Bright tropical sunshine stays resilient as piney orange-peeled grapefruit thrust, brisk lemon zesting and peachy pineapple-papaya-nectarine tang ride atop pale malt dryness. Continuous fruited hop bittering retains black-peppered juniper hop bite for Amarillo-Citra-Mosaic fruit cocktail.
On tap at Tavern On Liberty – Muhlenberg, “potent” Citra-Mosaic-hopped yellow grapefruit peel entry and zesty lemon bittering brighten piney juniper hop bite above white breaded pale malts for lusty West Coast-styled IPA.
Not a particularly popular or convincing beer style since the musty pilsner malt breading and sourdough-skunked zwickel yeast musk defining this beloved Midwestern helles lager will put-off sweet-toothed imbibers (like Heineken oft-time does). Lemon-rotted sourness keeps floral-perfumed whim and metallic sheen at bay. Not a personal fave, but enjoyed by many German-influenced beer geeks.
