Pale golden moderate body matches tart yellow-fruited dryness and demure apricot tang to fizzy lemon-lime sashay, but soapy malts deflect thin wheat proclivity at neutralized butternut finish. Lighter than traditional IPA’s that’d complete England to India journey during Colonial era.

Bold scarlet-hued spruce-wafted full body with varied complexities makes for heady elixir. Harsh hop-charred spicing and metallic alcohol-burned bitterness cattycorner chewy cereal-grained caramel-chocolate malting up-front. At midst, sticky cotton-candied anise tenacity cushions red apple ripeness and sherry-burgundy-barleywine heft, overcompensating gooey cherry puree, rum raisin, and stewed prune illusions. Chestnut, hazelnut, and butternut fade in and out.

Cordial yellow-canned all-malt India Pale Ale plies buttery almond, sugared oats, and honeyed marzipan to zesty floral-hopped tangerine tang. Sweet hazelnut-almond reminder nips toasted barley base. Tinny corrosion doesn’t negatively affect biscuit-y finish. Unlike most (bottled) IPA’s, lacks pronounced wood chip burnt hop-spiced bittering.

Tenuous IPA lacks stylistic complexity and depth but retains crisp, clean template. Phenol-spiced red-fruited complacency and shrill orange-peeled pine-hopped astringency falter to dim cereal-grained wheat-honeyed backbone. Distant floral-dabbed peach-cherry-apple illusions receive weird sunflower-seeded herbal fungi nuance. Bland metallic finish worsens over time.

Engrossing copper-toned double-hopped India Pale Ale cannot conceal astringent 10.5% alcohol volume and never skimps on strong whiskey warmth. Colossal pine needled citric-peeled bittering counterbalances sappy maple-spruce stickiness and brown sugared apple-pear-nectar sweetness up-front. Evergreen-freshened grassy-floral hops usurp sinewy honeyed malts to potentially harsh wood-lacquered vodka finish.

Steadfast amber-hued English ale swirls stealth Scotch sweetness into butterscotch-butternut nicety and lightly embittered floral hops. Spoiled orange and green apple illusions peak through soft carbolic frisk. Those expecting traditional IPA template of smoked malts and tangible spicing may be puzzled but not disappointed.

Cloudy rust-hued tan-headed full-bodied IPA places rich roasted chocolate malting atop tinseled yeast sweetness and mildly spiced hops. Lingering smoked cedar finish resonates.

Wonderfully weird Picasso-like label and sly marijuana-induced Indica moniker enhance beauty of bold, full-bodied Californian. Bitter hop-fueled tongue-coating gets toasted barley influence, casual grapefruit rind blot, and sappy molasses undercurrent not usually indica-tive of spicy IPA style.

Chocolate-covered raisin aroma nice lead-in for spice-hopped sour prune prominence, secondary herbaceous floral bitterness, and mandarin orange tingle. Syrupy caramelized mocha malts sweeten chalky cocoa hints slipping through the cracks. Brewery defunct: 2006.

Terrific floral hop nose informs smoked spruce-cedar wood tones while sweet yeast persistence echoes through crystal-pale malt median. Citric pineapple, grapefruit, and orange pith add tangy backend. Dryly bitter rosewood finish retains alcoholic luster for well-balanced, full-bodied golden-orange IPA.

Sweet mocha and dry Scotch anoint slight spiced IPA, but piney bottom lacks propulsion and weak finish voids initial promise. Brewery defunct: 2007.