On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, straight-ahead amber-hazed moderation brings lightly creamed caramel toasting and floral hop spicing to sharp red-orange fruiting. Pleasingly sugar-spiced peach, red apple, ruby red grapefruit, clementine and tangerine tang never relents.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, centrist American pale ale utilizes nationalistic Superman motif to describe sessionable lawnmower fare. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit bittering brings IPA appeal to sweet red cherry, mango, pineapple, melon, blood orange, mandarin orange, tangerine and passionfruit tang. Resinous grassy-hopped floral spicing and restrained pale malting pick up subdued raw wood tone beneath the fruited surface.
Nearly as powerful as its wild animal moniker, allowing pungent citrus piquancy, burnt rye breading and distant pumpernickel souring to contrast floral-honeyed tropicalia. Strong grapefruit-peeled pineapple bite emboldens the resinous hop bittering while less prominent navel orange, red grape, peach and tangerine tang sweetens the hibiscus tea-like backdrop of devasatingly robust India Pale Ale.
On tap at Craft House, distinctly wet-hopped British-styled India Pale Ale brings dewy minerality to reedy wood tones, dry-spiced fig and mild herbal nuances. But its meandering flavor profile lacks definition.
Marginal fruited lager suffers from washed-out blueberry tartness and dissipated blueberry waft as Seltzer-like carbolic fizz drowns out any pale malt influence. Bland hop phenols receive mildly acidic metallic astringency.
Refreshingly smooth white-peppered citrus hop pining, sweet orange peel briskness and saffron-spiced coriander sugaring set the mood. Lemon zest, mandarin orange, navel orange, mango, tangerine and peach illusions gain candied pineapple spree and delicate floral bouquet above mild biscuit backbone. Fresh-cut grass, reedy wood tones and herbal peppercorn respite provide contrasting dryness. Centrist-minded veteran brewers hit one right down the middle with one of the best springtime White IPA’s ever.
Laughing bear on label matches cheery experience quaffing amiable amber yellowed medium body (with billowing champagne-headed yeast sentiment). Initial citrus splurge picks up stylish banana-bubblegum-clove sweetness above caramelized wheat malts. Brisk carbolic thrust heightens lemony grapefruit tartness and sweet orange peel briskness at sugar-spiced fructose finish.
Sessionable summer saison (sub-categorized as a Belgian grisette) stays gentle on the tongue as billowy pearl head crackles over its pale yellow body. Rustic barnyard-dried ‘hayseed’ minerality, wild oats graining and floral-spiced herbage reign alongside white-peppered lemon zest. Spritzy carbolic fizz crackles with lemony yellow grapefruit, passionfruit and lime souring. On tap at Ambulance, light springtime grisette (a milder Belgian saison) retains dried lemon musk and barnyard-like hay rusticity. Gently salted carbolic fizz soothes out astringent citric acidity.
Indecisive Old World pale ale with soft water flow brings mossy ESB-like earthiness to moderate IPA-derived citric bittering, saison-inspired sour fruiting, herbal hop snip and nutty respite (flattening out over time). Recessive sour orange marinade contrasts peachy navel orange sweetness and light biscuit-y pilsner malting provides delicate base.
Fabulous ‘hoppy pilsner’ (posing as a pale lager) brings cereal-grained flaked rice sweetness, delicate sugar spicing and grassy hop respite to mellow citric fruiting. Lemon meringue tartness, navel orange tang, green grape acidity and wafting florality spread across the biscuit-y malt spine of light-bodied perfection.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, superb fruited Imperial Stout loads sweet orange peel tang onto dark-roasted black chocolate fudging, debittered black malting and mild wood-charred Columbus hop astringency. Like a mocha-sugared Orange Crush soda, its syrupy chocolate richness positively affects the juicy citrus intrigue. Belgian chocolate spicing, vanilla-beaned cocoa nibs bittering and chocolate-covered black cherry whim increase depth of devastatingly robust and totally enjoyable dessert beer.
On tap at Draught Industries, highly regarded tropical hybrid brings toasted coconut shavings to stylishly sharp piney-fruited bittering. Mild Pina Colada sweetness adorns tangy pineapple resonance and advancing grapefruit-peeled orange rind bitterness. Raging citric overtones allow alcohol acidity to burn its way into the gluey plastique aftertaste.