On tap at Growler & Gill, mild double dry-hopped Imperial IPA stays mellow. Lemony grapefruit-peeled orange, clementine and tangerine tanginess reclines into resinous pine tones as fizzy citric spritz tickles the nose.
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TOPPLING GOLIATH ZEELANDER INDIA PALE ALE
Modest hazy yellowed light body brings bright lemon-peeled mandarin orange tingle to mild oats malting. Slightly salted Nelson Sauvin-hopped gooseberry and guava tartness as well as herbal marigold tinge tucked away below sedate citrus tang.
BONESAW SQUEEZINS DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Beef Trust, zestfully centrist bi-coastal IPA briskly combines hazy New England-styled tangerine/navel orange tang and distant sour green grape esters with aggressive floral-perfumed piney citrus bittering of lemony grapefruit-affixed West Coast variant.
WOODSTOCK RIP ANIMATIC
On tap at Growler & Gill, understated NEIPA placates mild citrus tang with light vanilla creaming and oats flaked caramel malts. Salted yellow fruiting slowly picks up delicate passionfruit, juniper and gooseberry snips.
FLOUNDER FRED THE IPA
Easygoing moderation with persuasive floral-daubed yellow grapefruit spicing, delicate lemon-limed zesting and resinous pine needling receives lightly creamed crystal malt sweetness.
DEVIL’S CREEK JUST IPA
Tamped down red-orange fruiting combines with celery-watered rustic amber graining above glass-candied pale malt pasting. A milder, less bitter, more centrist IPA.
HUDSON VALLEY CATHEDRAL
On tap at Growler & Gill, impressive sour IPA dangles mildly tart peach-fuzzed strawberry adjunct and vanilla-creamed milk sugaring atop delicate flaked oats base. Pez-candied strawberry tartness and peachy lollipop dollop maintain slight sour edge knocked back a tad by sweet coconut shavings. Another finely tuned Hudson Valley sour ale.
ALLAGASH STARLING WIT
Swarming with frantic flavonoids, herbal-cologned lemon zesting receives coriander-spiced Curacao orange peel sweetness and white-peppered ginger adjunct, picking up ancillary basil, parsley and juniper licks over its white bread bottom. Despite pallid yellow cleared appearance, this one’s stylistically bold and ambitious.
FORGOTTEN BOARDWALK FLYING FORTRESS CREAM ALE
Straightforward dry-hopped cream ale lets Indian corned maize astringency gather pasty porridge-oated pilsner malts and mild honeysuckle herbage as slightly sour lemon fizz adds bubbly effervescence to moderate-bodied fare.
DROWNED LANDS TILTH SAUVIGNON BLANC SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, dry mixed culture Sauvignon Blanc-derived farmhouse ale aged in oak foeders retains leathery green grape esters. Lightly acidic white wining seeps into limey green apple, white peach, passionfruit and pomegranate souring.
THREE FLOYDS CHERRY CANUS INVERTUS FLEMISH RED ALE
On tap at Ambulance, lemon-fizzed sour cherry pucker sustains sharpness as mild lime-salted acidity and vinous oak tannins prop up sour edge of dryer than expected Flemish red ale.
CATSKILL FREAK TRACTOR SOUR (MODEL #14)
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, zesty grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering gains mild white-peppered herbage, wavered piney respite and earthen barnyard desiccation over honeyed pale malts (for latent followup to 2015’s Model #1). Wispy brettanomyces yeast souring stays subtle despite wild ale styling.
