On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, easygoing rye-malted IPA lags behind brighter insouciance of richer, fruitier, woodier stylistic competitors such as Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye and Harpoon Rich & Dan’s Rye IPA. Hasty rye-breaded black toasting meanders to grassy-hopped citric respite. Lemon-limed apple skin remnants haunt sooty orange-grapefruit tartness as well as vegetal asparagus-celery smidge.
