On tap, crossbred Belgian tripel/ West Coast IPA retains funky farmhouse fungi earthiness countering ripened tropical fruiting and creamy caramel malting. Peppery bark-dried lemon-dropped Chinook hop bittering reinforces tangy peach-cherry-nectarine protrusion and teasing floral accents. Pastry-like vanilla wafer sweetness heightens busy backdrop.
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OSKAR BLUES GUBNA IMPERIAL I.P.A.
LAGUNITAS NEW DOGTOWN PALE ALE
BROOKLYN BLAST! PALE ALE
On tap, elegant soft-watered Imperial IPA with soothing butterscotch-vanilla creaminess impacting orange-bruised peach, pineapple and mango tropicalia picks up lemon custard, creamed corn and unspecific herbal illusions. Sweet anise tingle finds space inside somewhat unconventional stylist.
BALLAST POINT SCULPIN I.P.A.
On tap, grapefruit-peeled orange rind tartness and advertised apricot-peach-mango affirmation counter piney Cascade hop dryness, astringent wood-dried musk and finishing alcohol burn. Bright citric nose tingles. Tangy lemon-aided red apple, papaya, and tangerine fruiting supplements creamy honeyed malts.
STONE CALI-BELGIE INDIA PALE ALE
Truly stunning West Coast-Belgium combination overhauls Stone IPA’s California-styled wood-hopped citric tang with Belgian-like candied yeast. Bright grapefruit-pinked pineapple, melon, nectarine and apricot tropicalia reinforces tangy orange-apple conflux countering resinous pine-hopped bittering. Creamy caramel malting sweetness undercoats subsidiary black-peppered coriander-clove spicing and lingered dark floral reminder.
MIKKELLER STATESIDE I.P.A.
A lighter pine-embittered fruiting than typical IPA fare comes to the fore. Cascade-hopped oats-flaked fig-dried orange-tangerine tang lost to phenol spicing, earthen fungi, musty peat resin, and diacetyl vegetal snip. Astringent alcohol burn buries green apple tartness and apricot-dried grapefruit bittering below ethanol whir. Serve to exploratory ESB fans.
NEW ENGLAND GHANDI-BOT DOUBLE I.P.A.
On tap, well-rounded copper-hazed ‘hop-header’ brings resinous piney hop bittering to caramel-malted apple-jacked peach-tangerine-pineapple tang. Creamy vanilla-maple surge counters oncoming grapefruit-peeled juniper bite to damp earthen-grained bottom, becoming more pungently bitter at floral-daubed fruit-sharpened alcohol-burnt finish. Canned version yields juicier tropical fruiting, stickier candy apple sweetness, and sappier spruce-tipped pine bitterness. Possibly the best canned ale on the East Coast.
TERRAPIN HOPSECUTIONER INDIA PALE ALE
Dynamic amber-hazed hop-head delight never lets floral-pined bite put a crimp on honey-fruited sweetness. Brisk pine-needled orange-peeled bitterness seeps through tangy lemon-sugared apple-ripened pineapple, apricot, and tangerine tropicalia to soft nutty underbelly. Chocolate-covered cherry illusion seeps into midst. Brisk mineral-watered mountain-dewed freshness and resinous hop-oiled prickle prompt esteemed West Coast IPA styling.
GREEN FLASH PALATE WRECKER IMPERIAL I.P.A.
On tap, raspy wood-smoked pine-needled resin-hopped bittering pungently reinforces front-loaded juicy-fruited glisten. Lusty floral bouquet enhances tart grapefruit peel veneer as well as apple-ripened pineapple, mango, banana, passion fruit, and kiwi tropicalia. Gin-soaked juniper berry harshness and sharp alcohol bite never exceed creamy malt richness, giving this a deeper resonation than most in its highly exalted IPA class.
FLYING DOG RAGING BITCH BELGIAN-STYLE INDIA PALE ALE
Complex 20th Anniversary commemorator lacks true wild-flowered Belgian-styled yeast funk, but benefits from sharp citric essence. Tangy nectarine, peach, tangerine, pink grapefruit, and red grape sweetness invigorates abrasive spruce-tipped green hop compression of ‘untamed’ medium body. Zesty pineapple-mango-melon-papaya tropicalia contrasts black-peppered orange peel and lemon rind bitterness seeping into creamy candi-sugared crystal malting to honeyed wheat spine. Wispy jasmine, lilac, and fresh mint waft through fruitful hophead delight.
BREWDOG PUNK I.P.A.
Vibrant ‘post-modern classic pale ale’ brings tangy orange marmalade, pink grapefruit, and tangerine fruiting to lemon-seeded pine-needled bitterness and hop-toasted mineral-grained bottom. Zesty orange briskness rises above resinous herbal-floral latency and tropical finish retains nice currant bite.