On tap at Growler & Gill, slow sippin’ English-styled barleywine reveals rustically dry complexion thanks to soily earthen dewiness and reedy wood tones contributed to Black Dirt malting. But its caramelized maple syruping adds contrasting sweetness alongside tertiary mango, peach and orange illusions, giving 10% ABV medium body its proper counterbalance.
On tap at Ambulance, celebrating ’77 Cadillac Seville with a double dry-hopped IPA, streamlined moderate-to-medium body brings mellow yellow grapefruit, mandarin orange, white peach and nectarine tang to herbal-tinged grassy hop astringency.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, winning New England-styled IPA brings semi-complex mango-soured orange peel bittering to the fore as tropical passionfruit, guava and peach illusions gain wispy piney hop bittering, floral-daubed herbal notions and light lemon twist.
On tap at Ambulance, busily hybridized bronze-hazed “triple” IPA brings sharp grapefruit-peeled orange pith bittering to cucumber-watered watermelon rind adjunct. Dry pale malt foundation firmly grounds bitter citrus-influenced watermelon frontage and subtle mango-guava-kiwi tropicalia. Possibly the most adventurous and rich watermelon-fronted fruit ale circa 2018.
Easygoing Northeast-styled IPA with briskly clean-watered freshness offers zesty orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tang, mild resinous hop bittering and wispy lactose acidity above delicate oats-dried wheat spine. Spritzy lemon licks brush up against subsidiary mango-peach-pineapple tropicalia. A sunshiny citric hop-dolloped moderation.
Delightful copper-hazed medium body brings tangy tangerine essence to the fore, outmaneuvering more stylishly rigid orange-peeled yellow grapefruit and pineapple respite. Sharp citric hop bittering contrasts and underscores juicy tangerine sweetness. Effervescent fruit ale for summertime gazing.
Mildly embittered yellow grapefruit peel essence and zesty lemon perk sweetened by navel orange, peach, pineapple and tangerine tang as sunshiny Citra hop tropicalia outdoes piney Chinook-Simcoe-hopped herbal nip.
On tap at Ambulance, sessionable pale-yellowed moderate-to-medium body plies dainty yellow grapefruit, mandarin orange and tangerine tang to mild barley-flaked oats and serene piney hop bittering.
On tap at Growler & Gill, inspiring lactose-sugared IPA relays vanilla milkshake sweetness to stylish orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, tangerine and peach juiciness plus mild piney hop resin. Delicate coconut-toasted white tea influence induces perfumed shaving cream waft that slightly redirects its Creamsickle-like vanilla-sugared orange tanginess. A fine dessert-related IPA hybrid.
‘Summery’ IPA renders mellow blood orange-pureed tartness for lemony orange rind bitterness and brisk grapefruit-peeled tangerine, pineapple and peach tang. Light piney hop astringency beckons (alongside possible chamomile tea wisp) as zesty lemon-wedged blood orange adjunct lingers softly.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, tropical-fruited New England-styled IPA takes advantage of citric-dried Zythos hop influence. Tart lemon-dropped grapefruit, mandarin orange, passionfruit and melon tones pick up grassy astringency. Summery aspirations.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, dryly tropical bovine-named hybrid (in collaboration with Jersey’s Bolero Snort) utilizes lychee-pureed lemon zest to perk up peppery cologne-perfumed spicing to its sweet wheat spine. Smoothly clean dry-fruited finish breaks out tertiary white grape, strawberry, guava, passionfruit, pear and peach tones to backup tart kaffir-limed lychee seduction.
