On tap at Hoover’s Tavern (from pink handle), easygoing Citra-Sultana-Sabro-hopped NEIPA takes a “powerful spin” on original Pulp Art circa ’23. “Bolder and juicier,” its orange-peeled grapefruit tang zings lemon-limed passionfruit, mango and guava salting plus peachy clementine sweetness in lightly creamed oated wheat setting. Dank cannabis resin and mild dry pining secure the tropical delight.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, delicate double dry-hopped NEIPA with drifting lemony orange and grapefruit tang plus mild pineapple juicing settles slightly above resinous pine tones and given a teasing herbal tea spot.
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned NEIPA combines New Zealand lupulins as limey gooseberry, guava, passionfruit, papaya and mango salting of Nelson/Wai-iti hop combo invites floral-fruited Wakatu hop tropicalia and peachy Galaxy hop pineapple tang to the Down Under party. In the midst, juniper-licked orange rind embitterment contrasts sweet saffron, tart lemon meringue and winey white grape illusions.
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned golden-hazed NEIPA retains tropical Fruity Pebbles appeal as ripe peach, salted mango, lemon lime, tangy pineapple, green guava and coconut milk fruitiness receives crayon-like hop waxing and light resinous pining over oats-flaked malting.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, lemony orange rind and yellow grapefruit bittering sidles candied pineapple tang over herbal honeyed malts, leaving mild pine resin and distant grassy astringency on the backend.
On tap at Triton – Long Beach Island, vibrantly silken summertime NEIPA bridges sunny orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tanginess into salty Nelson Sauvin-hopped gooseberry, green grape and guava souring and tart Motueka-hopped lemon liming as well as juicy mango, pineapple, peach and tangerine snips above vanilla-creamed wheated oats. Slightly pungent floral herbage and mild evergreen minting daub the frothy fruitiness.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, middling NY/CT collab dangles warbly lemon zesting, restrained grapefruit-peeled orange bittering and salty mango-papaya conflux atop oats-flaked rye malting, picking up resinous cannabis oiling.
On tap at Ambulance, soft ‘hop-forward’ double dry-hopped IPA retains sour lemon herbage and salty yellow grapefruit bittering contrasted by lemon verbena sweetness, picking up lemongrass, herbal tea and floral illusions.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, tart lollipop-candied fruited sour lets coconut-toasted marshmallow sugaring seep thru salted pineapple tang and cara cara orange sweetness. Lemon meringue piquancy and sourly green grape esters add further depth.
On tap at Ambulance, dry sea-salted liming contrasts lemonade sugaring as bruised orange tartness seeps into sour watermelon rind eruption. Weird adjunctive melon mix also includes mild lavender, green tea, hard cider and crabapple illusions.
On tap at Triton, delicate orange-peeled coriander sweetness picks up lemon meringue tartness and mild herbage as creamy vanilla froth hits the lips.
On tap at Ambulance, mildly acidic mixed fermentation farmhouse ale lets clementine juicing get aged by bitter and sweet orange peel, grapefruit peel and lemon peel, gaining pinot grigio wining, leathery green grape tannins and sour lemon pucker.
