Brisk Oktoberfest brings musky barnyard graining and dry flaked maize to doughy biscuit spine as lemony floral-spiced herbage plus mild green grape, grapefruit and green apple tartness add murkily fruited aspect.

On tap at Taphouse 15, impressive puffy white-headed yellow-hazed NEIPA utilizes Citra-Mosaic hops to inform soft-toned orange peel sweetness, yellow grapefruit bittering, peachy pineapple tanginess and lemon meringue tartness given mild juniper-licked pine resin over frothily creamed oated wheat base.

On tap at Taphouse 15, fine 8% ABV Imperial IPA with murky straw yellow glow lets waxy tropical fruiting and light floral spicing ride atop oated wheat creaming. Sedate lemon-peeled white grapefruit and orange pith bittering greets salty pineapple-mango-guava souring of Nelson Sauvin-hopped moderation

Tidy tropical fruited pizzazz! Sunshiny orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tanginess spreads across zesty lemon spritz and mild pine lacquering of lactose NEIPA. Hard-candied center emits slightly soured pineapple, passionfruit, guava, mango and ‘fuji apple’ tartness complementing brisk citrus zing over bready oats and wheat-flaked pilsner malts provide light base.

Approachable NEIPA with less briny guava-gooseberry souring and more lemony yellow grapefruit sunshine and zippy pineapple tang than typical stylish New Zealand-hopped fare. Prickly lemon seltzer fizz picks up subtle mandarin orange licks and slight vodka whir as mild pine lacquer drapes its frisky fruited frolic.
