Straight-ahead and mildly tempered. Polite citrus spicing overlays gentle wood-dried grassy hop astringency, leaving wispy yellow grapefruit, orange and pineapple zesting.
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BRIX CITY BORN UNDER PUNCHES INDIA PALE ALE
Billowy white-headed yellow-hazed moderation retains soft-tongued salted fruiting as peachy pineapple-grapefruit-orange tanginess receives zesty lemon briskness and herbal-tinged grassy hop astringency in mannered IPA setting.
TROEGS INDEPENDENT HAZE CHARMER HAZY PALE ALE
Fine IPA-like ‘hazy pale ale’ delivers lemony pineapple-candied peach, orange and nectarine tang to mild white pine resin, delicate grassy hop astringency and sweet floral spicing over honeyed oats spine.
TORCH & CROWN RAINMAKER PALE ALE
On tap at Draught Industries, IPA-like floral citrus perfuming weaves thru zesty lime rasp. Lemony grapefruit bittering, tart gooseberry licks and dank pining stay subtle.
SOURCE APOPHENIA PALE ALE
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry straw wheat grain musk seeps into floral-bound lemon herbage, dank cannabis resin, wood chipped saw-dusting and grassy hop astringency.
CAPE MAY COCOCABANA COCONUT PALE ALE
On tap at Beef Trust, sharp orange-peeled grapefruit zesting overrides toasted coconut sweetness contrasting lemony hop astringency of dry pale malted moderation.
WOLTERS WEIZEN
Laidback dried fruiting, understated banana-clove sweetness and spiced toffee sugaring gain relegated raw-honeyed astringency and wispy white-peppered herbage as prickly carbolic fizz tickles tongue. Mellow prune, plum and raisin influence needs to be thrust forward more succinctly.
BENT WATER PEARL WHEAT ALE
“Conservative” moderation’s glutenous wheat pasting trickles thru lightly lemon-spiced Perle hop neutrality and apple buttered cider snip in slick mix.
FOUNDERS OKTOBERFEST MARZEN
Standard leafy hop-oiled orange spicing and sweet Vienna malting stay subtle above toasty bread crust bottom, picking up wispy caramelized apple-cherry snips.
GREAT LIFE MARZEN MADNESS
On tap at Ambulance, dewy raw-honeyed caramelization greets wavered apple-skinned orange spicing and autumnal leafy hop astringency.
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE CLASSIC LAGER
On tap at Birdsall House, engaging traditional pale lager utilizes sweet corn adjunct to contrast mild straw-dried lemon peel bittering and herbal respite above pale malt-spiced caramelized wheat base in light-bodied setting.
SCHILLING SCHALEN LAGER
On tap at Draught Industries, unfiltered springtime ‘hoppy lager’ (with thin pale clear hue) waveringly shuttles candied lemon tang, musty herbal dryness and mild piney hop bittering (of an IPA) to pasty raw-honeyed pale malting.
