On tap at Jealous Monk, crushable hazy golden bronzed Citra-Mosaic-hopped pale ale collaboration with nearby Willimantic retains easygoing grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang above grassy pine resin and spicy crystal malts. A softer, less bitter India Pale Ale.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, silken mildly creamed Extra Pale Ale brings lightly spiced tropical fruiting to nominal pine tones above subtle caramel malting. Spritzy grapefruit, orange, pineapple and mango zesting retains juicy appeal.
On tap at Draught Industries, adjunctive pale ale conditioned on ‘zested orange’ picks up salted lemony white grape esters and mild mandarin-tangelo-clementine snips. But it’s more like powdered soft drink, Tang, than a champagned Mimosa.
On tap at Ambulance, dry West Coast-styled pale ale utilizes IPA-like floral citrus spicing and dry pine tones to reinforce pale malt spine. Zesty lemon spritz gains subtle peach, orange and pineapple tanginess.
Brisk dry-hopped New England-styled pale ale (a rewardingly understated NEIPA offshoot) bursts forth with juicy floral-spiced citrus zesting glowing alongside lacquered wood tones above cereal-grained pale malting. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit bittering contrasted by subtle mango-guava spritz.
Fine IPA-like ‘hazy pale ale’ delivers lemony pineapple-candied peach, orange and nectarine tang to mild white pine resin, delicate grassy hop astringency and sweet floral spicing over honeyed oats spine.
On tap at Draught Industries, IPA-like floral citrus perfuming weaves thru zesty lime rasp. Lemony grapefruit bittering, tart gooseberry licks and dank pining stay subtle.
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry straw wheat grain musk seeps into floral-bound lemon herbage, dank cannabis resin, wood chipped saw-dusting and grassy hop astringency.
On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, double dry-hopped pale ale brings tamped down Citra hop juicing to the fore. Brisk yellow grapefruit bittering contrasts sweet mandarin orange tang as wispy floral-perfumed herbage aligns with grassy hop astringency above light musty pilsner malt base.
Classic off-dry flagship retains clean pale malt-spiced orange tang , grassy hop astringency and resinous herbal whim. Wispy peach, mango and tangerine illusions add further brisk zesting to perfectly centrist, yet stylishly bold, West Coast pale ale.
Unassumingly splendid updated version of standard Extra Pale Ale given delicate Citra-hopped IPA fruiting for truly sessionable appeal. Soft-tongued lemony orange-grapefruit tang embeds hushed herbal hop astringency above bready barley-toasted pale malts as tertiary pineapple, peach and tangerine snips waver.
On tap at Taphouse 15, vibrantly soft-tongued yellow-marbled moderation renders Citra-Mosaic-hopped citrus sunshine for salty herbal-spiced pale malt dryness. Subdued grapefruit-orange tang holds steady.
