Tropical lactose-sugared Imperial IPA plies tart pineapple-tangerine juicing and mango-salted coconut cream to light pine resin for slight Pina Colada resonance.
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BIG STORM BROMOSA TANGERINE IPA
Softly creamed tangerine tartness spikes bubbly champagne yeast of modestly orange-juiced Mimosa cocktail. Lemon-seeded white grapefruit bittering lingers just below orange-twisted tangerine tang at the midst, picking up subtle oaken vanilla tannins and brittle hop herbage to its dry pale malt base.
UNTITLED ART HAZIER TRIPLE IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, bittersweet floral-daubed orange peel zesting engages mild peach, pineapple, tangerine and mango tanginess and piney hop lacquering above dry pale malt stead of straightahead moderate-medium body.
ROSS DOUBLE EDGED IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, vibrant orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, peach and mango tang reinforced by light floral spicing that contrasts its mild pine dirge.
SIXPOINT SMOOTHIE HAZY IPA
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, proudly hop-juiced moderation retains ‘smooth’ consistency as lemony orange zesting tingles light spruce-tipped piney hop dankness. Tropical pineapple-mango-peach-tangerine-grapefruit tang stays subtle.
2SP UP UP AND AWAY NEW ENGLAND IPA
On tap at Ambulance, peach-candied lemon lollipop tartness awakens briskly Mosaic/Cascade-hopped moderation. Mildly herbal Simcoe-hopped pine resin contrasts gentle wheated oats sugaring.
CARTON PUNCH LAST TRIPLE FRUIT PUNCH IPA
On tap at Beef Trust, tropical fruit punch brings tangy pineapple, mango and strawberry adjuncts to musky floral-perfumed respite above pasty oats-flaked white wheat malt base. Wispy orange, tangerine and mandarin illusions waver.
FAT ORANGE CAT SHE DRIVES A SECOND GENERATION FOUR DOOR PLYMOUTH SATELLITE NEIPA
On tap at Beef Trust, lemony grapefruit-juiced mango, guava, pineapple, peach and papaya tropicalia spreads thru floral-perfumed spicing, resinous pine tones and mild vanilla creaming in clean icy setting.
SLOOP CLOUD JUMPER IPA
Dry golden-hazed, cumulous-headed NEIPA stays soft as zestful lemony pineapple tropicalia shines upon ancillary mandarin orange, passionfruit and mango illusions, picking up pine-lacquered hop herbage above oats-sugared flaked wheat.
THREE FLOYDS 50 MILLION DOLLAR MAN DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Taphouse 15, bright grapefruit-peeled orange zesting and ancillary mango-guava-pineapple tropicalia pick up floral-perfumed spicing, mild grassy herbage and brisk pine tones above honeyed pale malting of lively hazy yellowed West Coast IPA.
GREAT LAKES TROPI COASTAL IPA
On tap at Beef Trust. Despite tropical label, its muskily cologne-perfumed lemon oiling, pithy dry-spiced orange desiccation and sour grapefruit-guava-passionfruit blur never fully integrate with wet hop absorption compromising the murky caramelized barley base. Nebulous.
ABITA LOUNGING IGUANAS HAZY IPA
Rum-licked pineapple zesting, coconut toasting and marshmallow creaming burrows mildly lingering yellow grapefruit-peeled lemon rind bittering. But phenol acidity dissolves early spirit, soaking up the sugar-rimmed cocktail entry.