On tap at Taphouse 15, fourth annual Breast Cancer Awareness month brew stays straightforward stylistically. ‘Pillowy soft’ hazy NEIPA brings juicy orange-grapefruit tang to grassy hop astringency above sugary caramel malts.
BROOKLYN PULP ART HAZY IPA
Maybe the most easygoing, soft-toned, dry-bodied NEIPA ever. Misty grapefruit-peeled mandarin orange and clementine sparkle, subtle lemon-limed pineapple zesting and floral-spiced caramel malting contrasted sparingly by teasingly bitter pine needling. On tap at Rebar – Lodi, pop art-inspired tropical zester stays briskly clean as lemony orange-tangerine tang receives dry hemp-like hop resin above papery pale malt spine.
ICARUS CRASHING DOWN IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry hazy IPA coalesces citric white-wined Nelson Sauvin hops with earthen black tea-like Cryo Idaho 7 hops above heavily oated pale malts. Easygoing grapefruit-seeded orange rind and lemon pith bittering picks up tangy sentiment.
EQUILIBRIUM SOUTHERN LIGHTS DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, tartly tropical fruited medium body tempers Nelson Sauvin-hopped candied papaya, white grape, guava and pineapple thrust with Galaxy-hopped peach, orange and tangerine illusions as well as Enigma-hopped Pinto Gris tannins and green apple souring.
URBAN LODGE GIANT SEQUOIA DOUBLE IPA
Glass-sugared grapefruit, orange and tangerine tang plus spicy pale malting pick up gluey cheap vodka grouting. Unspecific East meets West moderate-to-medium body.
SHORT THROW WHITE VAN VIBEZ
On tap at Taphouse 15, vodka-licked lemon, grapefruit and orange zesting plus dank pine smidge ride atop pasty pale malt buttering. Tertiary papaya, pineapple and guava tropicalia adds vibrancy.
KANE INDICATORS INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, crisply clean dry-bodied NEIPA brings vodka-nipped yellow grapefruit-embittered orange rind sedation to juniper-licked coniferous hop pining and mild dried grass astringency contrasting honeyed oats sugaring. Ancillary peach, pineapple and mango tropicalia add to plentiful fruitfulness.
KANE BEACH SWELL INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, worthy ‘little brother’ of Wind Swell IPA allows waxy grapefruit-orange-pineapple tang to juice-up the front end atop wheat-honeyed oats base, subsuming mild epoxied hop grouting.
KANE TECHNICOLOR SUNSET INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dry moderate-medium body regales slightly soured Nelson Sauvin-hopped passionfruit, guava and mango tropicalia plus zesty Citra-Mosaic-hopped Grapefruit, orange and pineapple tanginess as well as lemon-sugared floral daubs to affluent pale malting.
KANE FRESH HOT COAT INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, soft pilsner malted moderation places clean Cryo-powdered Mosaic-Citra hop tropical fruiting over delicate oated wheat base. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit, peach, pineapple and mango juicing remains smoothly laid-back.
URBAN LODGE COASTAL REDWOOD IPA
“Crushable” Citra-Mosaic-hopped moderation (Giant Sequoia Double IPA’s baby brother) retains vibrant grapefruit-sugared lemon zesting. Sunny citrus serenity gains candied tangerine-pineapple tang and light juniper-berried gin snip.
TORCH & CROWN BREAKSHOT INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Schatzi’s – Poughkeepsie, zestful lemony grapefruit bittering and sharp orange peel tang pick up sugary pale malt spicing and herbal snip for centrist yellow-hazed, cumulous-headed moderation.
