On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, enticingly tropical rum-spiced pineapple juicing and limey coconut sugaring re-create Pina Colada cocktail. Hazy beige-yellowed dessert allows sharp orange-peeled grapefruit tang to infiltrate Pina Colada sweetness.
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DECADENT POG NOG DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
Vivacious dry-hopped hazy-glazed New England-styled IPA collaboration with Bronxville’s Beer Noggin (and brewed at Dorchester Brewing) succeeds as a Hawaiian Island “tropical jubilee.” Juicy orange-peeled pineapple and guava tanginess gains zesty lemon verbena, yellow grapefruit, clementine and mango resilience as brisk Seltzer-like carbolics add sparkle. Lovely fruitful frontage enjoined by crystalline juniper-like gin bite, softly spruce-tipped pine sap, creamy vanilla spicing and finishing resinous hop linger.
BISSELL BROTHERS NOTHING GOLD
On tap at Ambulance, juicy tropical fruited yellow-hazed Imperial IPA proves rewarding. Zesty Equinox-Citra-Amarillo hop blend glazes tangy pineapple, sweet orange peel and lemony grapefruit with lacquered wood tones as well as dank earthen mustiness. Sugary oats-flaked honeyed pale malts candy-coat its fruity luster.
VICTORY MIGHTY THINGS IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, aggressive dry-hopped medium body offers yellow grapefruit-saddled orange, tangerine, peach and apricot tang to resinous piney hop astringency and herbal-spiced snips. Fresh-watered cleanliness provides glossy smoothness to soft-tongued citrus finish.
KANE OPEN WATER IPA
On tap at Plank Pizza, bright ‘n lively yellow grapefruit sunshine peeks thru sweet orange peel tang and brisk lemon bittering, kickin’ up a lively floral-bound citric spritz. Grassy hop astringency and dank pine snips contrast sugary pale malts.
SWIFTWATER ALPACA KISSES IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, tart “Fruit Loops”-endeared New England India Pale Ale with creamy head retention brings forth yellow grapefruit, lemon rind and orange peel bittering heaped upon large wood contingent and grassy hop astringency to contrast less resilient pale malt sugaring.
STONE SCORPION BOWL IPA
Irresistible medium-bodied India Pale Ale relies on sharp tropical fruiting to resonate above resinous hop pining and wispy floral herbage. Sunny orange-bruised grapefruit, pineapple, peach, mango and tangerine tang picks up browned pear-apple sweetness above biscuity cereal-grained sourdough bottom. Recessive chamomile, hibiscus and jasmine illusions flutter softly.
FOUNDERS TRIGO HOPPY WHEAT LAGER
On tap at Plank Pizza, crisply clean hopped-up India Pale Lager relies on floral-bound tropicalia to carry the load above musky wheat-dried grassiness. Spoiled lemony grapefruit-orange souring and salty herbal retreat try confronting tangy tangerine-pineapple-mango tropicalia, but its sweet side wins out.
HOBOKEN CITYSIDE IPA
Sharp yellow grapefruit tang gains brisk orange juicing and dry pine tones for zesty medium body. In the recess, sugary pale malts contrast herbal juniper nip.
BARRIER / ASLIN NO RULES, ONLY RECOMMENDATIONS LIME & COCONUT INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, dryly tropical lime and coconut-soaked collaboration with Virginia’s Aslin Beer Co. Salt-licked limey souring puckers mild coconut milking, leaving lactic imprint upon laidback grapefruit, curacao orange and tangelo snips. Somewhat unconvincing IPA hybrid needs to push the coconut forward.
CZIG MEISTER SUNDIAL SERIES: SUNSET SHERBET SOUR IPA
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, lovely magenta-hued moderation conditioned on raspberry, lime and orange zest receives mild Citra-Mosaic hop spritz. Candied lemon-limed tartness energizes slightly acidic fruited sourness above light oats-wheat malting. Liquid sherbet gone sour.
CARTON / INTERBORO FAT MAD MONKEY IMPERIAL WHEAT ALE WITH LACTOSE & MULBERRY
Pleasant mulberry-juiced wheat ale collaboration with Interboro utilizes light lactic acidulation to enliven sharp hop-spiced grapefruit-peeled orange tang. Subtle mulberry tartness also influences ancillary lemon-licked pineapple, peach and mango tropicalia for bright medium-bodied venture.
