‘Contemporary’ pale ale boasts higher hop profile (Cascade-Chinook-Centennial-Amarillo) than typical mild mannered stylistic counterparts. Candied citrus tang and floral-spiced pine needling enriched by cookie dough malting. Lemony orange and mango fruiting sharpens its dry hop bite.
Stylishly complex yellow-bodied, pearly-headed, lupulin-powdered pale ale utilizes fulsome herbal fruit-spiced yeast to heighten its bustling flavor profile. Zesty lemon tang picks up zippy yellow grapefruit, mandarin orange and grilled pineapple sass as salt-watered brining increases sage-dabbed white peppering and a nip of gin.
Rewardingly crisp MPA (short for Melvin Pale Ale) lets delicate crystal-caramel malt creaming sweeten tart lemon-dropped mango, pineapple and papaya tropicalia above wispily pungent piney hop dankness. Fine mild resonance.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, uniquely sessionable dry-bodied pale ale brings dill-pickled lemon zest to the fore, picking up floral cologne-musked cherry blossom, rose and hibiscus fragrance as well as latent caraway tea remnant and distant green tea bittering. Brisk citric bite never wavers.
On tap at Ambulance, clean summertime moderation brings mild orange-grapefruit-tangerine tang to modest herbal hop astringency and dry pale malting in crisp manner.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, mellow moderation’s gently fruited Mosaic hop scheme, light wet-grained herbal musk, distant lemon custard tartness and celery-watered cleansing define modern hop-designed pale ale styling.
Brewed for nearby lodge by Lake Placid Brewery, amiable Scotch-dried pale ale brings corn-flaked cereal graining and peaty whiskey daub to the surface. Light malt liquor-like grain alcohol wisp stalls.
On tap at Sogo, soft well-watered crisping envelops lemon-rotted grapefruit rind bittering and sweet orange-spiced spritz over earthen barnyard acridity. Tart guava, passionfruit and melon subsidies gain herbal respite at rustic finish.
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, incisive medium-bodied pale ale offers sharp grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and juicy pineapple-peach-mango tropicalia to black-peppered pine hop resin. In the recess, light floral tones lean to the sweet side to contrast distant gooseberry souring. Canned version of pleasant lo-alcohol pale ale brings lemony orange-pineapple-grapefruit-peach tang to resinous piney hop bittering, spicy pale malts and misty floral nuances.
On tap at The Oath, bold Vienna-malted pale ale places mildly piney citrus tang atop caramelized cereal-grained barley crisping.
On tap at The Oath, easygoing pale ale endorsed by heavy metal mavens, Anthrax, leaves teasingly spiced orange-juiced tang upon distant barley malt sweetness and mild hop bittering. Body, complexity and finish lack.
On tap at Growler & Gill, ‘elegant’ lemon-dropped grapefruit and pineapple tropicalia gains gentle floral bouquet to contrast dank herbal peppering. In the distance, candied peach-mango-tangerine tang plays possum.
