On tap at Poor Henry’s, creamy oats sugaring, lactic yogurt souring, pasty herbal hop grouting and earthen dewiness enjoin peach-glazed grapefruit, orange and tangerine tanginess for mossy English-styled Americanized IPA.
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DECADENT STRAWBERRY FRENCH TOAST
On tap at Poor Henry’s, swaggeringly hybridized IPA truly knocks off sweet breakfast treat. Powdered sugar glaze seeps into syrupy strawberry-honeyed French Toast splendor, hiding its stylish lemony grapefruit-orange tropicalia beneath the surface. Recommended to sweet-toothed fanatics.
FLYING MONKEYS JUICY ASS IPA
On tap at Hoover’s, crisply clean-watered medium body freshens tongue with grapefruit-juiced tangerine, passionfruit, pineapple and peach tang as well as zesty lemondrop souring above dry pale malting. Mildly resinous floral-herbed hop dankness gains grassy astringency to fend off piney citrus finish. In the can, ‘sassy’ semi-sharp Canadian IPA lets grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and ancillary tangerine, pineapple, mango and passionfruit tang receive danker piney hop resin.
18TH STREET SEX AND CANDY INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Beef Trust, hard-candied sour fruited entry lacquers peach-glazed orange tang, bittersweet grapefruit-pineapple juicing and musky pine tones over rye-like pale malting.
MODERN TIMES ORDERVILLE MOSAIC IPA
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, ‘aggressive’ Mosaic-hopped hazy New England-styled IPA stays crisply clean. Juicy tangerine tang leads the way for lemony grapefruit, mango and peach regalia above biscuit pale malting. Mild dank wood resin soaks into tropical fruiting.
FOREIGN OBJECTS TRANSGRESSION CULTURE: WETTER GRAVITY
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, amber-hazed New England-styled IPA pits honeyed tropical fruiting against citric-dried Azacca hop bittering. Syrupy sweet mango, nectarine, cantaloupe and pineapple perfuming guarded by spicy pale malting against dank wet-grained pine tones.
CRICKET HILL CITRITA SESSION IPA
On tap at Beef Trust, wort-derived kettle hops lacquer lemony mango assertion, bitter grapefruit zesting and sour gooseberry snip with crayon-like waxing above pilsner-bound white wheat malts.
DISTRICT 96 TEST LAUNCH IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, hazy amber-yellowed New England-styled IPA lets salted tropical fruiting pick up oats-flaked barley flouring and sour yogurt respite. In the midst, dry lemony grapefruit rind bittering tops mild herbal resonance while tertiary peach-mango-apricot conflux adds sweet sidestep.
BREAKSIDE WANDERLUST INDIA PALE ALE
Lacquered wood tones soak lemony grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and floral-spiced over celery-watered pale malt dryness. Juicy citrus zest glides thru the clean pine-needled midst. Tertiary peach, pineapple and mango illusions add further tropical splendor.
BALLAST POINT GRAPEFRUIT SCULPIN IPA
On tap at Hoover’s, signature Sculpin IPA given headlining grapefruit tartness to combat moderate lemon-bruised juniper bittering. Tangy citrus continuance guides lemon-bruised grapefruit zesting thru light piney hop resin.
HARPOON THE CRAIC IRISH RED IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, dewy dry-spiced amber grain toasting and laid-back caramelized chocolate malting of an Irish Red Ale meets the piney red-orange fruiting of an American IPA. Below the surface, leafy hop musk contrasts dried-fruited pecan snag. A cheerfully wayward St. Patty’s Day treat.
GUN HILL FRIEND ZONE IMPERIAL TIRAMISU STYLE ALE
Eccentric pastry-styled blonde ale gathers ground coffee bittering for creamy vanilla-glazed powdered sugaring of splendid Tiramisu knockoff. Coffee-caked center gains orange blossom-honeyed influence as well as cannoli, nutmeg and eggnog illusions (and infrequent black pepper burn).
