On tap at Blue Ribbon Tavern, stylishly mild Imperial IPA lightens its bitter hop intensity for juicy fruited bluster. Tangy grapefruit-peeled navel orange expectancy matched by sweet peach, apple, mango, tangerine and pear illusions. Light aspirin astringency cuts thru fruity splendor at crisp finish. In the bottle, muskily hard-candied lemony orange herbage spreads out above desiccated earthen wood tones and dry pale malts.
