On tap at Taphouse 15, unconventional soft-toned IPA brings floral-perfumed passionfruit, lychee, pineapple and kiwi tropicalia to the fore as white-peppered lemon verbena, salty white grapefruit and gingery saffron pickup modest pine resin.
Perfectly streamlined Citra-hopped IPA brings sunshiny lemony yellow grapefruit spicing, salty guava souring, zesty pineapple tang and mandarin orange tartness to the surface in ‘pleasantly light-bodied” fashion. Slightest pine resin dries out at sedate pale malt bottom.
Bright tropical fruited thrust invites dry pine minting and perfumed juniper musk to sharply brisk lemony grapefruit bittering contrasted by peachy orange peeled pineapple sweetness and spunky spiced malt sugaring.
Tidy tropical fruited pizzazz! Sunshiny orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tanginess spreads across zesty lemon spritz and mild pine lacquering of lactose NEIPA. Hard-candied center emits slightly soured pineapple, passionfruit, guava, mango and ‘fuji apple’ tartness complementing brisk citrus zing over bready oats and wheat-flaked pilsner malts provide light base.
Approachable NEIPA with less briny guava-gooseberry souring and more lemony yellow grapefruit sunshine and zippy pineapple tang than typical stylish New Zealand-hopped fare. Prickly lemon seltzer fizz picks up subtle mandarin orange licks and slight vodka whir as mild pine lacquer drapes its frisky fruited frolic.
Sessionable summertime moderation enraptures with sunshiny yellow grapefruit bittering, spritzy orange peel sweetness, spry lemon zesting, tangy peach-pineapple-tangerine conflux and wispy coconut snips. A polite, easygoing, citric-hopped IPA.
Modest New Zealand-hopped (Nelson, Rakau, Motueka, Wai-ti) pale ale lets lightly salted guava-gooseberry tartness flow softly into lemony grapefruit sunshine and delicate pine tones above mild flaked oats.
Luxurious faux-rum fruited maibock tantalizes senses further with brisk floral spicing and creamy vanilla-daubed oats. Fruit salad-like tangerine, red grape, red cherry, mandarin orange, pineapple and peach tanginess plus lemony grapefruit sugaring spread across dewy midst as distant herbal hop musk stays beneath fruitful surface.
Spunky yellow fruited sunshine and zesty lemon spritz gain phenol hop spicing over white bread spine for decent summertime lawnmowing fodder.
Easygoing summertime softie. Bittersweet raspberry tartness penetrates hard-candied center as wispy floral perfuming and modest blueberry-boysenberry snips embrace blanched raspberry surface. Below its thinning out candy-coated berry mesh, light hop astringency and honeyed wheat sweetness gather.
On tap at Ambulance, nifty kettle-soured ale captures caramel apple essence while bringing salted lime pucker to the fore. Sprinkled brown sugar spicing contrasts cidery green apple tartness at the sweet butterscotch finish.
On tap at Taphouse 15, highly vinous lactose-free fruited sour ale blends sweetly sour mango pucker with bitter orange and tart passionfruit above leathery acidulated malting. Only true sour heads will delight.
