Profound vegetal-herbed India Pale Ale extends stylistic boundaries with positive results. Tart green tomato-like naranjilla adjunct brings light celantro-peppered wisp, limey rhubarb twist and neutral celery crisping to daintily spiced grapefruit-orange tang. Just another interesting IPA offshoot.
Well-balanced medium body (in a can) brings brisk citrus pining and pale malt stimulance to sweet cookie dough center. Sharp citric hop bittering and grassy residue never outdo summery orange-peeled lemon zesting. Tangy pineapple, grapefruit, tangerine and cantaloupe undertones sweeten the core.
New ‘Colorado-styled’ year round offering (2015) stays mellow and crisp. Floral-daubed tropical fruiting and light pine resin seep inside honeyed wheat spine. Easygoing Mosaic-Cascade hop influence sharpens lemony orange, grapefruit, pineapple, tangerine, peach and passionfruit tang over fresh mountain water base.
Lively West Coast-styled IPA shines bright as sunny lemon zest awakens ruby red and yellow grapefruit tang as well as candi-sugared crystal malting above mild pine resin. Sweet orange-peeled pineapple, tangerine, clementine, mango and peach tones contrast dank hemp-oiled hop bittering. Smooth, clean, refreshing.
On tap at Ambulance, exclusively consigned India Pale Ale explores dryer aspect of piney citrus style. Light wood parch seeps into tart lemon-seeded orange rind bittering, brisk yellow grapefruit tang and subtle sugar spicing above mild pale malting. Lightly pined earthen musk found at crisp citrus finish.
On tap at Jimmy’s No. 43, light citric-pined Centennial hop resin affects floral orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering and dank earthiness contrasting candied fruit sweetness above crisply cracker-like malt spine.
Floral-spiced citrus overtones from Amarillo hops ride above sugary cookie dough malts. Sweet orange peel zest overtakes ripe red plum, peach, grapefruit and berry illusions as well as tertiary pineapple, mango and melon tropicalia. Dank hop resin brings mildly alcohol-burnt ashen astringency to the fruitful finish.
Mild tropical fruited IPA regales Ruby Red and yellow grapefruit rind bittering with soily grassy-hopped pungency to contrast sugary crystal malting. Floral-daubed pineapple, mango, tangerine, guava and kiwi tang provides tropical fruitcake finish, gaining resonant lemony grapefruit respite during the elongated aftertaste.
Leaning more towards the moderate side, well-balanced India Pale Ale evenly blends sweet tropical fruiting, stylish citric hop bittering and caramel-toasted cookie dough malting. Sugar-spiced pineapple, red grape, tangerine, mango and peach tang contrasts grapefruit-peeled orange rind bitterness and reddy hop wood tones.
Nearly as powerful as its wild animal moniker, allowing pungent citrus piquancy, burnt rye breading and distant pumpernickel souring to contrast floral-honeyed tropicalia. Strong grapefruit-peeled pineapple bite emboldens the resinous hop bittering while less prominent navel orange, red grape, peach and tangerine tang sweetens the hibiscus tea-like backdrop of devasatingly robust India Pale Ale.
On tap at Craft House, distinctly wet-hopped British-styled India Pale Ale brings dewy minerality to reedy wood tones, dry-spiced fig and mild herbal nuances. But its meandering flavor profile lacks definition.
On tap at Mahwah Bar & Grill, approachable moderate-to-medium-bodied India Pale Ale will please lighter thirsts with its amiable grapefruit-orange-pineapple fruiting, light pine influence and silken sugar malt creaming. Muted floral herbage masked at juicy citric-hopped finish. On tap at Plank Pizza, floral-wafted pineapple and yellow grapefruit tang picks up plum-sugared mango, peach, papaya and melon sweetness as well as herbal tea snip. In canned version, brisk clean-watered IPA surges forth with tangy orange-peeled yellow grapefruit juicing, picking up pineapple, mango and peach illusions over lightly creamed pale malt sugaring.
