Well balanced hazy golden Citra-hopped Imperial IPA (not far removed from an NEIPA with its yogurt-milked wheat oats creaming). Bittersweet orange-peeled grapefruit zesting picks up tart guava-gooseberry souring to contrast less emphatic peachy nectarine splash for dry medium body.
On tap at Growler & Gill, everchanging tropical fruit punch recipe (’23 version) submits peachy pineapple and mango tanginess to lemony yellow grapefruit bittering, salty lime tartness, slightly sour green grape/guava/lychee combo and subtle white peppered herbage above mildly honeyed oats-flaked Maris Otter malting that contrasts lacquered pine drift.
On tap at Taphouse 15, brightly tropical Strata hops allow lightly salted mango-pineapple zesting and frisky orange peel tanginess to enter the slightly sharp fruited fray as ‘sweet basil’ hides beneath pale malt dryness.
On tap at Taphouse 15, hazy golden West Coast-styled IPA utilizes dryly citric pine toned Simcoe hops to reach lightly creamed New England-styled IPA oated wheat base. Mild wood-parched yellow grapefruit and orange rind bittering picks up lightly salted herbal misting.
Jersey harvested hophead delight brings briskly bright tropical fruiting to dank pine lacquering over mildly creamed oated wheat base, gathering juniper-bitten herbal nips for its boozy finishing phenols. Bitter orange rind and yellow grapefruit pith juicing thrusts forward alongside the gooey hop resin of a piney-citric West Coast IPA. Not as yogurt-milked or lemony guava soured as most NEIPA’s – so call it a tidily embittered New England/Pacific Northwest hop-centric pairing.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, piney citric double dry-hopped IPA bounces Citra/Mosaic hop zesting against piney Simcoe hop herbage and mild floral daubs. Brisk orange-peeled yellow grapefruit rind bittering gains sweet mango, tangy pineapple and distant cantaloupe-melon conflux for trusty tropical medium body.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, pale yellow hazed IPA plies lightly citrus-spiced Citra/Mosaic/Idaho 7 hop combo to musty pine resin and salty herbal nips. Lightly embittered lemon rind, orange pith and white grapefruit zesting relegates dry pale malt bottom.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, musky orange-dried grapefruit, tangerine and apricot tartness subtly reaches honeyed oats-flaked wheat bottom, picking up musty hop resin.
On tap at Growler & Gill, soft-toned, sun-glowed, lightly yellow-hazed moderation sidles (Citra-hopped) lemony grapefruit and mandarin orange zesting next to (Mandarina Bavaria hopped) salted guava tartness. Mild floral spicing joins delicate citrus continuance above dry pale malting.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar. Retaining only some of the resilience of original Nugget Nectar, this bigger version ups the Simcoe hopped piney dankness but defers the spruce tipped insistence, lowers its honey-spiced fruiting and allows light white peppered perfuming to enter the fray.
Durable hazy golden pale ale dupes New England IPA’s yogurt-milked wheated oats creaming and tart gooseberry-guava souring to serenade vibrant citrus rasp of richer stylistic departure. Lemony orange bittering lets mild spruce licks, subtle juniper swoon and delicate floral spicing penetrate the off-dry tropical fruited surface.
Zestful pineapple-juiced grapefruit tanginess and sharp orange rind bittering roll into slightly dank resinous pine-licked evergreen minting above dry pale malts.
