Refreshingly crisp 5th Anniversary guava-infused IPA retains tangy crystal-malted tropical fruiting to contrast light piney hop-oiled bittering. Delicate guava influence picks up tart ‘lemony watermelon’ illusions alongside subsidiary cotton-candied orange and pineapple sweetness.
On tap at Amazing Grapes, lively candied grapefruit entry gains red cherry, pineapple, mango, orange and honeydew sweetness as well as wafting floral bouquet above clean-watered bitter hop bite of juicy IPA.
Soft-toned grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering picks up dry wood tones for streamlined Galaxy-hopped IPA. Moderate citric hop bittering lingers and watery celery undertones provide refreshingly clean respite.
Woody Simcoe-Amarillo-Centennial hop triage inundates sharp floral-spiced yellow grapefruit bite and sweetly caramelized pale malt alacrity. After a few sips, sweet navel orange juicing gains affluence above grassy base as well.
Soft-focus Pacific Northwest hops bring light grain musk and dank wet grass astringency to easygoing lemony grapefruit resilience of moderate-to-medium-bodied IPA (with well-disguised 8.6% ABV). Subtle peach, mango, pineapple and tangerine tang gains momentum.
Spruce-tipped evergreen freshness heavily influences pungent piney fruited IPA template. Sunshiny orange-peeled tangerine tang brightened by spruce-y Christmastime crisping. Served with Otterbein’s orange white chocolate chip cookie, citric intensity increases.
Easygoing moderate body brings delicate orange-peeled lemon rind and grapefruit pith bittering as well as ripe peach, mango, tangerine and papaya tang to grassy-hopped pine resin. Surprisingly quiet 6.5% ABV prickled by Seltzer-like carbolics.
“Iconic” 1985-styled Americanized IPA layers lemony grapefruit, pineapple and orange tang above bready cereal-grained malting and freshly cut-grass hop astringency. Modest herbal snip, light pine resin wisp and aspirin-like chalking scrape the metallic edges. Stylishly thin and insubstantial.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, persistently pleasant yellow grapefruit juicing gains honeyed orange peel tang and herbal grassy hop astringency. Light lemon-candied tartness brightens grapefruit rind, peel and seed bittering above syrupy crystal malting at summery finish.
Rounded tropical fruiting illuminates glistening medium body. Piney hop resin and sharp fusel alcohol astringency spike brisk red and yellow grapefruit bittering, tangy peach-apple-orange-tangerine-cherry-mango mélange and light floral bouquet. Celery-watered herbal nip adds further complexity.
Appeasing lemony grapefruit entry gains crystal malt-sugared orange peel sweetness and pastry-like glaze. Lingering herbal hop astringency and slight aspirin-chalked aftertaste contrast tangy lemon-candied peach, mango and tangerine illusions at the centrist finish.
Smoothly crisp moderate-to-medium body maintains lemony yellow grapefruit tang to juice up sweet orange-peeled peach, mango and pineapple respite. Nelson Sauvin hops add piney gooseberry-kiwi bittering to contrast soft Vienna-wheat malt spine.
