Honey-dipped, double dry-hopped, New England-styled, golden-hazed India Pale Ale retains candied caramel glaze for tangy orange-peach, grapefruit, mango and pineapple juiciness. Along the way, brown pear and apple illusions dot the honeyed tropical fruiting. Resinous piney hop bittering stays mellow.
Straightahead West Coast-styled IPA offers lively citrus-derived Cascade hop briskness to mild pine resin. Floral-spiced pineapple juiciness pervades pleasant orange-peeled grapefruit bittering. Biscuity pilsner malts lighten the backend.
Askew dry-hopped IPA with peach and Tavalon oolong tea (and bright hazy golden hue) retains a busy mix that takes time to fully unfold. Sharp IPA fruiting brings yellow grapefruit-seeded orange peel bittering to earthen black tea influence and mild peach tones. Floral-tinged sage, bay leaf and parsley herbage lightly integrates with brisk citric hop profusion above gentle rice-flaked white wheat backbone.
Rustic olfactory musk infiltrates moderately embittered West Coast-styled IPA, leaving mossy earthen dryness upon floral-wafted Citra-Cascade-hopped citrus tang and spritzy tropical fruiting as mildly piney Simcoe-Amarillo-hopped dankness increases. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit zestiness and mild mango-guava-papaya nuances linger above pale malt spine.
Tangy blood orange juicing gains candied tartness and sweet vanilla smidge, nearly recalling a less sugared Creamsickle or spritzy soda pop. Ancillary tangerine ripeness reinforces blood orange adjunct.
‘Variation of Anderson Valley Solstice” adds cardamom, star anise and vanilla to orange-peeled ginger, black-peppered herbage and sugary crystal malts, creating a honeyed chai tea experience. Tertiary chestnut, chamomile and cinnamon illusions add further complexity of worthy medium-bodied herbal spiced mélange.
On tap at Sogo, cream-sugared roasted coffee overtones never ambush maibock-styled sour lemon peel bite and sweet orange peel tang settling above Maris Otter/ pilsner malting. Judicious coffee stimulation gains dark chocolate, cocoa, espresso and hazelnut illusions to contrast lingered acidic hop esters.
Unique yellow-hazed hefeweizen hybrid brings creamy peanut butter oiling to stylish white-peppered lemondrop tartness and banana-chipped clove spicing in winning fashion.
Sassy lemon spritz sparkles alongside stylish banana-clove-bubblegum sweetness, tangy orange snag and brisk white-peppered mineral graining above straw-dried white wheat backbone.
If you believe Blue Moon Mango Wheat’s sugar-fruited tropicalia and honeyed wheat base are too damn sweet or nearly cloy, then try this pleasantly tart alternative. Kinda like a spritzy mango seltzer, its zesty lemon spurt, sticky watermelon sweetness, easygoing mandarin orange kick and delicate floral-spiced snips balance both the sweet and dry sides.
Utilizing dried watermelon and honeydew rind to reduce its mild cantaloupe sweetness, above-average moderation will please some fruit ale fans. Lemony carbolic spritz blitzes candied melon tartness at the musty midst, leaving dewy cantaloupe ripeness alongside salted watermelon remnants right above the moldy wheat base.
Tart pineapple spritz and juicy apricot sweetness define syrupy soda-like wheat ale. Summery candied pineapple tartness lingers over bready wheat malting. Sugary fruitiness may seem cloy to some.
