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MOYLAN’S HOPSICKLE IMPERIAL I.P.A.

Bold coppery triple-hopped (Cascade-Centennial-Tomahawk) India Pale Ale with pushy 9.2% alcohol flow stays strong as honeyed nectar sweetness and sticky spruce malting complement tenacious piney resin bittering. Curvaceous grapefruit-orange rind souring and expansive floral-backed juniper snip likewise counteract tropical pineapple-honeydew-passion fruit tang thereafter. Rosemary, thyme, and wildflower linger below woodsy trail.

WEYERBACHER ELEVEN TRIPLE INDIA PALE ALE

Celebrating brewer’s 11th anniversary with 11.7% alcohol heft, buoyantly tropical fruited delight combines tangiest orange-grapefruit-peach gumption of fullest bodied IPA’s with heavily wood-chipped spruce hops (resonating brightly as its cascading head takes a minute to settle atop the butterscotch-hazed belly). Tidy tobacco-dried barley roast secures the bottom end. Well done.

ANDERSON VALLEY HOP OTTIN’ INDIA PALE ALE

Billowy full-bodied white-headed IPA scores big points for originality and well-integrated ingredients. Dry pine-needled orange peel bittering and tangy tangerine-pineapple-cherry crisping decorate bitter oily hop scheme. Toasted baguette reminder aids subsequent rich mocha malting to bittersweet citric-grained finish. Brussels lace clings to glass sides, adding visual pleasantry to remarkably consistent brew. On tap, loud pine forest waft and faint banana illusions endure alongside tropical fruiting. Rivals Ipswich IPA for world supremacy.