On tap at Amsterdam Ale House, reliable lightly yellow-hazed moderation conjures New England-styled IPA with its bright yellow grapefruit tang and lemony orange zest, despite easing up on the lactic souring and being void of any wood tones. Sunny citrus spicing and wispy mango-pineapple-papaya tropicalia spread across mild grassy hop astringency above sugary pale malts.
On tap at Ambulance, dry orange blossom-honeyed citrus serenity rides above dewy pale malt base. Advertised cantaloupe and elderflower illusions stay recessive.
Roasted pueblo-serrano chili peppering extends the heat to slightly pungent herbal hop grassiness and rice-y pale malt dryness. Green chili pepper burn stays toned down so zesty lemon spritz could spread a little sunshine.
On tap at Ambulance, ‘delicate fruit-forward’ pale ale brings mild Mandarina Bavaria-hopped citrus spree to the fore as mildly resinous pine-oiled dankness sinks in. Brisk mandarin orange, clementine and tangelo illusions stay sedate over dry pale malt base of IPA-styled session ale.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, serenely tropical hazy New England-styled pale ale (with IPA roots) offers brisk lemony grapefruit zesting, mild mandarin orange tartness and lactic yogurt souring to oats-sugared pale malts, retaining low resinous hop bittering. Subsidiary peach, mango, honeydew and pineapple illusions increase its irresistible fruited tropicalia.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, briskly clean wheated pale ale spreads light citrus spicing across grassy hop astringency, dry pale malting and slight barnyard acridity. Polite Citra-hopped tingle pervades lemony clementine, navel orange and tangerine tang as well as mild orange pith bittering above wheat cracker base in highly sessionable manner.
Floral orange-peeled grapefruit briskness gathers mild pineapple, peach, tangerine and mango tang above dry pale malt spicing as polite herbal hop bittering turns slightly astringent for straightforward moderate-medium-bodied West Coast pale ale less piney than its IPA counterparts.
On tap at Growler & Gill, sweet-tart grapefruit and orange groove gains sugary pale malt spicing to contrast mildly grassy Citra hop response.
On tap at Ambulance, sweeping New England-styled hazy pale ale provides yellow grapefruit, candied orange, peach and mango serenity for herbal-tinged Mosaic-hopped medium body. Sour yogurt milking contrasts tangy fruitiness above groaty pale malts.
On tap at Ambulance, juicy Citra-hopped medium body places lightly embittered grapefruit and tangy orange-pineapple-mango juicing above dry pale malting. Mild evergreen wisp drifts into sunny tropical fruiting.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, floral grapefruit-peeled orange tang and mild grassy hop astringency envelop Grateful Dead-inspired granola knockoff. Honeyed almond, oats and cereal grain influence unassuredly secondary to dry pale-malted citrus stead.
On tap at Ambulance, sassy sessionable sureshot (with cool cartoon label) coalesces bright citrus zest with dank bark-dried wood tones, grassy herbal notions and tingly spicing over dry cracker-like pale malts. Lemony orange, clementine and tangerine tang picks up ancillary pineapple, peach, mango and tangelo illusions.
