CRUNCHY SPACE TURTLES IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, lemony grapefruit and orange pith bittering receives musky herbal wood tones for lightly creamed, amber-hazed, medium-bodied, New England-styled IPA. Dusky El Dorado/ Wakatu hop confluence provides limey passionfruit acidity.
SLOOP LIQUID SORCERY IPA
On tap at Tapastre, juicy yellow-clouded Northeast-styled IPA retains soft-toned citrus-spiced flow. Initial lemony yellow grapefruit prominence gains orange-peeled pineapple, mango and peach tang above mild pine-needled hop musk.
LIC BEER PROJECT HIGHER BURNIN’ IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, resiliently crystalline floral-fruited medium body stays brisk as sharp grapefruit-peeled orange rind, mango, pineapple and peach juiciness spreads across resinous pine and earthen wood tones contrasting sweet pale malts. Refreshingly crisp, clean, assertive.
FUNK SILENT DISCO INDIA PALE ALE
Refreshingly clean pine-combed tropical fruiting regales turbidly amber-hazed medium body. Aggressive grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering contrasts sugar-glazed peach, mango, pineapple, honeydew and tangerine tang for juicy tongue sensation. Beneath, grassy hop astringency counters floral-spiced citrus spritz and caramel malt sweetness.
