Eccentric cedar-casked spiced ale allows bright coriander-spiced mandarin orange uprising to absorb perfumed floral bouquet to herbal hop depth. Ashen cedar remnant re-enforces white-peppered dandelion nicety contrasting mild mustard seed bittering.
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LAKE PLACID 46’ER INDIA PALE ALE
MEANTIME INDIA PALE ALE
Resplendently well-balanced white-laced amber-hazed IPA brings lively floral fruited cornucopia and creamy candi-sugared vanilla malting to dry wood chip-burnt Fuggle hop bittering. Tangy apricot-mango-tangerine frontage surges above friendly piney grapefruit reminder and boozy brandy warmth, finishing with sweet candied apple glaze.
OFFSHORE INDIA PALE ALE
Pour slowly or highly carbolic nature will overwhelm dry hop-charred piney bittering as well as adjacent raw honeyed pungency of puffy tan-headed amber ale. Leafy hops exert floral earthiness compensating mild orange peel serenity and vacuous apricot tinge.
RED HOOK BALLARD BITTER INDIA PALE ALE
SHIPYARD FUGGLES I.P.A.
SOUTHERN TIER UN-EARTHLY IMPERIAL I.P.A.
Vibrant reddish nickel-glowed ‘double I.P.A.’ posits freshly embittered floral-perfumed pine hops against illustrious candi-sugared tropical fruit thrust and creamy vanilla-butterscotch sweep. Tangy pineapple-mango-cherry-nectarine-peach frontage gains corresponding orange-bruised grapefruit juiciness above cereal-grained almond-toasted flaked oats spine, perfectly countering wet Cascade-Centennial-Chinook hopping. Betters similarly styled Phin & Matt’s Extraordinary Ale.
(TROUTBROOK) THOMAS HOOKER HOP MEADOW I.P.A.
WOODSTOCK INDIA PALE ALE
Vibrant fruity aroma and syrupy medicinal mouthfeel get this organic brew off to a fine start. Flowery citrus hops embitter nutty depth countering maple malt sweetness to earthy finish. Not your typical smoky India Pale Ale by any means, though characteristic burnt wood chip flavor does add spunk. Brewery defunct: 2001.
AVERY TEN ANNIVERSARY ALE
Bottled ’03, complex butterscotch-glowed rocky-headed India Pale Ale’s perky citric esters hit nose hard. Anticipatory apricot-tangerine-pineapple tang enhances loud tropical nectar frontage as cherry-apple-pear tartness reinforces wheat-based hop-backed floral linger. Barleywine-cognac illusions seep through sugary midst as resinous pine undercurrent pulsates.
(BUFFALO BILL’S) ALIMONY ALE
Not nearly as aggressively bitter as most alimony sufferers. Mild copper-hazed IPA anchors floral-hopped citric spritz and sour green apple tartness to sticky mocha malting. Though not as creamy, strong, or daring as California’s more familiar pine-needled IPA fare, seasoned pale ale fans will enjoy it as a lighter, cleaner alternative.
(CLIPPER CITY) WINTER STORM ‘CATEGORY 5’ ALE
Quite reserved coppery chestnut Double I.P.A. maintains dry nutty pine comb disposition and biscuit-y wheat backend. Toasted barley nosing picks up spiced hop tingle and trusty fructose sweetness on first sip. Subsequent grapefruit bitterness disguises minor acidity and sedate apple-melon-orange whim.



