On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, venturous farmhouse ale loads limey bergamot zest and floral lemon sunshine upon black peppered herbage in soft pilsner malt setting. Coriander-seeded cilantro, mums and oregano notions seep into Huell Melon-hopped gooseberry/guava tandem and Lemondrop-hopped citron juicing as desiccated Saaz-hopped barnyard leathering brings a dry spell.
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FINBACK FAT MANGO STICKY RICE INDIA PALE ALE
Super-hazed orange glow matches vibrant pineapple-juiced mango tang of exquisite NEIPA. Juicy mango tropicalia gains oaken vanilla tannins as well as yogurt-soured coconut milking and green grape esters over its sweet sticky rice bed. Latent peach, guava, papaya and agave illusions punctuate magnificent mango madness.
NEW JERSEY BEER CO. MANGO ON MY MIND INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, briskly sharp double dry-hopped milkshake IPA drops midrange pulpy mango tartness upon lactic vanilla creaming as limey Cashmere-hopped lemon zesting greets grapefruit-peeled orange tanginess and tertiary passionfruit, pineapple, guava and peach snips in a waxy juicy fruited vodka-nipped setting. Impressive.
TOPPLING GOLIATH DOLPHIN SPARKLES DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
Sunshiny West Coast IPA retains sharp Citra-hopped yellow grapefruit briskness and sweet orange peel zesting as well as Nelson Sauvin-hopped green grape esters above pasty pale malting. Dank pine resin surfaces at the midst alongside tangy pineapple-mango-peach auxiliary.
CAPE MAY SEACHEST NEW ENGLAND-STYLE IPA
On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, sharp tropical fruit spicing glides above rye-flaked honeyed oats malting of dry-hopped NEIPA. Brisk orange-peeled yellow grapefruit zesting subtly embraces limey pineapple-coconut tandem and tangy peach whim.
TORCH & CROWN UPSIDE
On tap at Growler & Gill, zesty grapefruit-juiced orange tang fronts honeyed pale malt spicing of NEIPA-styled moderation. Sunny citrus stead soon gains gentle peach-pineapple tandem, glassy vodka-licked silkiness and lacquered pine resin.
CZIG MEISTER NEW ENGLAND STYLE CALESCENT
Penetrative lemony grapefruit zesting contacts oaken vanilla bittering in mildly lactic NEIPA environs. Sharp orange candied tartness picks up intensity as wispily soured papaya, passionfruit and guava tropicalia and resinous pine tones flutter.
FOUNDATION FLIGHTS OF FANCY
Semi-sharp Citra-Mosaic-hopped yellow grapefruit salting and oily pine resin stay crisply clean above passively oated pilsner malts.
NON SEQUITUR THIS IS ME NOW NEW ENGLAND IPA
Politely unassuming NEIPA places lightly salted yellow grapefruit bittering above herbal-nipped pale malts as mild mandarin orange tartness and salted pineapple whim check in. Subtle champagned orange juicing brings teasing Mimosa snip.
BRADLEY FROM MAKING DREAMSICLES INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, lemony grapefruit zesting rides above milk-sugared vanilla sweetness in delicate oated wheat NEIPA setting. Sessionable though briskly sharp Citra-Mosaic-hopped moderation stays juicily fruitful.
BRIX CITY ORIGINAL JUNGLIST
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, rangy moderate-bodied Imperial IPA places orange-peeled lemon oiling and salted mango-pineapple-passionfruit tropicalia atop dankly pined herbal notions for zesty easygoing summertime sunshine.
COMMUNITY BEER WORKS SPRUCE HORNSBY DOUBLE IPA W/ SPRUCE TIPS
“Intense floral citrus” brightener liltingly levels off for refreshingly spruce-tipped evergreen serenade (reinforced by woodsy Chinook-Columbus hop blend) above creamy crystal malt pasting. Lemony orange-peeled yellow grapefruit sunshine and pineapple candied tartness effervescently merge.