Initially labeled ‘Frostbite Pale Ale,’ crisp IPA gains luster as it pours. Floral-hopped red-fruited sweetness coats woodsy cedar-spruce-pine veneer and charred grain spine of coppery ale, gaining loud currant bitterness by creamy maple malt finish. Faraway apricot-tangerine-grapefruit delusion diminishes slightly over course.
