On tap at Pompton Craft House, variant NEIPA utilizes sweet orange zesting, ginger spicing, lemony ginseng and herbal botanicals to re-create licorice-laced Jagermeister liqueur. But its reserved nature never pushes the Jager adjuncts far enough, leaving a semi-flat dullish finish.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern (from pink handle), easygoing Citra-Sultana-Sabro-hopped NEIPA takes a “powerful spin” on original Pulp Art circa ’23. “Bolder and juicier,” its orange-peeled grapefruit tang zings lemon-limed passionfruit, mango and guava salting plus peachy clementine sweetness in lightly creamed oated wheat setting. Dank cannabis resin and mild dry pining secure the tropical delight.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, delicate double dry-hopped NEIPA with drifting lemony orange and grapefruit tang plus mild pineapple juicing settles slightly above resinous pine tones and given a teasing herbal tea spot.
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned NEIPA combines New Zealand lupulins as limey gooseberry, guava, passionfruit, papaya and mango salting of Nelson/Wai-iti hop combo invites floral-fruited Wakatu hop tropicalia and peachy Galaxy hop pineapple tang to the Down Under party. In the midst, juniper-licked orange rind embitterment contrasts sweet saffron, tart lemon meringue and winey white grape illusions.
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned golden-hazed NEIPA retains tropical Fruity Pebbles appeal as ripe peach, salted mango, lemon lime, tangy pineapple, green guava and coconut milk fruitiness receives crayon-like hop waxing and light resinous pining over oats-flaked malting.
On tap at Triton – Long Beach Island, vibrantly silken summertime NEIPA bridges sunny orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tanginess into salty Nelson Sauvin-hopped gooseberry, green grape and guava souring and tart Motueka-hopped lemon liming as well as juicy mango, pineapple, peach and tangerine snips above vanilla-creamed wheated oats. Slightly pungent floral herbage and mild evergreen minting daub the frothy fruitiness.
Fulsome hazy golden NEIPA (despite nebulous ‘Double’ tag) retains soft-tongued froth as salted lemony grapefruit bittering, lemon meringue tartness and orange marmalade sweetness link with sour gooseberry-guava-grape sway above heavily creamed vanilla-daubed oated wheat. In the midst, tropical fruited marshmallowy coconut shavings provide Ambrosia salad richness to awesome concoction (hiding heightened 8.4% ABV).
On tap at Growlers To Go – Kitty Hawk, “easy drinking” double dry-hopped NEIPA combines candied pineapple, mango, guava and tangerine tropicalia with salty lemon-limed yellow grapefruit bittering and mild floral spicing over sugary cereal graining. Juicy rainbow candy knockoff picks up subtle floral pining on the back end.
On tap at Growlers To Go – Kitty Hawk, zestful Mosaic-Citra hop tropicalia encounters dry wood lacquered Chinook-Centennial hop herbage atop creamy oated wheat base. Continual salty lemon spritz joins yellow grapefruit bittering, pineapple tanginess and orange pith dryness.
Less rangy than creamier tropical fruited NEIPA’s, relying on straightforward lemon-seeded yellow grapefruit bittering in a mellow oated torrified wheat setting. Zesty pineapple, orange rind and guava subtleties given light pine-oiled hop resin and herbal lemon spicing in soft-toned setting.
Ambitious triple-hopped NEIPA caresses tangy Citra-hopped orange, clementine and tangerine sweetness with tart Nelson Sauvin-hopped mango, papaya and passionfruit tropicalia and limey Vic Secret-hopped lemon zesting above honeyed wheat spine. Dank pine resin secures the bitter back end.
In the can, flagship beige-yellowed NEIPA’s ‘rainbow sherbet’ appeal emanates from its tart lemon-limed orange, pineapple and raspberry resilience. Yet its peachy mango tang packs as much punch. Salty citrus continuance resonates with brisk Citra-Mosaic hop zesting backed by delicate grassy earthiness over lightly creamed oated wheat.
