On tap at Track 84, juicy orange and red fruiting inundates dry-spiced caramel malting and honeyed wheat spine. Floral-daubed navel orange, clementine, tangerine, peach and apple illusions rise above mild resinous hop pungency.
GREY SAIL CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Track 84, wonderful Imperial India Pale Ale’s brisk ruby red grapefruit tang and lemony orange-peeled bittering ascend above fresh hop-spiced evergreen pining. Tertiary peach, tangerine and navel orange illusions secure bitter citric intrigue.
TRINITY IPA
Brute American-styled India Pale Ale loads heavy alcohol-burnt pungency upon sugar-spiced tropical fruiting and resinous piney hop bittering. Lemony grapefruit and orange peel tang further embittered by aspirin-like astringency. Floral peach, pineapple and tangerine undertones brighten yellow grapefruit finish.
OTTER CREEK CITRA MANTRA INDIAN-STYLE PILSNER
Transcendent 2015 spring seasonal brings expressive Citra hop ‘mantra’ to sweet Vienna-malted lager yeast. Bright yellow grapefruit, orange peel, pineapple, nectarine, tangerine and mango tang ascends above oily pine sap and fresh-cut grass. Brisk tropical fruited finish retains clean-watered crispness.
OTTER CREEK FRESH SLICE WHITE IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, ill-defined Belgian IPA tastes more like a citric-dried American pale ale with its parched wood tone and bitter grapefruit rind tartness guarding sweet orange-peeled lemon, clementine and tangerine crisping. Light crystal malting and subtle coriander spicing sweeten backend of sessionable summertime dry body.
OTTER CREEK BACKSEAT BERNER IPA
Brute citric hop bittering and musky pine needling fortify zesty medium-full body. Brisk grapefruit and orange rind bittering contrasts lighter candi-sugared tropical fruiting. Juicy pineapple, tangerine, mango and lemon tang adds sunny glaze to dry herb-induced citric finish.
CAMBRIDGE RED GOD RED ALE
On tap at Track 84, ambitious ‘ultra-hoppy’ Imperial red ale offers resinously wooded grapefruit-dried red apple skin dryness to raw-honeyed herbal spicing, dank cellar musk and leafy Simcoe-Amarillo hop rusticity. Light orange, peach and tangerine illusions linger below the surface.
MAYFLOWER SQUANTO FARMHOUSE ALE
On tap at Track 84, slightly askew limited edition (2015) saison brings wood-grained lemony grapefruit tartness to hop-spiced herbal tea stead. Wispy lemongrass, white pepper and earthen soil accents contrast tertiary banana bubblegum sweetness at sour citric finish.
HENNIKER HOMETOWN DOUBLE BROWN ALE
Monstrous mocha nuttiness comes to the fore above molasses-embittered hop char of rich Imperial Brown Ale. Chewy dark chocolate malting picks up brown-sugared hazelnut and pecan sweetness to contrast burnt walnut affluence.
HEAVY SEAS LOOSE CANNON HOP 3 ALE (GRAPEFRUIT ZEST)
On tap at Track 84, zesty grapefruit-juiced version of triumphant dry-hopped IPA retains softly creamed crystal malting and brisk lemon bittering. Delicate floral-daubed wood tones settle below sharp grapefruit adjunct. Quite refreshing.
MAGIC HAT ELECTRIC PEEL GRAPEFRUIT IPA
On tap at Aidan’s, brisk yellow grapefruit tang embittered by spry lemon rind pucker. Sugared crystal malting and light floral illusions contrast moderate citric bittering. Expressive grapefruit theme will please citra hop enthusiasts.
3 BEARDS SCALLYWAG IMPERIAL STOUT
Reasonably good scallywag brings oats-charred black patent malting, dry hop tarring and raw molasses bittering to dark-roasted chocolate setting, picking up mild burgundy licks at the bittersweet mocha finish.
