On tap at Bonnie & Clyde’s, brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing gains sharp citric hop tinge while cinnamon-sweetened nutmeg and gingerbread ride above Graham Cracker wheat base.
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EVOLUTION JACQUES AU LANTERN BELGIAN STYLE PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Bonnie & Clyde’s, honey-glazed Belgian yeast affects mild pumpkin-spiced cinnamon licks and wispy nutmeg-clove-ginger-allspice seasoning above its delicate amber grained spine. Distant banana, cherry and berry fruiting sweetness caresses pumpkin pie spiciness.
(MASS BAY) UFO PUMPKIN
Richer and headier than most UFO series, Harpoon’s Pumpkin Ale now gets canned under Mass Bay Brewing. Sweet brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing counters less prominent earthen gourd vegetalia and muted herbal hop pungency. Sharp cinnamon spicing gains ginger, clove, allspice and nutmeg seasoning as well as raw vanilla tannins.
GREAT NOTION MANGO JB DOUBLE IPA
Brightly juiced grapefruit-sugared mango tang gains yogurt-soured vanilla creaming to contrast pineapple-candied orange marmalade tartness and vodka-spiked peach pie sweetness while mild pine licks counter honeyed pale malting beneath surface of rounded NEIPA. Perfect mango madness.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS IMPACT WRENCH TRIPLE INDIA PALE ALE
Impactful hazy golden ‘dank and dense jungle’ supersizes brewers’ original Wrench with 10% ABV nipping at its mildly embittered lemony grapefruit-pineapple-orange tang, milky peach yogurt souring, salty guava tartness, wispy floral-spiced sweetness and light spelt-grained oats base for zestful tropical fruited utopia.
GRIMM LIGHT YEAR DOUBLE IPA
Vibrant moderation brings zesty grapefruit sunshine, polite orange rind bittering, salty pineapple tang and spicy floral herbage to dank pine resin for demure IPA.
MAGNIFY HOP GRAVY DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Beef Trust, salted Nelson Sauvin-hopped guava-gooseberry-pineapple tartness, Mosaic-hopped green grape tannins and yogurt-milked citrus souring ride atop mildly dank Amarillo-Simcoe-hopped pining of briskly tropical fruited medium body.
MAGNIFY SPRUCE JUICE IMPERIAL IPA
Vibrant spruce-tipped coniferous lacquering provides wintry holiday-inspired vigor to zesty citrus juicing above Maris Otter-malted wildflower honeyed oats. Syrupy spruce caramelization gains piney hop bittering, botanical juniper-ginned fern minting, dark floral whims and cologne-like snip for lemony orange-grapefruit enthusiasm.
NEW TRAIL FLANNEL WEATHER HAZY DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Bonnie & Clyde’s, salty yogurt-soured guava, gooseberry and white grape souring curtails zesty orange-peeled grapefruit sunshine and herbal whim above mild oats-flaked malting of hazy NEIPA.
NEW TRAIL SOMETHING DEEP AND MEANINGFUL HAZY DOUBLE IPA
Juicy grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang enjoins zesty lemon splurge over peppery hop herbage to guide deeply golden hazed soft-tongued IPA. Below surface, salty guava-gooseberry souring plays possum alongside peachy nectarine-mango-papaya whims.
FORT NONSENSE IN FULL EFFECT HAZY IPA
Sessionable lightly hazed golden-hued NEIPA receives laidback Simcoe-Amarillo-Citra-hopped grapefruit, orange and pineapple pleasantry, mildly spiced dry herbage and desolate wood tones above white breaded oats bottom. Another easygoing gem.
FORT NONSENSE REGOLITH: SEEK FOR ELDORADO
Conservative creamy-headed NEIPA with sunny yellow grapefruit moderation and milder tangerine-pineapple-mango-orange tropicalia gains lightly embittered piney respite and minor alcohol ethers over earthen wild oats base. An easygoing reliever.
