On tap at Taphouse 15, vibrant lactose-aided milkshake IPA plies tart pink guava puree salting and mild white pear sweetness to yogurt-soured vanilla creaming. Mild orange-juiced pineapple, grapefruit and mango tropicalia reinforces crisply clean Citra cryo hop briskness.
Sedately dry, politely centrist hazy NEIPA takes off with tart yellow grapefruit spicing rising softly above smooth oat-milked creaming. Mellow orange-peeled mango, guava, kiwi and passionfruit souring caresses dainty floral-daubed piney hop bittering as subtle grapefruit spell breaks.
Glazed tropical fruit juicing consumes floral-daubed pine resin of alcohol-heightened flagship IPA offshoot. Vodka-nipped orange, grapefruit, pineapple and peach tang plus salted mango-passionfruit-guava tartness stay way atop pasty malt sugaring.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, juicy pineapple tang and tart lemon meringue salting combine above floral-daubed vanilla creaming. Ancillary mandarin orange-spiced grapefruit, mango, peach and cantaloupe illusions sweeten the crystal malted back end.
On tap at Growler & Gill, sunny orange-peeled grapefruit pith bittering and zesty lemon brightener gain floral-daubed pine residue (and herbal tease) for sprightly straightforward Citra-hopped NEIPA.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, briskly clean watered NEIPA lacks clearly defined designation, relying too much on mellowed down lemony grapefruit, orange, pineapple and mango evenhandedness than any true vanilla-creamed “juice bomb.” Zesty floral-spiced lemon spritz bubbles above gentle barley-flaked crystal malting.
On tap at Ambulance, clean hazy beige yellowed NEIPA brings New Zealand-hopped white-wined grape esters to polite yellow grapefruit bittering, zesty lemon liming and resinous pine daubs above mild wheated oats in salty oceanic setting. Crushable summertime easygoer.
Gin-soaked pineapple, gooseberry and guava souring and mildly embittered yellow grapefruit tang show off New Zealand hop tropicalia fortified by sugary pale malt base.
On tap at Ambulance, supposedly “enigmatic” soft-toned dry body retains juicier citrus bittering and danker pine resin than usual IPA’s – but not as dramatically as advertised. Zesty yellow grapefruit and orange pith bittering contrasted by less profound lemon-candied peach, tangerine and pineapple tang.
On tap at Growler & Gill, subtle gin-soaked coconut flourish yields to stylishly sunny grapefruit-orange-peach tropicalia and mild floral-doused pining of Mosaic-hopped medium body (collaboration with Miami’s J. Wakefield).
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, lactic saison-styled IPA fermented with cryo-hopped Hamlin and mandarin orange relegates Orangina/Mimosa comparisons and honeysuckled orange blossom perfuming for gin-soaked citrus souring (and cat-pissed ammonia acidity) above raw oats-flaked pale malt neutrality.
On tap at Ambulance, sour lactobacillus yeast brings gose-inspired alderwood-smoked sea salting to oyster mushroom umami mossing and truffle-like earthiness guarding lemon-limed yellow grapefruit bittering of arid hybridized farmhouse ale enjoyed more by those with a taste for citric-laced oceanic salinity.