Juicy tropical fruiting receives dank Amarillo-Simcoe-hopped piney respite above biscuity pale malts. Polite mango, pineapple, grapefruit and orange tang gains candied spicing as well as tart lemon custard snip.
HALF ACRE VALLEJO INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, tangy tropical fruiting saturates gluey honey-spiced pale malts to contrast resinous piney hop bittering. Juicy orange, mango, guava, tangerine and grapefruit ripeness and relegated passionfruit-gooseberry tartness score big.
BURIAL SURF WAX INDIA PALE ALE
Zesty medium body offers lemon-peeled grapefruit, orange, pineapple, peach and mango tang to light piney hop bittering, dank herbal musk, grassy astringency and floral daubs above biscuity pale malting.
PARADOX BEAVER BITE IPA
“Citrus-y, piney and juicy New England-styled India Pale Ale with aggressive hop bill” maintains richer stylistic profile. Zesty orange, grapefruit and pineapple spree gains floral-wafted sweetness to contrast dank pine resin and musky hemp oiling above biscuit-y rye malt base.
LIC BEER PROJECT END-TO-END INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, durable Citra-hopped IPA offers lemony mango, peach and orange tropicalia to spritzy Seltzer-like carbonation. Dank pine lacquering and subtle herbal notions flutter.
LIC BEER PROJECT SLAM
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry floral-perfumed citrus zest anchors mild (India) Pale Ale. Lightly spiced grapefruit, pineapple and tangerine tang softly embittered by lemon-peeled orange rind temperance to secure approachable 5% ABV moderation.
SNAKE RIVER PAKITO’S SESSION IPA
Easygoing off-dry IPA contrasts striking tropical fruiting against dank pine resin, sedate herbal whims and arid vegetal tinge. Lemon zest, candied pineapple, navel orange, peach, tangerine, mango and grapefruit illusions receive light glass-sugared caramel malt creaming to counteract musty olfactory acridity.
DOUBLE NICKEL SESSION INDIA PALE ALE
Fuzzy IPA brings lightly embittered yellow grapefruit juicing and subtle lemon zest to moderate piney hop bittering for sessionable reliability. Mild orange, tangerine and pineapple tang rides above biscuit-y pale malting.
GREAT SOUTH BAY SPLASHING PUMPKIN
On tap at Barcade – Manhattan, subdued moderate-bodied pumpkin ale contrasts sweet pumpkin-pied nutmeg, cinnamon, clove and ginger spicing against earthen gourd complacency, baked pumpkin vegetalia and lemony Cascade hop bittering. But it’s ultimately too thin.
TRAVELER JACK-O-TRAVELER PUMPKIN SHANDY
Affable autumnal “wheat ale with lemon peel” brings soda-like corn syruping to brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing. Molasses-sweetened cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and clove adjuncts caress gingered pumpkin pie assertion and a latent lemon twist brings sufficient tartness.
SMUTTYNOSE PUMPKIN ALE
Delicate floral-spiced pumpkin pie spicing lightly lacquers mild crystal malt sweetness to contrast dry pumpkin-fleshed earthiness of OK autumnal fare. Calm cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice seasoning as well as sugared yam snip need deeper penetration.
SMUTTYNOSE OKTOBERFEST LAGER
Honeyed orange-apple-pear fruiting gains dry-spiced cereal graining to contrast lightly embittered leafy hop earthiness of stable marzen.
