HARPOON GHOST KING

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On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, approachably hybridized medium-bodied Imperial White India Pale Ale (with well hidden 9.3% ABV) truly suffices. Perfumed citric fruiting, sugary coriander spicing and syrupy crystal malting sweeten the front end as black-peppered orange peel bittering retains toned-down briskness. Candied red apple, peach, pear, melon and tangerine illusions provide jolly mood to contrast orange-peeled grapefruit rind splendor.    

OMMEGANG CALYPSO HENNEPIN

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On tap at New York Wing Factory, perfunctory Calypso-hopped version of well respected saison fails to deliver. Pungent floral-perfumed citric spice and barren white-wined yellow grape tartness receive musky earthen barnyard rusticity. Fungi-like navel orange rot, lemon musk and dessicated pineapple never fully integrate.   Ommegang Calypso Hennepin Ale

KELSO FUKU

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Bland rauchbier-smoked, witbier-fruited, gose-salted hybrid stays softly light-bodied. Soapy curacao-mandarin orange wisp, tart lemon snip and sour lime pucker hide behind fragile peat-smoked black peppering, finishing inconspicuously dull, flat and buttery.  

FREE WILL MANGO WHEAT

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On tap at New York Wing Factory, timid summery tropicalia lacks full-force mango theme. Instead, washed-out mango tartness never effectively sweetens listless lemony strawberry, guava and kiwi snips while its thin wheat backbone falters. In the bottle, dry lemon-pitted mango souring stays laidback alongside mildly bitter IPA-like piney grapefruit peel depletion. In the can, lightly perfumed mango salting drifted subtly into dry grassy hops. Free Will Mango Wheat Beer