On tap at Plank Pizza, sessionable blue collar fodder offers modest grapefruit-peeled lemon zest to mild citric-pined hop bittering (Cascade, Mosaic, Simcoe) and clean mineral watering.
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COMMON ROOTS LAST LIGHT IPA
Delightful flagship India Pale Ale (with flavors and aromas of grapefruit and melon) truly resonates. Juicy yellow grapefruit tang ripens sweet melon, cantaloupe and honey dew syruping above caramel-crystal malt sugaring. Lively lemon zest brings sunny citric ambiance to floral fructose affluence as grassy-hopped pine resin adds proper bittering.
GUN HILL INDIA PALE ALE
Soothing mid-range best seller (pictured in center) brings tempered Simcoe-Citra hop fruiting to mild pine bittering and reedy grain astringency. Nearly understated, its lightly spiced grapefruit, orange, tangerine and pineapple tang picks up a gentle lemon zest spritz. Delicate citric acidity brightens the sunshiny fruited finish. A perfectly centrist moderate-to-medium-bodied East Coast IPA.
NEWBURGH MEGA BOSS IPA
On tap at Abominable Snowfest, easygoing IPA finds middle ground with its gentle tropical fruiting, lemony herbal respite and grassy hop astringency. While not as ‘radical’ as its moniker suggests, the sunny grapefruit blitz and subtle mango-pineapple conflux remain smooth and never too bitter, inviting lighter pale ale thirsts.
KEEGAN BINE CLIMBER SESSION IPA
On tap at Abominable Snowfest, sessionable summertime moderation (a.k.a. Longest Day) allows light floral bouquet to decorate bright citrus display over light mineral graining. Lemony grapefruit-pineapple tang grabs hold.
KELSO INDIA PALE ALE
Easy drinking, hazy-browned, aridly dry IPA connects subtle passionfruit-laden Nelson Sauvin hops to tidy Cascade-hopped orange, grapefruit and pineapple bittering above light pale crystal malting. Resinous pine snip, mossy leaf lick and watery celery quip backup citric-spiced perfuming. Serve to English-styled IPA buffs as mildly updated crossover (instead of typical West Coast styling).
RAPSCALLION RYE IPA
In 32-ounce crowler (a.k.a. canned growler), citric-laced rye malting gains immediate tobacco-roasted crisping and light pecan-walnut-chestnut conflux. Mild lemon peel bittering seeps into leafy hop rusticity just below the surface.
FOUNDERS AZACCA INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, ubiquitous Azacca hop tropicalia embittered by bark-dried pine resin above spicy caramel malt bed. Juicy mango, grapefruit, mandarin orange, peach, pineapple, papaya, clementine and tangerine overtones glimmer against mild black peppering and dried fig snip. In the bottle, streamlined yellow grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and sugar-spiced candied citrus tartness reach biscuity malt bottom.
NOTCH LEFT OF THE DIAL IPA
Easygoing IPA bolstered by lingering Chinook/Amarillo hop pining and less aggressive lemony grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering. Sugary peach-pineapple-quince-cantaloupe-mango-tangerine dalliances and recessive floral nuances provide mild backdrop.
REVOLUTION ANTI-HERO IPA
Wondrous Chicagoland flagship boasts briskly bright floral fruited rampage, gathering tangy grapefruit, pineapple, nectarine, peach and mango juiciness atop well-oiled piney hop bittering. Its tart orange-candied center gains strength as sugar-spiced crystal malting and lemon-peeled herbal notions resonate at crisply clean citrus finish. On tap at Biggie’s, sweet orange-peeled mango, pineapple and peach tropicalia contrasts lemon-embittered grapefruit rind juicing and grassy pine resin over mildly creamed crystal-malted biscuit base.
BARRIER UNCLE LEE’S CHRISTMAS ALE
On tap at Broadway Dive, audacious IPA-inspired X-mas treat (brewed exclusively for NYC Dive Bar locales) drapes light maple syruping atop floral-spiced dried fruits and subtle cinnamon adjunct. Mild Scotch-licked dark roast malting, resinous piney hop bittering and oaken vanilla sedation awaken tangy cherry, plum, grapefruit, pineapple and orange illusions. Just a tad off-center with its clustered summer-winter mix.
BALLAST POINT BIG EYE IPA
Perfectly rounded medium body brings sugar-spiced candy glaze to yellow grapefruit brightness, sunny lemon zest, tangy orange juiciness and tart pineapple sweetness. A sharp tropical-fruited delight, its escalating piney hop bittering, wafting floral bouquet and peppery dash deepen the spruce-tipped mango, peach, tangerine, nectarine, passionfruit and quince subsidies.
