Engaging rocky headed rust amber I.P.A. counters tranquil chocolate malt nosing and sweet caramel mouthfeel with jaunty bitter hop spicing. Spruce and pine outline unwavering sticky mocha malt seduction to perfection.
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IPSWICH INDIA PALE ALE
Perfectly robust honey-hued I.P.A. imbued by luscious candied orange tang, caramelized pale malts and sinewy yeast for rich cookie dough essence. When poured, exquisite cascading bubbly swirl rises to the surface of heavily viscous russet treasure. Tar-like maple sap, black licorice, wet wood, and coarse nut penetrate lingering bittersweet spice-hopped silkiness to marvelous creamy finish.
LANCASTER HOP HOG INDIA PALE ALE
Very appealing heavily hopped hazy amber medium body with unassuming 7.9% alcohol depth brings citric Red Ale-like overtones, indelible floral bouquet, and evergreen freshness to wheat-husked rolled oat spine. Candied malts coat ripening apricot-tangerine-melon-grapefruit-apple sweetness underscored by pine needle terseness, herbaceous concision and vegetal nuance, finishing bitterer as crisp orange peel zest increases.
MENDOCINO WHITE HAWK I.P.A.
Grapefruit rind bitterness, orange peel souring, and spruce hop thicket contrast cereal-grained barley-toasted caramel malting of hazy gold dry body. Earthen tannic grape pucker and floral-piney resonance subdue peach-pear-honeydew seduction, but alcohol-burned juniper berry bittering goes to infinity.
ORLIO ORGANIC INDIA PALE ALE
RED HOOK LONG HAMMER INDIA PALE ALE
SHMALTZ HE’BREW BITTERSWEET LENNY’S R.I.P.A.
Exemplary 10% alcohol-throttled Double IPA salutes tragic off-color comic Lenny Bruce with an ‘obscene amount of hops’ deeply embittering a rich tapestry of agile adjuncts. Heavy molasses creaminess lines roasted caramel malting, dried prune sourness and oncoming barleywine-sherry warmth. Subsequent rye-wheat bottomed charcoal/pine tar harshness counters fluctuant spruce-fruited sweetness, advancing grapefruit, nectar and bruised orange ripeness to thickly chewy mocha finish.
STAR BREWING INDIA PALE ALE
TUPPERS HOP POCKET ALE
BALLANTINE INDIA PALE ALE
Well-balanced tawny-hazed IPA retains sharp wood-smoked hop spicing, ample grain roast, easygoing pale malt sweetness, and recessive dried fruiting. Unlike regular blue collar Ballantine Ale old folks buy for $2 a six pack, this is the real deal. It shows what a large brewery could do when they seriously attempt to craft ales/ beers in small batches.