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.
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.
On tap at Sogo, vibrant milky beige-hazed medium body brings sunny lemon tang to pungent piney hop bittering and light aspirin astringency – contrasting its rich pale malt base. Brisk grapefruit, orange, tangerine and peach illusions fortify syrupy tropical fruited finish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summery dry-hopped medium-to-full body utilizes balanced blend of tropical fruit juicing to ride above moderately creamed sugar-spiced crystal malting, grassy hop astringency, wispy pine needling and sour lemongrass herbage. Sweet orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, tangerine, peach and mango tang stays brisk as lemony grape juicing teases the midst. Similarly styled to Trillium’s parade of IPA’s with subtle tweaking.
Bold medium-full body (with sly 7% ABV) brings tangy tropical fruiting to capacious sugar-spiced crystal malting, light piney hop bittering, dank floral tones and wheat flaked minerality. Mighty lemon zest, orange rind, pineapple, grapefruit, mango and tangerine kick retains juicy-fruited luster over earthen wood tones.
On tap at Burger Loft, dank piney hop resin soaks bold citric tartness of elegant IPA. Tart yellow grapefruit, navel orange, pineapple and tangerine briskness lingers brightly over mildly creamed crystal malt sugaring.
On tap at Burger Loft, dominant Simcoe-hopped bittering brings wood-dried citric fruiting to the fore. Steadfast grapefruit and orange rind bittering soaks into fresh-cut grassiness as moderate oaked pine parch settles below.
