Sunny citrus entry gains dry lupulin-powdered hop oiling and mild herbal dankness above creamy crystal-malted wheat sugaring. Lemony grapefruit tang picks up sweet ‘n sour pineapple, peach, mango and tangerine tropicalia to contrast moderated bitter end.
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PIZZA PORT PICKLEWEED POINT INDIA PALE ALE
Sessionable yellow-cleared IPA (limited edition 2017 release) provides zesty orange-peeled grapefruit tang and mild lemony snicker. Polite piney hop bittering picks up soft caramelized oats sugaring at buttered biscuit base.
LORD HOBO BOOM SAUCE IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, admirable medium body ‘blankets’ lemon-candied orange, pineapple, peach and mango tang with grassy-hopped pine resin. Mild floral bouquet and dainty malt sugaring sweeten resilient tropical fruiting.
SINGLECUT DOUBLE DRY-HOPPED IS THIS THE REAL LIFE? IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, smooth double dry-hopped version gains sunnier fruited hop profile for milder earthen pine resin and wispy herbal notions. Tangy lemon zest and sweet grapefruit spicing awaken tart peach, orange marmalade, tangerine and tangelo illusions.
SINGLECUT ARE YOU READY STEVE?
On tap at Bonnie & Clyde Pub, busy India Pale Ale named after the opening line to Sweet’s “Ballroom Blitz” makes a sharp impact. Though moderate-medium-bodied, its tangy mango, peach, papaya and orange cornucopia shines thru loud and clean, picking up mild pale malt spicing and candied black cherry illusions to contrast lightly embittered lemon-dropped yellow grapefruit tartness, piney hop dankness and wispy herbaceous licks.
MAGNIFY WORK THE SYSTEM INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Sogo, sessionable golden-cleared moderation brings crisp, clean-watered orange peel and grapefruit rind bittering to biscuity caramel malts. Mild alcohol burn felt at brisk citric-hopped finish.
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MAGNIFY SMUGGLER INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Sogo, hazy beige-yellowed medium body offers rangy spice-prickled fruit cocktail to mildly pine-embittered Citra-Simcoe hop spot. Grapefruit, orange, mango, pineapple, tangerine and guava illusions abound.
HALF ACRE BEER HATES ASTRONAUTS CITRA IPA
On tap at Ambulance, jubilant comic strip-inspired medium-full body utilizes piney-fruited Citra hops to create zesty tropical juicing for sweet Vienna malting that contrasts briskly musked pine needled bittering. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit, tangerine, mango, peach and pineapple zestiness retains sunny radiance.
LAWSON’S FINEST LIQUIDS SUPER SESSION #2 ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, sessionably low-alcohol dry body places dry-wooded Amarillo hop fruiting alongside earthen hemp musk. Lemony peach, guava, orange and grapefruit tropicalia stays crisp and clean.
902 SINGLE HOP SERIES: AMARILLO IPA
Rotating hop series (brewed for can at Andean) features woody Amarillo variety. Soft-tongued moderation provides sunny lemon-grapefruit-peach tang above wheat cracker spine. Dry pine hops soak up celery-watered salting at its lightly soured citrus finish.
TRILLIUM CONGRESS STREET INDIA PALE ALE
Superb flagship offering brings moderate piney fruited Galaxy hop bittering to the fore. Even richer, juicier and more complex than Trillium’s impressive IPA fleet, maintaining a cleanly smooth mouthfeel as its beautifully expressive orange-peeled grapefruit, mango, peach and pineapple tang picks up lemon-sugared melon, cantaloupe, tangerine and clementine subsidy above pasty dextrine-starched wheat malts. A veritable fruit salad.