On tap at Taphouse 15, clean oats-dried pale ale brings dark-spiced fennel subtleties and teensy herbal nip to mild grassy hop bittering.
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NIGHT SHIFT WHIRLPOOL
On tap at Growler & Gill, ‘soft’ yellow glowed pale ale retains lemon-dropped peach, yellow grapefruit, mandarin orange and mango juicing plus floral-spiced sugaring and lemongrass tea snip above pale malt base. Simple splendor rewardingly delivered.
LAGUNITAS CITRUSINENSIS PALE ALE (BLOOD ORANGE)
Plentiful blood orange tang and zesty yellow grapefruit juicing brighten truly world-class pale ale. Ample tangerine, navel orange, clementine, mango, peach, papaya and guava fruiting gains mild floral-pined hop resin at pale wheat-malted spine. Ultimate sunny day thirst quencher!
NIMBLE HILL MYSTERIA HOP 7.0
Dank pale ale (’07 version) allows spicy orange pastry likeness, rustic-grained French breading and phenol hop astringency to gain sugar glass sheen by candied finish.
TWIN ELEPHANT EL ELOTE LOCO
On tap at Poor Henry’s, pleasingly peculiar Mexican-derived medium body contrasts roasted corn sweetness and brisk Kolsch-styled yellow fruiting with mild smoked jalapeno bittering. Tangy lemony grapefruit juicing brightens sugar-spiced crystal malting over delicate grassy hop astringency to its mellow cornbread spine.
HARPOON FRESH TRACKS SPRING PALE ALE
Predictably fine moderate-bodied pale ale with IPA aspirations brings floral-bound orange-peeled pineapple, grapefruit and mango tropicalia to the fore as light piney hop bittering settles below at soft white-breaded bottom. Subsidiary tangerine, mandarin orange and clementine illusions waver. On tap, citra-hopped version retained refreshing floral citrus spritz.
KENT FALLS HORSE MASK PARTY
On tap at Ambulance, pleasant brettanomyces-soured pale ale combines rustic Chinook hop earthiness, yellow grapefruit tartness and lemon seed bittering with lightly creamed pale malting. White-peppered lemongrass herbage seeps into plastique citrus slipstream of soft-watered bacteria-affected moderation.
HILL FARMSTEAD SELF RELIANCE #3 PALE ALE (EXPERIMENTAL EQUINOX HOPS)
On tap at Ambulance, ‘experimental’ Equinox hops provide juniper-nipped yellow grapefruit bittering and light pine glaze to floral-perfumed lemongrass herbage of reliable beige-yellowed moderation. Zesty pineapple, orange rind and lemon wisps waver.
BROTHERTON GREEN EARTH PALE ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, soft-watered pale ale brings lemony orange-grapefruit-mango tang to light rye-oats spine as leafy hop respite and fresh-cut grass earthiness emerge.
BELL’S OATSMOBILE ALE
Splendid “session pale ale” tosses spelt-dried oats pungency at clean-watered mineral graining, leaving dank rye breading on the back end. In the midst, orange-desiccated passionfruit, pineapple, peach and mango illusions flutter.
HALF ACRE GOLDEN TUNA EXTRA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, serene floral tropicalia tethered to mild peat-mossy dry hop pungency. Lemony orange-peeled mango, pineapple, grapefruit, peach, tangerine and cherry overtones ripen above serene pale malting and wispy pine bittering.
NEW BELGIUM BEN & JERRY’S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH ALE
Slick pale-bodied collaboration with Vermont ice cream mavens, Ben & Jerry, allows latent phenol astringency to overwhelm chocolate chip cookie sweetness and cookie dough richness. In the distance, mild mocha creaminess receives brown-sugared molasses snip and light vanilla sugaring to compensate mild hop-charred aridity. A minor confection.