Conditioned on blueberry puree with moderate lactic acidity, double dry-hopped (Mosaic-El Dorado) Imperial IPA stays tart as candied glaze usurps gin-soaked blueberry frontage as well as tertiary cranberry, boysenberry and crabapple scrum, leaving cinnamon-spiced Graham Cracker base a tad compromised. In deep recess, floral lei and rose pedal nuances wade thru waxy fruited lacquering.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry hazy IPA utilizes ‘Southern Hemisphere’ hops (Nelson Sauvin/Galaxy/Strata) to allow sour guava-gooseberry tartness to infiltrate lemon and orange rind-embittered grapefruit tanginess, resinous piney insistence, dry herbal perfuming, sharp juniper bite and earthen musk atop wispily creamed oated wheat. A bitter hophead delight.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, juicily grapefruit-forward NEIPA receives lemony herbal respite, tart passionfruit-guava whim and dry pine bittering but lacks stylishly sour New Zealand hop edge and enough oated wheat malts to deepen its easygoing profile. Genetically modified thiolieze yeast softens tropical fruitedness.
Spunky West Coast IPA flagship loads cryo-hopped tropical fruiting over dry pale malting in briskly clean water setting. Mildly musky floral-spiced Citra/Mosaic-hopped lemon rind, grapefruit peel and orange pith bittering reinforced by currant-dried juniper bittering, dank Chinook/Simcoe/Amarillo-hopped pine resin and salty black peppered herbage.
Soft-toned, double dry-hopped, nickel-hazed IPA allows mild lemony grapefruit bittering and peachy mango-guava tang to float above frothy vanilla-creamed oated white wheat base. Lemon meringue, orange marmalade and advertised ‘guava jelly, mango chiffon cake and coconut milk’ illusions flutter gently.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, fizzy lemon liming nearly obscures banana-clove sweetness to its creamy sourdough wheat base. Yet a certain sinewy honeyed yeast clouding thickens its texture (as sharp cider sneaks in).
On tap at Pompton Craft House, outstanding adjunct blonde ale allows toasted almond and coconut to sway lightly creamed milk-sugared vanilla sweetness as fizzy lemon pizzazz brightens pleasantly soft-toned moderation. Distant honeyed granola, spice cake and lemon coconut almond cake illusions flutter.
Crisply clean beach time light body with salty lemon spritz prickling dry pale malting. Soft-toned orange, grapefruit and pineapple tang picks up herb-spiced tingle. Sessionable.
Sturdy Brit-styled dry pale ale lets mild creamy vanilla froth linger softly for gentle caramelized whiskey sweetness, dry Scotch spot and salted pale malt buttering as fizzy lemony orange spritz prickles the tongue. Totally demure and quite satisfying for all moderate bodied thirsts.
Polite caramelized amber grain roast set in dewy peat moss picks up crisp tobacco leafiness bettering latent orange-oiled phenol spicing. Serve to Killians Red fans as slightly better alternative.
On tap at Growler & Gill, easygoing ‘classic’ dry lager with spritzy Citra-Cascade-hopped lemon fizz reaches honeyed cereal graining and flaked corn crisping. Briskly sessionable.
On tap at Taphouse 15, crisply clean German-styled pilsner sidles wildflower-honeyed lemon rind bittering with musky mineral graining, doughy white breading, grassy Noble hop mustiness and mild black peppered herbage.