STONE 16th ANNIVERSARY IPA W/ GREEN TEA LEAFS

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On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, hybridized green tea-leafed version of lemon-sweetened Imperial IPA gains sweeter herbal sugaring and creamier malt penetration to counter bitterer citric-peeled tartness. Lemon verbena entry bulked up by ancillary orange-oiled pine nut, lemongrass, ginger, chamomile and eucalyptus illusions. Wispy blood orange, nectarine and apricot undertones flutter. Dependent upon one’s tolerance for green tea’s musky earthiness unsettling the fruiter aspects, it’s probably an acquired taste to the uninformed.
Stone 16th Anniversary IPA w/ Green Tea Leaves - Stone Brewing | Photos - Untappd
Stone - 16th Anniversary IPA w/Green Tea Leaves ~ mybeerbuzz.com

FLYING DOG LUCKY S.O.B. IRISH STYLE RED ALE

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4-leaf clovers added to St. Patrick’s Day (2013) Irish Red Ale may not influence pleasant medium body in any noticeble way, but the dry peated whiskey overtones should suffice. Sweet crystal and caramel malts enhance its citric-spiced spritz and rye-breaded biscuit bottom. Alcohol-burnt hop astringency may overly embitter tart orange candied finish. ‘Lucky’ son of a bitch on the label’s a scream. On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, honey-toasted Vienna malt creaming, spiced orange-cherry tang and grassy hop astringency lead the way.

 Flying Dog Lucky SOB Irish Red Ale six-packs make debut | BeerPulse

BEAR REPUBLIC RACER X DOUBLE IPA

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Only a tad bolder than sterling Racer 5 despite doubling down on the oily pine hop bittering. Sugary peach, pineapple, mango, guava and tangerine tropicalia contrasts moderate pine-needled grapefruit rind bite. Floral-spiced lemon zest further freshens its spruce-tipped citric fruiting above the buttery caramel malting. Tertiary red apple, brown pear and marmalade illusions play possum. Hopheads unite!
 

DOGFISH HEAD NOBLE ROT

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Well-constructed wine-like saison brings rotted lemon and orange putrification to vinous white and green grape esters. Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and dry champagne wining receives raw-honeyed Belgian yeast barnyard funk as well as musty cellar-like pungency. White-peppered grassy hops lightly affect sour grape scape and latent green apple tartness.
 
Dogfish Head Noble Rot | Beer Street Journal

961 LEBANESE PALE ALE

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Intricately designed English IPA-styled medium body (in generically labeled bottle) based on interesting Lebanese ingredients. Dry-hopped herbal spices smoothly lather cocoa-malted base. Wild thyme, chamomile, sage, mint and anise waver across ginger-rooted vegetalia. Subtle complexities take hybridized pale ale just a few steps beyond stylistic dimensions.

961 Beer | Beer, Beer design, Design

WILD WOLF ALPHA PALE ALE

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Refreshing yellow grapefruit-peeled bittering overwhelms piney citra-hop stead. Mild lemon-seeded rasp and wispy peach juicing provide tertiary undertones. Crisp mineral watered briskness well-attuned to unending citric pleasantries. Never overbearingly bitter like stylistically stronger IPA’s, yet hopheads will be delighted and grapefruit lovers pleased.