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.
On tap at Ambulance, sweet orange peel adjunct adds tangy juiciness to bitter grapefruit zesting above super-syrupy oated wheat creaming. Mild pine resin seeps into viscously malted citrus continuance.
On tap at Ambulance, irresolute NEIPA tries blending coconut-watered tangerine tartness with salty gooseberry souring, perfumed grapefruit zesting and slight lemon custard creaming. Oddly integrated, stylistically outré fruit fodder.
Upscaled heavily hazed chartreuse yellowed pale ale enters NEIPA territory with its salted gooseberry-guava souring contrasting sweet orange-peeled mango and pineapple upsurge over creamy oated wheat spume. Distant white-peppered herbage and mild piney bittering stay subtle. Excellent.
Juicy sessionable NEIPA corrals zesty grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and salted mango-pineapple tartness to add ‘Tropical Wave’ fervor above white wheated oats-flaked pilsner malting. In the midst, floral-daubed lemongrass and chamomile herbage surface.
On tap at The Helm, combining mildly creamed coconut shavings with lightly embittered pineapple-pulped snakefruit botanicals and salty citrus zesting, daiquiri-like NEIPA cocktail variant retains juicy frontage, picking up lemon meringue tartness, orange marmalade tanginess and marshmallow-sugared ambrosia salad respite.
On tap at Growler & Gill, busy NEIPA collab with California’s Monkish Brewing utilizes subtle Muscat grape-juiced Chardonnay wining to integrate with waxy tropical fruiting and glassy juniper-licked vodka smoothness. Yellow grapefruit, navel orange, pineapple and mango tang overrides dank pine resin and lemondrop tartness above creamy oats-flaked wheat base – dusting the Muscat grape influence.
