Famous San Francisco brewpub gets Cold Spring, Minnesota brewery to can its finest offering. Busy piney spruce swagger informs up-front pineapple-nectar sweetness, subsidiary apricot-peach-tangerine tang and tertiary cantaloupe-watermelon juiciness to creamy malt chocolate-y backdrop. Bitter grassy-hopped lemony orange-peeled grapefruit influence penetrates sly currant sway. Reserved hop profile may preclude hard-headed hop-heads, but the loss is truly theirs. Well integrated fruited malting and minor matchstick head nuance not far removed from Samuel Adams Boston Lager.

Resinous piney grapefruit opening counters resolute mocha malt sweetness, cinnamon-sugared apple-pear confluence, and peachy pineapple-melon tang. Peppery hop-spiced tingle allows floral rose pedal, jasmine, and daisy illusions to blossom alongside almond-pasted clove-allspice nuances.

Aggressively floral-hopped copper-hazed moderate-bodied IPA lacks necessary fruiting and expectant sharp bitterness but retains crisp cleanness. Resinous woody hop char minimizes grapefruit, orange, apricot, and pineapple tartness substantially as stiff alcohol burn increases above toasted caramel malting.

Pour slowly nebulous cola-hued tan-headed medium-full body or risk foamy froth. Unspecific dried fruiting battles back ashy pine-like bittering and coarse nuttiness to acidic phenol finish. Wavered prune-fig illusions and snippy grapefruit-pineapple tang lost amongst tart coffee-stained cocoa-soured black cherry midst. Astringent black licorice remnant and light metallic twang create further disarray, but appreciable mocha malting provides depth to muddled befuddlement.

Brusque butterscotch-hazed full body plies piney dry-hopped grapefruit rind bittering to floral-tinted peach-apple-tangerine-nectarine tang. Zesty lemon tartness further embitters underlying black currant persuasion creeping through buttered wheat base.

Bold amber-hazed rocky-headed India Pale Ale boosts bright citrus theme above resinous piney hop bite. Creamy caramel malts counter lemony grapefruit rind, orange peel and black currant bitterness as well as grassy herbal respite. Earthen raw-grained pungency hardens resolve while tertiary apricot tang, apple balm, and melon ripeness increase fruit juiciness.

Viscous bronze-bodied ‘hop’ celebrant with sinewy yeast sediment places candy apple-glazed peach-pear-honeydew sweetness inside bitterly piney floral-hopped orange-peeled deluge. Tangy papaya, mango, pineapple, grapefruit, and honeydew tropicalia connects sedate spruce sprawl to super dry finish that perpetually lingers.

Piney sap nose embellishes deep-grained spruce-malt stickiness and bitter floral spicing. Strong alcohol influence increases robust finish, picking up minor grapefruit, pineapple, and lemongrass notes.

Serene copper-hued pearly-headed moderate body secures floral-piney hop opening with abrupt bright citric sweetness. Tangy grapefruit-peach-apple fruiting appeases earthen mineral grain midst. Cracked wheat spine shores up nutty berry latency.

Absolutely rejuvenating hop-drenched refreshment, possibly inspired by highly respected nearby Delaware brewer, Dogfish Head, leads with enthusiastic bittersweet grapefruit brim, orange marmalade facade, and tangy peach-nectarine fervency. Major piney spruce hop penetration fortifies crisp graining and heavy malt efficacy coddling loud melon-cherry-berry valley.

Lackluster copper-hazed Enlgish-styled India Pale Ale gets soapy. Modest hop spicing and mild grapefruit-melon-pear fruitiness develop an unappealing off dry astringency its raw-honeyed barley-wheat spine can’t hide.