Lemon Cherry Gelato
Carton Brewing in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.02
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Strain Games is where we chase aroma — not by copying flavors, but by following the signals hops already send.
Lemon Cherry Gelato starts with a hop structure built to express bright citrus and saturated fruit. Citra lays down mango and citrus oil. Simcoe brings a little pine and berry depth. Motueka sharpens the whole thing with electric lime zest. Fermented with Conan, it lands plush, hazy, and aromatic with a pillowy body and smooth bitterness.
Then we layer in Lemon Cherry Gelato terpenes — the same aromatic compounds naturally found in hops and citrus peels. Terpenes are what create those vivid hop aromas in the first place; here they amplify them, pushing bright lemon candy, sweet citrus, and soft cherry-like fruit further into the glass.
Strain Games isn’t about adding flavor.
It’s about turning up aroma.
Lemon Cherry Gelato starts with a hop structure built to express bright citrus and saturated fruit. Citra lays down mango and citrus oil. Simcoe brings a little pine and berry depth. Motueka sharpens the whole thing with electric lime zest. Fermented with Conan, it lands plush, hazy, and aromatic with a pillowy body and smooth bitterness.
Then we layer in Lemon Cherry Gelato terpenes — the same aromatic compounds naturally found in hops and citrus peels. Terpenes are what create those vivid hop aromas in the first place; here they amplify them, pushing bright lemon candy, sweet citrus, and soft cherry-like fruit further into the glass.
Strain Games isn’t about adding flavor.
It’s about turning up aroma.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
My 2,500th New Jersey beer rating. Draft at Old Town Pub in Bordentown. Also, number one with a bullet. Hazy yellow gold pour. Creamy white head. Aromas of sweet berries, lime, citrus and tangerine. Flavor is sweet citrus, pineapple, cherry and lemon. Some juiciness in middle. Boozy, peppery notes on backend. Smooth and flavorful. Another Carton crusher!
Tried
from Draft
at
Old Town Pub
on 30 May 2026
at 01:36