Indelible canned medium body brings sunny grapefruit-orange tang and zesty lemon twist to clean-watered saltine cracker spine. Bright citric briskness scurries through grassy hop spicing, sugary dough starching, barley biscuit toasting and earthen floral nuances. One of the best sessionable pale ales marketed.
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TOP SHELF HONEY SMACK
Unconventional cider-honeyed pale ale brings compost-wafted earthiness to lemon-rotted green apple tartness and champagne-fizzled yellow grape esters. Burnt rubber off-taste brings unwanted astringency.
FALLING DOWN NINJA CHICKEN PALE ALE
Signature amber-copper staple loads aggressive India Pale Ale-like hop bittering into piney tropical-fruited citrus crisping. Pineapple leads the way above zesty orange-peeled grapefruit rind luster and sugary caramel malting. Phenol dark floral spicing relegates tertiary mango, guava and passion fruit illusions. A step ahead of lighter, less flavorful pale ale peers.
(THORNBRIDGE) KIPLING SOUTH PACIFIC-STYLE PALE ALE
Disappointingly overrated golden-hazed English pale ale with under-utilized New Zealand-bound Nelson Sauvin hop astringency feigns unspecific tropical fruiting (kiwi, grapefruit, passion fruit, papaya, guava, pineapple) as simple carbolic lemon spritz covers up bland stylistic moderation. Forget any intended Sauvignon Blanc white wining. Instead, its minor grassy hop spicing tingles the senses but leaves very few citric pleasantries.
(COTTRELL) 1757 GEORGE WASHINGTON BEER
On tap at 1249 Wine Bar, mainstream golden amber American pale ale from original 1757 presidential recipe stays thin. Light caramel toasting and soft-toned grassy hop astringency pick up neutral celery watering.
GOOSE ISLAND TEN HILLS PALE ALE
Crisp IPA-like citric fruiting and bitter piney hop resin boost dry medium-bodied delight past simple pale ale styling. Brisk yellow grapefruit-peeled orange rind tang lingers above sappy pine-needled prickle and sugary caramel malting. Zesty lemon snip and grassy herbal respite deepen fruitful conviction.
TIMOTHY TAYLOR’S LANDLORD PALE ALE
Perfectly sessionable off-dry English bitter layers spring-watered earthen minerality across dewy peat moss, crisp tobacco roast, reedy-hopped foliage and poppy-seeded rye grains. Herbal black tea notion contrasts lightly caramel-toasted backend.
ROCK BOTTOM FALCON PALE ALE
Well-rounded medium body brings lively floral-hopped citrus bouquet to caramel-toasted cookie dough sweetness and wispy almond-pecan pleasantries. Latent piney spruce sapping deepens tangy apple, peach, pineapple, tangerine and grapefruit juicing.
7VENTH SUN INTERGALACTIC PALE ALE
On tap at Orlando’s House Of Beer, fine dry-hopped moderation regales zesty citric affluence with parched bark acridity and light herbal spicing. Raspy yellow grapefruit bittering overrides ancillary mandarin orange, pineapple, mango, guava and passion fruit tartness for sublime sweet ‘n sour scheme.
COCOA BEACH PALE ALE
Bland moderation with polite grassy hop astringency and wavering lemony grapefruit-orange zest picks up sharp salty spicing. Honeyed cereal malt backdrop stays slick.
ROSCOE’S HOP HOUSE PALE ALE
Vague easygoing moderation stays smooth but unfulfilled. Bland bready malts evaporate alongside astringent hop-spiced fizzle. Meager orange-grapefruit snip wavers.
ADIRONDACK DIRTY BLONDE PALE ALE
Sessionable dry-bodied moderation offers light lemony grapefruit sugaring to mild mineral-grained Cascade hop bittering. Clean Adirondack water crisping freshens daintily herbal citrus florality and raw-honeyed wheat spine.