Dry pumpkin ale brings earthen gourd/ squash influence to sharp ginger herbage and muted cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice seasoning. Underwhelming 2018 autumnal release.
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SHEBEEN SMOOTHIE SHOP MILKSHAKE IPA
Creamy café-styled New England IPA caresses juicy Citra-hopped fruitiness with piquant vanilla beaned sweetness. Polite grapefruit-embittered orange peel tang shines brightly above bready pale malt base. Orange-sugared vanilla creaming recalls a Creamsickle. Mild Banana’s Foster, tangerine and peach illusions show up at the vibrant citrus finish.
SLOOP (NO) PUMPKIN
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, inscrutable anti-autumnal golden-hazed India Pale Ale boasts no seasonal pumpkin spicing but retains soured tropical fruiting and fungi-shadowed cucumber watering. Despite advertised blackberry boysenberry and grape influence, tartly soured mango-guava-pineapple illusions, lemon-rotted lime zest and wispy Sauvignon wining gain traction over light piney hop dankness. A weirdly eccentric hybridized IPA sour ale fans may grasp.
WEYERBACHER MEAN SQUEEZE INDIA PALE ALE
Crisply brisk East Coast-styled IPA lets sharp hop-spiced citrus zest spread across light pine resin and wispy floral herbage. Juicy grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang replete with ancillary mango, peach, tangerine and melon illusions above dainty caramelized oats.
POCONO RHUBUS RASPBERRY IPA
Tart raspberry adjunct given sharp orange-peeled grapefruit pith bittering and piney hop resin (indicative of an India Pale Ale). At the finish, mild strawberry rhubarb and berry tea illusions graft its polite raspberry piquancy.
WYNDRIDGE NEW ENGLAND STYLE IPA WITH HONEY
Honey-dipped, double dry-hopped, New England-styled, golden-hazed India Pale Ale retains candied caramel glaze for tangy orange-peach, grapefruit, mango and pineapple juiciness. Along the way, brown pear and apple illusions dot the honeyed tropical fruiting. Resinous piney hop bittering stays mellow.
CONSHOHOCKEN TYPE A INDIA PALE ALE
Straightahead West Coast-styled IPA offers lively citrus-derived Cascade hop briskness to mild pine resin. Floral-spiced pineapple juiciness pervades pleasant orange-peeled grapefruit bittering. Biscuity pilsner malts lighten the backend.
BOLERO SNORT IN A CHINA SHOP TAVALON IPA
Askew dry-hopped IPA with peach and Tavalon oolong tea (and bright hazy golden hue) retains a busy mix that takes time to fully unfold. Sharp IPA fruiting brings yellow grapefruit-seeded orange peel bittering to earthen black tea influence and mild peach tones. Floral-tinged sage, bay leaf and parsley herbage lightly integrates with brisk citric hop profusion above gentle rice-flaked white wheat backbone.
SUSQUEHANNA HOPCELLERATOR IPA
Rustic olfactory musk infiltrates moderately embittered West Coast-styled IPA, leaving mossy earthen dryness upon floral-wafted Citra-Cascade-hopped citrus tang and spritzy tropical fruiting as mildly piney Simcoe-Amarillo-hopped dankness increases. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit zestiness and mild mango-guava-papaya nuances linger above pale malt spine.
SUSQUEHANNA ORANGE IS THE NEW ALE – BLOOD ORANGE JUICE
Tangy blood orange juicing gains candied tartness and sweet vanilla smidge, nearly recalling a less sugared Creamsickle or spritzy soda pop. Ancillary tangerine ripeness reinforces blood orange adjunct.
ANDERSON VALLEY CHAI SOLSTICE
‘Variation of Anderson Valley Solstice” adds cardamom, star anise and vanilla to orange-peeled ginger, black-peppered herbage and sugary crystal malts, creating a honeyed chai tea experience. Tertiary chestnut, chamomile and cinnamon illusions add further complexity of worthy medium-bodied herbal spiced mélange.
2ND ACT BIG CABIN COFFEE SAISON
On tap at Sogo, cream-sugared roasted coffee overtones never ambush maibock-styled sour lemon peel bite and sweet orange peel tang settling above Maris Otter/ pilsner malting. Judicious coffee stimulation gains dark chocolate, cocoa, espresso and hazelnut illusions to contrast lingered acidic hop esters.
