On tap at Growler & Gill, smooth double dry-hopped version gains sunnier fruited hop profile for milder earthen pine resin and wispy herbal notions. Tangy lemon zest and sweet grapefruit spicing awaken tart peach, orange marmalade, tangerine and tangelo illusions.
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SINGLECUT ARE YOU READY STEVE?
On tap at Bonnie & Clyde Pub, busy India Pale Ale named after the opening line to Sweet’s “Ballroom Blitz” makes a sharp impact. Though moderate-medium-bodied, its tangy mango, peach, papaya and orange cornucopia shines thru loud and clean, picking up mild pale malt spicing and candied black cherry illusions to contrast lightly embittered lemon-dropped yellow grapefruit tartness, piney hop dankness and wispy herbaceous licks.
HOP CONCEPT CITRUS & PINEY DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Cloverleaf, “bold” orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering, zesty lemon splurgeĀ and dank resinous pine lacquering contrast honey-spiced tropicalia. Tangy tangerine, peach and pineapple sweetness dissolves fusel alcohol acidity.
MAGNIFY WORK THE SYSTEM INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Sogo, sessionable golden-cleared moderation brings crisp, clean-watered orange peel and grapefruit rind bittering to biscuity caramel malts. Mild alcohol burn felt at brisk citric-hopped finish.
MAGNIFY FROOT JOOSE
On tap at Sogo, lactic kettle-soured, amber-hazed IPA brings lemon-soured orange rind bittering to the fore as casual Citra-Amarillo hop bittering, spicy pineapple illusions and mild herbal pined tones gather below. Stylishly rich and dramatic.
MAGNIFY SURPRISE SURPRISE IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Sogo, moderate double dry-hopped summertime Hawaiian punch gains sweet floral bouquet over time. Lemon-honeyed orange, tangerine, mango, pineapple and grapefruit tang contrasts mild piney hop resin.
MAGNIFY DR. CITRA
MAGNIFY SMUGGLER INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Sogo, hazy beige-yellowed medium body offers rangy spice-prickled fruit cocktail to mildly pine-embittered Citra-Simcoe hop spot. Grapefruit, orange, mango, pineapple, tangerine and guava illusions abound.
HALF ACRE BEER HATES ASTRONAUTS CITRA IPA
On tap at Ambulance, jubilant comic strip-inspired medium-full body utilizes piney-fruited Citra hops to create zesty tropical juicing for sweet Vienna malting that contrasts briskly musked pine needled bittering. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit, tangerine, mango, peach and pineapple zestiness retains sunny radiance.
LAWSON’S FINEST LIQUIDS SUPER SESSION #2 ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, sessionably low-alcohol dry body places dry-wooded Amarillo hop fruiting alongside earthen hemp musk. Lemony peach, guava, orange and grapefruit tropicalia stays crisp and clean.
902 SINGLE HOP SERIES: AMARILLO IPA
Rotating hop series (brewed for can at Andean) features woody Amarillo variety. Soft-tongued moderation provides sunny lemon-grapefruit-peach tang above wheat cracker spine. Dry pine hops soak up celery-watered salting at its lightly soured citrus finish.
PIPEWORKS BLOOD OF THE UNICORN HOPPY RED ALE
“Aggressively hopped” amber ale proves assertive as 8.5% ABV soaks dry orange, grapefruit and apple fruiting as well as sweet peach, pineapple and mango tang above creamy caramel malts. Resinous piney hop oiling and whiskeyed rye malts provide added depth and dimension for Medieval Times-inspired medium-full body.