Signature Jersey Devils IPA utilizes mellow grapefruit-peeled Mosaic hop influence, mildly tart citric-spiced Lemon Drop hop spritz and wayward mandarin orange-wisped Huell Melon hop serenity for soft-tongued light body. Delicate pale malt spine and sedate wood tones keep it subtle.
On tap at Centre Street Public House, sessionable pinkish amber-hued sour IPA stays thin as plum, blueberry and hibiscus adjuncts delicately fade over evaporative pale malts. Desiccated plum, subtly bitter blueberry and indistinct floral illusions get bland for light, arid, 4% alcohol fare.
On tap at Plank Pizza, delicate pumpkin pie spicing wispily gains zesty lemon spritz above dry pale malt grid in clean watered setting. Beneath the spare gourd surface, light herbal notions contrast subtle sugared spicing. Underwhelming but crushable.
On tap at Beef Trust, ‘sour brown quad’ aged 12 months in red wine barrels imparts mildly acidic lemon-limed grape vinegaring to contrast sweet raisin, dried prune and plum illusions as well as maple-sugared sideswipe.
On tap at Center Street Public House, lavishly designed saison lets dry-hopped Cascade and Mandarina Bavaria lupulin oiling furnish orange marmalade, tangerine and lemon zest zing to sweet banana-clove respite and delicate oats-flaked pale malt spine. Wispy melon rind, pear and cantaloupe illusions add to fruitful pleasantry.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, frothily pink-headed, ruddy-bodied sour saison aged on raspberry gains vinous lemon-limed acidity. Raspy raspberry vinaigrette souring spreads across sharp green grape, cranberry and cider illusions as well as light beechwood-smoked tinge. Worthy.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, raspy wit benefits from lightly creamed Belgian yeast candi-sugaring, sweet banana-bubblegum-clove rampage and lively coriander-spiced orange peel spunk. In the backdrop, lemony white-peppered herbage seeps into sharp grapefruit bittering and tangy peach-pear-melon reminders.
On tap at Beef Trust, disparate hybridized hefeweizen brings lactic-milked peach and cinnamon adjuncts to sharp lemony orange tang and mildly soured gooseberry, guava, green grape and green banana tropicalia with fine results. Citric-enhanced cinnamon spicing aids peach yogurt template. Not far removed from a sour IPA.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, mellowly soured pale ale utilizes Huell Melon hops to provide pivotal melon rind, muscat grape, prickly pear and candied lemon tartness for upfront grapefruit rind bittering, wood-dried Amarillo hops and mellow mandarin orange tease. Closer to a sour IPA, perhaps.
On tap at Taphouse 15, ‘crushable’ pale ale stays dry as woody Simcoe-Amarillo hops saturate sunnily citric Cascade hops. Mellow grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering gains spritzy lemon twist over grainy pale malt bed.
On tap at Centre Street Public House, straightforward flagship moderation brings toasted amber graining to dry Cascade hop astringency in familiar pale malt-spiced fashion.
Crisply smooth pearly-headed amber yellowed light body brings Mexican-styled corn cereal sweetness and maize-flaked astringency to sour lemon-rotted malt liquor snag without getting stifled by musky hop-oiled rye graining.
