Juicy grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang enjoins zesty lemon splurge over peppery hop herbage to guide deeply golden hazed soft-tongued IPA. Below surface, salty guava-gooseberry souring plays possum alongside peachy nectarine-mango-papaya whims.
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TIN BARN FOURTH HARVEST DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, rounded moderate-medium body plies evenly spread grapefruit, navel orange, pineapple, peach and mango tanginess to soiled earthen herbage and mildly resinous pine hop bittering. Clean vodka twang promotes fruity front end.
THREE FLOYDS PERMANENT FUNERAL IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Draught Industries, boldly complex (10.5% ABV) Imperial IPA resonates with moderately embittered lemony orange-peeled grapefruit pith zesting bursting forth ahead of candied pineapple tartness, peachy nectar perk and mild mango-guava-tangerine conflux. Despite boozy alcohol percentage, tropical fruit juicing, dank piney hop oiling and delicate floral sweetness maintain impeccable balance above honey-spiced crystal malts.
BELL’S DOUBLE TWO HEARTED ALE
Containing twice the Centennial hops as its forbearer, alcohol-fueled Imperial IPA prickles the tongue with gracious citrus bittering, sweet floral-perfumed hop serenity and pungently dank pine resin. Polite yellow grapefruit, navel orange and pineapple bittering contrasts tangy peach-tangerine-cherry sweetness succinctly above doughy pale malt breading as mild brandy-wined ethyl alcohol fervor increases. Recommended.
EQUILIBRIUM MASS X ACCELERATION IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Draught Industries, soft-toned ‘juicy elixir’ caresses mild orange-peeled grapefruit bittering with salty mango-guava tropicalia and tart lemon custard tartness over lactic vanilla creaming for ‘melon-flavored gummy bear’ knockoff. Brisk citrus-spiced Mosaic hops counter piney herbal Amarillo hops in IPA showdown.
BEARDED IRIS EVER CLEVER DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Draught Industries, soothingly smooth soft-toned IPA offers lactic vanilla creaming to mild grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang, piney floral herbage and dank hemp respite.
TIN BARN GALAXY JUICE QUEST TRIPLE IPA
On tap at Draught Industries, mellow dry-hopped gold-hazed NEIPA boasts clean floral-fruited zesting and lightly creamed vanilla sweetness to contrast white-peppered herbage and dank piney earthiness above its dry pale malt spine. Sedate sugar-spiced grapefruit, pineapple, orange and tangerine tang gains subtle lemon-dropped tartness to secure fruitful finish.
FLYING DOG GREAT JOB! 30TH ANNIVERSARY WEST COAST DOUBLE IPA
Maryland’s biggest, most renowned brewery celebrates its 30th Anniversary with a juicy West Coast Imperial IPA. A frolickingly fruitful tropical concoction pushing sharp floral-spiced fructose splendor above reedy pine hop bittering and rye-dried pale malts, its pineapple-juiced orange, mango, tangerine and melon tanginess briskly brightens the overall expanse.
MAINE DINNER DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Ambulance, dry coniferous musk spreads across tropical mango-passionfruit-pineapple tang and bitter orange rind segue, gaining perfume-oiled pine needling and wispy garlic-onion pungency above caramelized pale malts (hiding surprising 8.2% ABV). Well-balanced, briskly brusque and stylishly superb!
KCBC INTRUDER ALERT DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, lactic milk-soured yellow fruiting generates zesty lemon-limed grapefruit, guava and mandarin orange tartness as well as milder pineapple-peach-melon dollop for juicy multi-hopped ballast.
SLOOP JUICIER BOMB DOUBLE NEIPA
On tap at Ambulance, Juice Bomb’s ‘bigger brother’ retains floral-perfumed citrus spicing of its sibling while adding more lactic sourness to orange-kissed peach, passionfruit, papaya and grapefruit insistence as well as dank pine-toned grassy hop bittering. In the can, cheerful grapefruit-orange-pineapple zesting, peachy papaya-mango tropicalia and yogurt-milked souring combine for precision-made NEIPA.
DROWNED LANDS SOFT TERRA DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, lactic-soured lemon meringue tartness hovers above raw vanilla-perfumed pineapple, guava and gooseberry tropicalia as well as mild orange rind bittering of hazily beige-yellowed moderate-medium body.
