Hawaiian cocktail punch with pinkish red glow, zesty tropical fruitfulness and dark rum sugaring (9% ABV) marketed as adventurous year round India Pale Ale variant. Sticky orange liqueur, syrupy kaffir lime and medicinal cherry illusions ensue.
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ARMADA MERMAID COVE INDIA PALE ALE
Sweet pineapple waft welcomes brisk tropical-fruited India Pale Ale. Zestful lemony orange spritz sprays peachy pineapple tang and mildly dank piney hop dryness.
IRON DUKE DEAD NUTS RYE IPA
Popular flagship lets narrow rye influence nestle softly into lemony grapefruit pith bittering and lightly spiced tangerine-mango-peach tang. Minor floral-daubed pining and slight herbal whim seep into rye-dried tropical fruiting.
SAMUEL ADAMS TAKE-A-DAY IPA
Sessionable moderation utilizes tangy orange peel zesting to give approachable summertime tropicalia its spritzy sudsiness. Mild pine tones embitter lemony grapefruit midst and wayward tangerine snips as floral-daubed coriander spicing sweetens the pale malt bottom.
NORTH PARK / BRUJOS BRUJO-FU! WEST COAST IPA
Sunny yellow grapefruit and lemon pith bittering receive ethyl-like 6.6% ABV thrust as herbal tea earthiness and dry wood bottom secure collaborative West Coast IPA. Heavenly floral-wafted citrus stead gains latent pineapple-guava tropicalia and light crayon waxing.
RETURN WESTWHERE WEST COAST IPA
Lemony orange rind bittering and grassy-hopped pine resin contrast crystal malt sweetness securing vodka-licked 7% ABV West Coast IPA. Modest pineapple, orange rind and tangerine subtleties surface.
GRIMM FLASH FRAME IPA
On tap at Ambulance, mild ‘ultra pale’ moderation stays dry as lemon verbena minting sparks white-wined Nelson Sauvin hops, woody herbal-tinged Simcoe hops and citrus-spiced Mosaic hops above mild pale malt parch.
BITCHIN’ KITTEN DEWCLAW WEST COAST IPA
Dry West Coast-styled IPA with sharp piney citrus blitzkrieg. Brisk lemony yellow grapefruit bittering, sweet orange peel spritz and salty pineapple zing receive musky black peppering and slight herbage atop toasty pale malting.
SPRINGDALE CHAT ROOM IPA
Interesting, but ultimately nebulous, collab with Counterweight (and brewed by Jack’s Abby), ripe banana esters from nubian South African hops waft thru setback orange-peeled grapefruit bittering, peachy ginger tea spot and candied lemon snip. Pithy pale malt-lagered powdered sugaring contrasts phenol herbage and dank pining before receding as quickly as its inceptive banana nose.
THREE FLOYDS TURBO REAPER IPA
Canned version of ‘harmonious’ West Coast-styled IPA boasts sweet orange peel resonance, zesty lemon spritz, peachy pineapple tang, dry grapefruit bittering, green mango souring and slight tangerine twist. Floral-spiced citrus continuance gains vodka-like boozing (&% ABV) and crisp pine tones atop papery caramel malts.
OTHER HALF GREEN FLOWERS WEST COAST INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, semi-sharp West Coast-styled IPA retains brisk lemon-peeled yellow grapefruit and orange rind bittering plus light pining and mild herbage over sugared pale malts.
SMART ORGANIC IPA
Using organic barley-hops, Smart Beer became New York’s first organic brewery in 2016. Closer to a Brit-styled IPA with its dewy mossing and cellared fungi musk overtaking any bitter piney grapefruit expectancy – yet surprisingly diverting to dried-fruited raisin, prune and apricot sweetness. Molasses-honeyed sorghum syruping seems to coat the cocoa powdered bottom. A decent changeup.
