On tap at Triton, soft yellow-hazed New Zealand-hopped pale ale brushes tropical lemon-limed pink guava and mango salting against tangy grapefruit zesting, peachy pineapple zing and sweet floral daubs. Even some velvet ginger lemonade honeying passes thru fruity pale malt sugared moderation. Down Under-inspired pale ale betters most simpler, less vibrant American pale ales.
On tap at Triton, washed-out blood orange tartness and lemon-soured yellow grapefruit twang plus subtle pineapple fringe reach brusque resinous hop bittering over sugary pale malting.
On tap at Ambulance, unconventional New England-styled pale ale undercuts its salty guava-gooseberry souring, tangy orange-juiced pineapple zing and mild yellow grapefruit bittering with arid spelt-starched wheat dextrin. Musky herbal tinge slides thru musty sourly fruited finish.
On tap at Plank Pizza, unspecific English-styled pale ale lets nebulous orange-oiled dried fruiting nip at dewy fungi molding atop crystal rye malting.
Tidy lemon-splashed yellow grapefruit and orange peel zesting (neither tangy nor bitter) caresses resinous pine wisps and spicy pale malting of golden hazed (6% ABV) moderation. Another trusty IPA-hopped pale ale.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, musky orange-dried grapefruit, tangerine and apricot tartness subtly reaches honeyed oats-flaked wheat bottom, picking up musty hop resin.
Retaining the bright citrus nature of a dry IPA, brisk pale ale lets piney fruiting run thru musky hop phenols and arid pale malts. Lemony yellow grapefruit stead allows ancillary orange-peeled pineapple, green mango and papaya tropicalia to spread.
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry-hopped pale ale utilizes IPA-related Mosaic-Nelson-Simcoe hop conflux to forward freshly squeezed orange juicing, salted pineapple tang white grapefruit bittering and mild peach sweetness above buttery oated wheat.
On tap at Ambulance, tropical fruited straw yellowed moderation with mildly spiced caramel malt sugaring. Lemony pineapple bittering lingers softly alongside peachy tangerine-nectarine sweetness, mandarin orange pleasantry and ripe banana snip contrasting tannic green grape reminder.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, curious Nelson Sauvin-hopped pale ale better defined as a New England IPA-inspired pale ale (than a simple pale ale) since its yogurt-soured yellow and orange fruiting sits atop a creamily wheated oat base. Tart lemon meringue, sweet orange peel, bitter yellow grapefruit, tangy peach and papaya combine with limey Nelson Sauvin-inspired green grape tannins, salted guava and sour gooseberry as citric lemongrass herbage beckons.
Fancier fruited pale ale is well designed IPA derivation. Juicy grapefruit-peeled orange rind zestfulness embraces salty white wining and floral-spiced pineapple, mandarin and peach illusions plus mild gooseberry-guava snips as piney Amarillo-Centennial hop herbage gains mild cannabis resin to contrast bright Citra-Nelson Sauvin hop tropicalia above honey-malted French breading.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, ‘classic mash-up’ of red ale-like brown breaded amber graining and pale ale-like floral perfumed orange/ tangerine tang with lemony grapefruit pining of an IPA. Mild red apple, red plum and Bosc pear illusions add further impact, but the flow’s inconsistent.
