Delightful fruit cocktail with juniper-soaked alcohol kick. Sinewy yeast particles cloud amber-hazed ‘unfiltered double India Pale Ale,’ thickening its herbaceous pine-needled fruit-spiced resolve. Vibrant hard-candied orange-grapefruit-pineapple ripeness, creamy caramel malting, and gorgeous floral bouquet provide sweet relief to resinous spruce-tipped Cascade hop bittering.
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LAGUNITAS LITTLE SUMPIN’ EXTRA ALE
Tangy fruit juicy gush brightens floral-hopped lemon-peeled bittering of terrific Imperial IPA. Honeyed orange, peach, and pear illusions absorb red grapefruit tartness, caramel apple sweetness, and tropical pineapple-cantaloupe-mango ascension. Sugared wheat spine counters oncoming piney juniper berry pungency. Perfect summer fare brewer claims to be recession proof for ’09 only.
21ST AMENDMENT BREW FREE OR DIE I.P.A.
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.
DOGFISH HEAD SQUALL I.P.A.
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.
LONG TRAIL DOUBLE I.P.A.
Dry piney-fruited IPA lacks sufficient grassy-floral hop bite, but lively white grapefruit, red apple, peach, tangerine, and pineapple ripeness stick out above biscuit-y malt bottom. On tap, freshly squeezed citric nosing, mild floral-spiced orange-peeled grapefruit bittering, and pervasive alcohol-burned pine-sapped peach-pear-apple-cantaloupe fruiting (as well as tertiary mango-papaya tropicalia) seep into creamy caramel malting.
(PHILADELPHIA) NEWBOLD INDIA PALE ALE
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.
LAUGHING DOG DOGZILLA BLACK I.P.A.
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.
(LAUGHING DOG) ALPHA DOG IMPERIAL I.P.A.
SIERRA NEVADA TORPEDO EXTRA I.P.A.
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.
ROCK ART EXTREME I.P.A. (II)
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.


