Decisive well-rounded medium body spreads sunshiny yellow grapefruit tang above mellow piney citric hop bittering and cozy cereal-grained caramel malting. Modest pineapple, orange, mango, peach and clementine tropicalia brightens sugar-spiced sweetness, zesty lemon tingle and soft floral accents. Perfect as crossover for softer-tongued pale ale lovers since hop bittering’s kept in check.
Delectable medium-bodied flagship IPA (in a can) brings lilting spice-fruited tang to pungent hop-grained astringency. Effervescent lemon zest, musky orange oiling and bitter grapefruit rind sedation briskly tingled by Seltzer-like carbolic prickle.
Aggressive ‘pot luck of seven hop varieties’ creates vibrant floral citrus groove. Sharp grapefruit, pineapple, nectarine, mango and tangerine tang and candied orange tartness ride above creamy caramel malting. In the woodsy distance, sweetly syruped spruce sap contrasts resinous pine bittering.
Admirable citra-hopped India Pale Ale in a can brings lively grapefruit-peeled tangerine tang and juicy clementine-pineapple-nectarine-melon licks to light pine tones for conforming mass-appealed medium body. Fresh-cut green grass waft complements tropical citrus fruiting.
Slick contract-brewed (by Genesee) moderate-medium body scatters caramelized-spiced lemon, grapefruit, mango and peach tang above lingering acidic bittering that brings harsh solvency to desolate citric finish.
On tap at Ambulance, adventurously hybridized India Pale Ale (given heavy metal-related moniker) provides salt-licked yellow fruited pungency to its hard wood surface. Clean well-watered minerality and briskly carbolic hop prickle sharpen bruised lemon souring as well as tidy Golden Delicious apple scruff. Lightly spiced tart citrus finish picks up clean-watered celery nip.
On tap at Ambulance, mild brettanomyces bacteria given juicy-hopped tropical fruiting and subtle raw-honeyed lemongrass herbage. Sedate lemony orange tang picks up tertiary mango, guava, papaya, grapefruit and lychee illusions over leathery barnyard acridity. Another delightful soft-toned moderation by organic farmhouse brewer.
Wonderful soft-tongued India Pale Ale brings tropical-fruited urgency and lightly honeyed caramel creaming to dry rye-spiced spine. Brisk Citra-Mosaic hop bite elevates tangy mango lead-in above juicy grapefruit, orange, tangerine, pineapple and necatarine sweetness. Assertive, well-integrated and crisply clean.
Sessionably straightforward moderate-to-medium body drapes honeyed fruiting over toasted caramel malting and relegated piney hop astringency. Musky earthen grain resin seeps into orange, grapefruit, pineapple, mango and peach tang at the midst. Slick enough for venturesome pale ale imbibers, yet hoppy enough for bitterer tastes.
Rangy springtime IPA never lets hop-roasted piney grapefruit bittering overwhelm caramelized brown chocolate malting and sinewy cookie dough yeast. Candied cherry-tangerine-peach tang, vanilla-sugared almond toasting and sweet tea nuances allow bruised orange glaze to envelop the back end of sessionable moderate-to-medium bodied pleasure.
Aspiring to be an ultra-bitter hop head delight, deviously deceptive strong ale (with stylishly tame 7.7% ABV) ‘straddles the line between a malty amber and a tongue-bruising IPA.’ Relying just as much on ripe stone-fruited sweetness, toasted caramel malting and peated whiskey licks as the India Pale Ale-defined piney citrus Cascade hop bittering, exaggerated medium-full body needs to eliminate some aspirin-like acidity at the juicy fruit-spiced finish so that the orange-bruised grapefruit zest enveloping its red cherry, peach and nectarine tang (as well as ancillary honeyed cantaloupe sweetness) gains brighter distinction.
One step beyond Lucid Dyno’s 5.2% ABV (weighing in at 6.5%) and featuring a darker amber hue and sharper citric fruiting, off-dry India Pale Ale caresses dainty floral bouquet with lemon-perfumed navel orange, yellow grapefruit, pineapple, mango and tangerine tang. Toasted caramel malting plus sugary pecan-praline-vanilla conflux sweeten light spruce tones. A beautifully designed and crisply clean-watered medium body striking a balance between sessionable midrange and hop-headed delirium.