Utyilizing a big malt and hop bill, dark-roasted kilned coffee and dry Baker’s chocolate linger above ashen wood-smoked hop char. Thick mocha-smoked presence gains persistent tobacco-chawed bittering and sly rye malting over time.
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GIGANTIC HIGH VOLTAGE WINTER IPA
Stylishly meandering medium-bodied IPA adds mild wintry spicing to caramelized apple nicety and evenly billed pear, pineapple, grapefruit and orange fruiting as dry chocolate-y nuttiness placates honeyed crystal malting.
BOMBSHELL END OF THE LINE IPA
Bitter piney fruited expectancy enriched by barley-honeyed Vienna malt bill. Zesty orange, pineapple and tangerine fruiting gains mildly pined Chinook hop dryness in fine fashion.
BANDED HORN VERIDIAN IPA
On tap at Russell House Tavern, smooth dry-bodied IPA utilizes ‘honeyed granola’ sweetness to contrast grassy wood-toned Chinook hop astringency and lemon-peeled orange rind bittering above light barley-crisped base.
KNEE DEEP BREAKING BUD IPA
Polite hop-forward India Pale Ale lets lemon-oiled orange peel, grapefruit, pineapple, mango, peach and tangerine tang sink into dank piney hop bittering. Wheat-flaked cereal graining and crystal malt sweetness battle back oncoming alcohol astringency.
(SHIP BOTTOM) STUPID PADDLE BOAT INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, crisply clean IPA lets grassy Citra hop bittering take the reins as its lemony grapefruit rind bite lingers alongside dry hop-charred pine dankness. Brisk carbolic prickle adds Seltzer-like spritz.
MIKKELLER WAVES (BOLGER) INDIA PALE ALE
Illuminating golden-hazed medium body brings perfumed yellow grapefruit, navel orange, mango and lemon tanginess to mildly creamed caramel malting. Resinous piney hop bittering gains herbal respite and earthen tea dankness.
MIKKELLER CARE TAKER NEW ENGLAND STYLE INDIA PALE ALE
Bolder New England-styled IPA leaves yellow grapefruit, pineapple, orange and mango tang upon serious pine lacquering. Sunny lemon zest brightens the load as proper stylistic hop astringency gains strength.
ABITA BIG EASY IPA
Thin dry-hopped IPA allows brisk lemon peel adjunct and mild lime tang to create pleasant, but insubstantial, up-front flavor profile. Mild floral pining and grassy earthen hops slink below delicately fizzy lemon-limed fluff. Easy drinking, yes, but nearly vapid at the finish.
LAMPLIGHTER STARDUST IPA
On tap at Grafton Street – Cambridge, soft-toned beauty lets floral perfumed fruiting shine above mildly creamed pale malting. Tangy orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, peach, mango and nectarine juiciness picks up resinous piney hop bittering as well as mild gin-like juniper snip.
LAMPLIGHTER SOUND & VISION – RASPBERRY
On tap at Russell House Tavern, tart raspberry adjunct gains zesty lemon souring, vinous green grape esters and oaken cherry pucker, remaining soft-toned and approachable. Recessive herbal fungi mustiness fades.
MAINE ZOE
Amazingly prolific brown-clouded full body goes way beyond simple amber ale tag. Hoppier stylistic profile ignites IPA-like grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering, resinous pine nuttiness and mild chocolate raisin sweetness above burnt-breaded barley roast. An Imperial Amber, perhaps?