On tap at Growler & Gill, wafting floral bouquet sweetens juicy mango, pineapple and peach tang to contrast desiccated lemony orange oiling and dank pine resin of mighty (10.4% ABV) fruit salad. Crystalline vodka-like boozing elevates brisk clean-watered crisping of sunny fruit-blustered tropicalia.
On tap at Ambulance, lively dry-hopped IPA’s juicy pineapple, peach, orange and mango tang brightens summery medium body in fine fashion. Sugary pale malts guard the back end.
On tap at Growler & Gill, rangy copper-hued moderate-bodied IPA offers zesty lemon-soured grapefruit zing to light floral-perfumed candied orange tingle up-front. Distant pineapple-mango-peach tang and vanilla-creamed pastry malts (plus wispy banana-bubblegum sweetness) hang in the citric-swirled vodka recess.
Easygoing Citra-hopped IPA (limited edition 2019) pipes delicate yellow grapefruit bittering into light pine resin and doughy pale malts, leaving ancillary mandarin orange tartness, pineapple tanginess and mango sweetness to battle back latent alcohol-burnt astringency.
Delectably centrist “moderately hopped” Imperial IPA layers floral citrus tang above bread-crusted pale malting and minor vodka-tinged alkaline astringency, retaining its creamily frothed head. Lemony grapefruit-peeled orange, tangerine and peach serenity provides spirited fruitfulness throughout.
On tap at Ambulance, enticingly complex soft-toned moderate-medium body places mildly creamed crystal malting just below floral-perfumed pineapple, grapefruit, peach, orange, tangerine and mango tanginess. Dank resinous pine tones and earthen herbal tea wisps perk up juicy tropicalia.
On tap at Ambulance, citric Mosaic hop influence provides mild lemony mandarin orange, yellow grapefruit and mango tang to relegate herbal-tinged earthen pine slither. Waxy tropical fruiting gains grout-y wet graining by floral citrus finish.
On tap at Ambulance, ‘bold’ mango-infused IPA utilizes sweet orange-peeled grapefruit tang to contrast sour limey spell. Briskly ripe mango influence settles right alongside stylish citrus zesting above pine-needled clay hops and sugared pale malting.
On tap at Ambulance, crisply clean tropical fruited moderate-medium body stays zestfully bright. Lightly embittered yellow grapefruit entry gains tangy pineapple, peach, mango, papaya, guava and mandarin orange flourishes above modest vanilla-spiced pale malt sugaring.
On tap at Taphouse 15, British peat-malted Imperial IPA offers spritzy lemony grapefruit tang to the fore. Passive passionfruit, pineapple and gooseberry tartness plus salty herbal snip reinforce earthen peat-dried citrus zing over sinewy oats-milked malting.
Thickly milked beige-yellowed turbidity, frothy whipped cream head and limey New Zealand-hopped tropicalia embrace charmingly bold IPA. Stylishly rich but endlessly approachable, its lemony yellow grapefruit zest serenely coalesces with juicy pineapple, passionfruit, mango and melon rind pleasantries, leaving mild piney residue on the tranquil oats spine. Perfect hazy IPA.
Sharp floral citrus spicing gains tart lemon spritz above dry wood-toned hops and caramelized toasted amber graining. Lightly embittered grapefruit, tangy orange and sweet tangerine pick up softly lingered phenol astringency at the finish for rocky tan-headed amber reddish collaboration between three respected Saratoga area brewers (Taylor & Sons, Racing City and Northway).
