On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, zestful Citra-Mosaic-hopped dessert conditioned on key lime, cinnamon and vanilla tannins picks up lacquered crayon waxing as vodka-nipped lemon-limed rosewood bitters consume the backend.
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EREDITA DILIGIENCE DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, brisk Northwest-styled IPA remits bittersweet lemony grapefruit-peeled green guava, passionfruit and lychee brining plus tangy tangerine-clementine splurge spackled by waxy clay hops.
OTHER HALF ALL CITRA EVERYTHING DDH IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, clean lupulin powder oiling zaps yellow-hazed double dry-hopped IPA. Lightly salted yellow grapefruit, mandarin orange and tangerine shimmer glistens thru spicy pale malt sweetness to combat dank cannabis pungency.
ICARUS CAMEL CLUTCH IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Taphouse 15, heavily oated creaming tingled by salty green grape tannins, sour gooseberry-guava tartness, pineapple yogurt milking and mild mandarin orange sweetness in grassy dry-hopped citrus hop stead.
NEPENTHE SPACE JELLYFISH INDIA PALE ALE
Juicy tropical abundance of double dry hopped NEIPA forwards zesty lemon thrust to tangy orange-peeled grapefruit and pineapple zing before letting salty mango-guava-papaya conflux add sour edge. Grassy hop resin, herbal residue and mild pine burrow into lacquered citrus finish. Creamily oated rye base stays firm.
NEPENTHE JELLYFISH HATCHLING LITTLE IPA
Sessionable tropical IPA sways to the New England side as salted citrus souring and creamily honeyed oats fortify zesty moderation. Muted lemon lime brining, delicate grapefruit-peeled orange tang and tart green grape, guava, papaya and kumquat souring pick up minor herb-licked pine resin, retaining subdued fruited bitterness at the silken yogurt-milked finish.
NEPENTHE CRYOMANCER WEST COAST STYLE IPA
Cryo-hopped Cascade, Centennial and Chinook varietals bring salt-licked herbal citrus spicing to dry wood tones and mild alcohol burn. Lemony grapefruit and pineapple tang lingers pleasantly.
CATSKILL DEVIL’S PATH IPA
On tap at Growler & Gill, hazy straw IPA soaks salty grapefruit zesting, bruised lemon souring, limey guava bittering and candied peach tartness with waxy crayon-like hop lacquering seeped into resinous pine spine.
EQUILIBRIUM VITAMIN M (SEA) 3
On tap at Growler & Gill, Einstein’s relativity theory saluted by steadfast West Coast-styled IPA that relays lemon-limed yellow grapefruit, orange rind and pineapple bittering to herbal-tinged pine tones contrasting spicy pale malt sweetness. Beneath the tropical citrus surface lies dank earthen tones.
DESTIHL HAWAII FIVE ALE
On tap at Roots Brewing, tropical paradise is reached by muted tropical fruiting as peachy pineapple and guava salting plus reserved coconut buttering ride atop sugared crystal malting. At times reminiscent of a sweetly soured Margarita, salty citrus-juiced daiquiri, rummy pineapple crush cocktail and peach cobbler pie.
GHOST HAWK BALATON CHERRY WHEAT
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, faded sweet-tart cherry influence dulled out over pallid white wheat base. Balaton cherry stead picks up lemon-puckered green grape tannins for dry fruited finish.
MORTALIS HYDRA: JAHMBA JELLY DONUT
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, thickly creamed pastry-like Smoothie with bubbling purplish goo hue retains sweet-tart powdered jelly donut likeness as pureed strawberry, boysenberry and raspberry adjuncts penetrate deeply to its doughy acidulated wheat bottom. Tertiary red grape, black cherry, blackberry, pineapple and passionfruit illusions further enrich lusciously tart marshmallow-fluffed fruit bowl.
