Curious springtime IPA more reliant on smoky beechwood-malted Band-aid astringency than overwhelmed peach adjunct and stylish citric zest. Peachy apricot and fig tones and mild floral nuances fail to gain efficient strength against dry smokiness.
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EVIL TWIN BIKINI IPA
“Seductive” light-bodied India Pale Ale proves it’s possible to design a tasteful low alcohol (2.7% ABV) summertime refreshment without becoming sissies. Lightly pined grapefruit, lemon and orange rind bittering settles above sharp hop astringency as ancillary pineapple, tangerine, peach and mango tang picks up floral accents.
ATWATER GOING STEADY IPA
On tap at Biggie’s, laidback ‘grapefruit session ale’ stays stylishly soft-toned without getting unassuming. Tangy yellow grapefruit zest recedes as orange, pineapple, peach and mango dalliances come forth over gentle lemony hop astringency and light pilsner malting.
DOGFISH HEAD ROMANTIC CHEMISTRY IPA
Marrying zesty IPA citrus fruiting with dry-hopped mango and apricot adjuncts as well as sweet ginger herbage, well-designed medium body will appeal to expansive tropical palates. Candied mango, peach, fig and melon sugaring and sweet orange peel dollop deepened by honeyed pale malting. Just a tad slick.
KENT FALLS ARE YOU SINGLE? IPA
On tap at Ambulance, lemon-limed bitterness and grapefruit-seeded souring combine with lightly pined Cascade hops for mid-range IPA. Mild grain grouting and grassy bottom add rusticity to citric pleasantry.
LIC BEER PROJECT PARTY CRASHER
On tap at Ambulance, moderate Citra-Amarillo hop bittering brings dry-bodied IPA an easygoing lemony orange tang contrasted by dank pine resin and light herbal tones. Juicy mango, pineapple and guava tropicalia sweetens honeyed pale malts underneath the sunny citric surface.
BLUE EARL GNARLY RED EYED ROOSTER RYE IPA
Sharply citric limited edition 2016 bottle version increases yellow grapefruit bittering as well as piney spruce sapping above ample biscuit-buttered rye spine. Sugar-spiced grapefruit, peach, apple, orange and tangerine tang gains resonance from crisply clean Chinook-Cascade-Citra dry hop insistence as 7.7% alcohol burn surges at the aftertaste.
BLUE EARL WALKING BLUES IPA
Engaging lemony grapefruit-orange-peach tang and spruce-sugared caramel malting contrast lightly pined hop roast. Yellow grapefruit rind bittering increases above dry wood-toned astringency and delicate floral accents at the midst, but lingered aspirin-like salicylic acidity may scare off lighter thirsts.
BLACK HOG CITRA
On tap at These Guys, briskly clean Citra-hopped India pale ale lets seltzer-fizzed lemony grapefruit-orange tang rise above grassy-hopped pine resin and sweet floral bouquet.
BOLERO SNORT KOW LIME PIE
Sessionable beige-bodied IPA hybrid re-creates key lime pie dessert with sour lime-juiced pucker and lemon meringue splurge. Mild lactobacillus acidity, light herbal notion and wispy limestone bittering backup mineral-watered key lime tartness.
MISPILLION RIVER NOT TODAY SATAN INDIA PALE ALE
Bold IPA (in a can) brings sharp Cascade-Mosaic-hopped fruiting to resinous pine dankness that contrasts sugar-spiced crystal malting. Lemony grapefruit rind, orange peel, pineapple, tangerine and peach tang runs across bitter hop bite atop biscuit-y white bread spine.
CHATHAM FARMER’S DAUGHTER RED RYE IPA
On tap at Craft House, sharp citrus hop bittering outdoes advertised rye-spiced malting as floral-perfumed sweetness contrasts piney bark-dried astringency, mild plastique groat and yellow grapefruit tang.
