On tap at These Guys, briskly clean Citra-hopped India pale ale lets seltzer-fizzed lemony grapefruit-orange tang rise above grassy-hopped pine resin and sweet floral bouquet.
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RELIC FLAXEN FOAL DOUBLE DRY-HOPPED IPA
On tap at These Guys, citric dry-hopped India Pale Ale contrasts grassy-hopped lemon seed bittering and setback grain pungency against candi-sugared pilsner malting. Lighter than most stylish ‘Double IPA’s.’
OUTER LIGHT NINJA TRAIL GREEN TEA
On tap at These Guys, light springtime pale ale brings wispy green tea misting to citric-tart lemondrop hops and honeyed Vienna malts. Sessionable herbal tea fare.
VICTORY LIMITED LAGER
On tap at River Of Beer, updated 2016 All Malt Lager stays sessionable as sticky honey malt sweetness enhances perfumed citrus hops. Just too obvious and oblivious style-wise, perhaps.
VICTORY BLACKBOARD DRY-HOPPED BRETT PILS
On tap at River Of Beer, easygoing moderation utilizes subtle bacterial brettanomyces souring to affect light pilsner malts, dry-hopped earthen wood tones and wispy barnyard acridity. Lemony white grape illusions sneak in the back end.
GREAT LAKES TURNTABLE PILS
On tap at River Of Beer, sturdy Czech pils brings earthen grain malt pungency to light herbal-spiced Saaz hop bittering and subtle lemon restraint. Dank corn-flaked spelt, oats and wheatgrass influence affects baked bread spine.
LAKEFRONT HOP JOCKEY DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at River Of Beer, stylishly moderate Imperial IPA proves highly sessionable as delicate Citra-hopped grapefruit, mandarin orange and pineapple tang picks up caramelized crystal malt sugaring to contrast light pine-needled bittering as well as mild white pepper herbage.
CLIMAX 20TH ANNIVERSARY BARLEYWINE
On tap at River Of Beer, stylistically moderate barleywine stays silken as delicate caramel malting picks up light citric hop astringency to contrast red cherry sweetness and sugared fig resilience. Not as rich, creamy and resilient as brewers’ 15th anniversary celebrator, but ultimately fine nonetheless.
BRIX CITY GLORIA BELGIAN BLONDE ALE
On tap at River Of Beer, understated Belgian pale ale seemingly dupes gose-like beige haze, lemon spritz and salty lime bittering to embed stylish white-peppered grapefruit briskness (and subtle sugar-spiced banana undertones sweetening the back end).
RAMSTEIN PALE ALE
On tap at River Of Beer, 2016-debuted middle-of-the-road Bavarian American pale ale offers perfume-spiced citrus hops to mild earthen astringency. Laid-back lemony grapefruit tang saddles light wood-dried bittering. Serve to dismissive macrobrew relics as simply better alternative.
CARTON EDEN
On tap at River Of Beer, simple moderation works well as a low-alcohol table beer, but its jasmine-flowered grains of paradise adjunct loses luster as white-peppered lemon wisp tingles the tongue ever so gently above light pale malt spicing.
GIGANTIC GINORMOUS IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, magnificent soft-toned India Pale Ale boasts busy fruited flavor profile above resinous pine pungency and musky cannabis snip. Syrupy peach, mango, cantaloupe, honeydew, apricot and fig sweetness as well as honeyed caramel malts luxuriously contrast citric-pined hop bittering. A small step beyond the usual lemony grapefruit-orange West Coast-styled IPA’s.
