On tap at Growler & Gill, turbid orange-mango-hued ‘fruit bomb’ lets sour lemon-dropped passionfruit, guava and apricot puree adjuncts create subtly sour setting. Mild limey bittering and stolid Vienna malts underscore dry IPA hybrid.
INTERBORO MAD FAT ANNIVERSARY
On tap at Growler & Gill, enigmatic, turbidly orange-hued Imperial IPA utilizes pungent Equinox, Mosaic and Citra hop dust to perk up tart guava, passionfruit, mango, clementine and grapefruit illusions against groaty oats (picking up a latent clay-like plasticity). Beneath the surface, oily cannabis-snipped pine resin brings musky bittering to ginger-leafed floral and herbal notions.
INTERBORO BATTLE CATS
On tap at Growler & Gill, amber-hazed medium body retains bitter hop-dusted grapefruit tang. Dank piney hop musk contrasts floral-bound citrus zest.
BRIX CITY CRUNCHY SPACE TURTLES IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, lemony grapefruit and orange pith bittering receives musky herbal wood tones for lightly creamed, amber-hazed, medium-bodied, New England-styled IPA. Dusky El Dorado/ Wakatu hop confluence provides limey passionfruit acidity.
SLOOP LIQUID SORCERY IPA
On tap at Tapastre, juicy yellow-clouded Northeast-styled IPA retains soft-toned citrus-spiced flow. Initial lemony yellow grapefruit prominence gains orange-peeled pineapple, mango and peach tang above mild pine-needled hop musk.
LIC BEER PROJECT HIGHER BURNIN’ IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, resiliently crystalline floral-fruited medium body stays brisk as sharp grapefruit-peeled orange rind, mango, pineapple and peach juiciness spreads across resinous pine and earthen wood tones contrasting sweet pale malts. Refreshingly crisp, clean, assertive.
ICARUS LIL YACHT JUICE INDIA PALE ALE WITH LACTOSE
On tap at Tapastre, soft-toned moderation utilizes subtle lactose yeast souring to affect dry-hopped, yellow-hazed, Northeast-styled IPA. Lightly salted lemondrop, grapefruit and lime tartness buzzes by pineapple-passionfruit-guava conflux above grassy hop astringency for sessionable summertime fodder.
FUNK SILENT DISCO INDIA PALE ALE
Refreshingly clean pine-combed tropical fruiting regales turbidly amber-hazed medium body. Aggressive grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering contrasts sugar-glazed peach, mango, pineapple, honeydew and tangerine tang for juicy tongue sensation. Beneath, grassy hop astringency counters floral-spiced citrus spritz and caramel malt sweetness.
STONEMAN MIDDLE MAN NORTHEAST STYLE IPA
Pleasant one-time ’18 release stays stylistically subtle as mellow yellow grapefruit tang and teasing mandarin orange wisp pick up light vanilla creaming over light wheat-flaked malting. Grassy herbal hops add mild bittering to citric fanfare.
BRAVEN CITY ROCKER WHITE IPA
On tap at d.b.a.’s, approachable Belgo-American blend (renamed City Rocker circa 2018) brings candi-sugared crystal malting to uniform grapefruit, orange, peach and pineapple tanginess as well as spritzy lemon zest. Crisply carbolic setting adds pep.
CRICKET HILL COMET CLOUD RED IPA
On tap at Tapastre, rustic dry-hopped Red IPA offers raw-honeyed Europils oats and white wheat graining to mildly spiced lemony grapefruit tang with good results.
FLOUNDER SOURLANDS WHEAT
On tap at Tapastre, summery New Zealand-hopped wheat ale lets subtle fruited tropicalia override wet-grained sourdough wheat breading and slight herbal musk. A delicately tangy passionfruit-guava-soured moderation.
