On tap at Taphouse 15, vodka-licked lemon, grapefruit and orange zesting plus dank pine smidge ride atop pasty pale malt buttering. Tertiary papaya, pineapple and guava tropicalia adds vibrancy.
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KANE INDICATORS INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, crisply clean dry-bodied NEIPA brings vodka-nipped yellow grapefruit-embittered orange rind sedation to juniper-licked coniferous hop pining and mild dried grass astringency contrasting honeyed oats sugaring. Ancillary peach, pineapple and mango tropicalia add to plentiful fruitfulness.
KANE BEACH SWELL INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, worthy ‘little brother’ of Wind Swell IPA allows waxy grapefruit-orange-pineapple tang to juice-up the front end atop wheat-honeyed oats base, subsuming mild epoxied hop grouting.
KANE TECHNICOLOR SUNSET INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dry moderate-medium body regales slightly soured Nelson Sauvin-hopped passionfruit, guava and mango tropicalia plus zesty Citra-Mosaic-hopped Grapefruit, orange and pineapple tanginess as well as lemon-sugared floral daubs to affluent pale malting.
KANE FRESH HOT COAT INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, soft pilsner malted moderation places clean Cryo-powdered Mosaic-Citra hop tropical fruiting over delicate oated wheat base. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit, peach, pineapple and mango juicing remains smoothly laid-back.
URBAN LODGE COASTAL REDWOOD IPA
“Crushable” Citra-Mosaic-hopped moderation (Giant Sequoia Double IPA’s baby brother) retains vibrant grapefruit-sugared lemon zesting. Sunny citrus serenity gains candied tangerine-pineapple tang and light juniper-berried gin snip.
TORCH & CROWN BREAKSHOT INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Schatzi’s – Poughkeepsie, zestful lemony grapefruit bittering and sharp orange peel tang pick up sugary pale malt spicing and herbal snip for centrist yellow-hazed, cumulous-headed moderation.
MAINE WOLFE’S NECK INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Schatzi’s – Poughkeepsie, soft pine-lacquered grapefruit-orange rind bittering gains grouty edge as slightly sour mango-guava tartness reaches wispily dank earthiness.
KCBC NIGHTMARE ON TROUTMAN STREET RED IPA
On tap at Schatzi’s – New Paltz, curious amber-grained red ale with fruited IPA attributes such as dank pine resin and sharp hop spicing makes for ghoulishly ethyl 6.66% ABV Halloween divergence.
AMORY’S TOMB / LOST SHOE THE ADVANCEMENT OF INTERESTS VOL. II
Unique mixed-cultured, gin barrel-aged Belgian strong pale ale with murkily orange yellowed turbidity lets oaken vanilla tannins tease briny limed pineapple zesting and mild yellow grapefruit bittering. Floral-herbed juniper berry influence provides clean gin resonance.
MAGNIFY BLUE LEMONADE R & R
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, lactic fruited kettle sour with distinct mint green hue loads briny lemon-limed blue raspberry tartness upon acidulated malts, leaving mild cranberry, lingonberry and strawberry illusions in its wake. A sharper, sourer blue raspberry lemonade.
HAMBURG BERRY BERRY SNEAKY! FRUITED SOUR
On tap at Schatzi’s – Poughkeepsie, salted raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry and cranberry adjuncts coalesce for lightly limed oaken cherry souring as wispy lactose-sugared marshmallow sweetness sweeps thru briny berry tartness, latent citrus zesting, dry rosé sparkle and Zinfandel champagned pep of lightly acidic pinkish amber moderation.
