Easygoing hybridized pale ale loses tropical passionfruit adjunct to mild yellow grapefruit tang, gluey malt pasting and herbal hop astringency. A bit desolate flavor-wise, but highly approachable for softer thirsts.
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EVIL GENIUS TURTLE POWER GRAPEFRUIT PALE ALE
‘Abounding’ dry-hopped Citra variety allows juicy Ruby Red grapefruit zest to enliven floral tropic splendor of crisply clean-watered pale ale. Mighty Citra-hopped grapefruit frontage fortified by lemon-candied orange, mango and pineapple tartness above sugar wafer-like pale malting.
TIGHTHEAD CHILLY WATER PALE ALE
Captivating IPA-derived medium body with rocky-headed nickel hue brings dry piney fruiting to the fore. Bitter Citra-Amarillo hops combine sharp wood-toned acridity with bright grapefruit-peeled orange rind resilience and ancillary pineapple-mango-peach-nectarine tropicalia. At crisply brisk finish, feisty juniper bittering ascends above zesty fruited plain.
MAGNIFY LOW VISIBILITY
On tap at End Of Elm, ‘uber juicy’ medium body allows sour lemon-seeded yellow grapefruit tang to invigorate mild floral-perfumed hop prickle while deepening dry wood tone. At finish, brusque citric overtones pick up latent marmalade tea herbage as well as setback tangerine, peach and mango illusions.
PEEKSKILL NYPA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, crisply clean moderation offers raw-honeyed pale malting to brisk Mosaic-Citra hop tropicalia. Sharp yellow grapefruit prominence picks up pine-needled oak dryness as wispy mango-pineapple-orange subsidy gains foothold.
TROEGS SOLID SENDER ALE
Refreshingly familiar middle-of-the-road pale ale brings relaxing orange-peeled yellow grapefruit bittering to juicy cantaloupe-honeydew-nectarine-mango tang and grassy floral-spiced Cascade-Mosiac hops. Easygoing tropical fruiting sits atop muted caramel malt base and mildly herbal white peppering.
PEEKSKILL WAKE UP CALL
On tap at Ambulance, standard hop-fruited pale ale piles on Columbian Villa Gladys coffee roast to amplify zesty grapefruit-lemon juicing. By the moderate citric-embittered finish, bittersweet coffee influence gently smooths out.
PIZZA BOY PIZZA CHASER PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, “classic American pale ale” stays mild and unassuming while complementing pizza. Dried lemon acridity, grassy-hopped astringency and wispy herbal snip counter sugared-spiced pale malts.
RAPSCALLION HONEY ALE
Locally popular flagship ale (originally brewed at Paper City) layers mildly creamed wildflower honey sugaring above grassy-hopped lemon and orange tang, but loses momentum by nebulous finish.
RAPSCALLION PALE ALE
Sweet caramel-malted Scotch licks, mild lemony orange tang and prickly hop spicing pick up light phenol acidity for sessionably straightforward moderate-to-medium body. Decent middle of the road fare for less adventurous ale imbibers.
KANE MANDARINA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, tenaciously sharp Citra-hopped pale ale’s unyielding yellow grapefruit tang picks up sunny lemon juicing above sugar-spiced crystal malt base. Wispy mandarin orange, blood orange and tangerine illusions increase bright citric glisten at clean finish. Exquisite.
SCHLAFLY DRY-HOPPED APA
Stylishly complex American pale ale retains brisk mineral-grained water crisping that smooths out lemony dry-hopped bittering, glutenous wheat-rye-whey conflux and herb-tinged earthiness.
