Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Canned 1/8/26, from Chalumeaux, drunk 2/17/26. Thanks, TJ!
Big lychee-pear-pineapple with the fleshy melon noted in Focus on the Light. To be fair, it smells an awful lot like Focus on the Light and not much like something Juliusesque. That said, there's more of the graham cracker-like maltiness and a bit more orange and mango that I associate with Julius. Some sweet mandarin and maybe a speck of alcohol on the very end.
Whew, sharp, peppery alcohol initially before being settled by the rich malt. But it's lingering on to the finish and kind of ruining the potential brightness/interesting hop character. Almost like someone stirred a shot of vodka in to this beer...Getting some of the caramel/graham cracker of the Julius malt base, and there's some fruity mango and bitter orange, but it's all miserably pushed to the background to make way for this noxious alcohol character.
I know Tree House is relatively new at the 10%+ IPA game, so I'm giving them some grace while they work it out.