Curiosity 161
Tree House Brewing Company in Charlton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Series|
Score
7.23
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Curiosity 161 pours a glowing orange hue with a cloud of sticky foam rising above the rim. Our friends at Yakima Chief Hops sent us an experimental variety, HBC 1183, which we blended with a base of hand-selected hops. A vigorous pour unlocks potent aromas of pineapple syrup, candied Meyer lemon peel, and mangosteen, all fading into a soft, creamy finish with notes of citrus zest.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a hazy, orange-pineapple, with smallish head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit. Flavors follow, with kind of a dusty finish to it (if that makes sense?). Mouthfeel seems like it might be a touch thin. Moderate hop bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2026
at 20:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from mybeercollectibles that either exploded or got crushed, but still has about 1/3 of the liquid remaining in it, canned 7/1/26, drunk 7/16/26.
Thankfully there's still a small amount of head/carbonation and it doesn't smell oxidized at all. In fact, it smells juicy as hell with complex citrus character ranging from tangelo and pommelo to peach and hibiscus. Typical pale malts show gently-balancing honey and light cracker-like notes and no alcohol is noted.
Various citrus mixing with light tropical fruit and rich, soft, honey-like malts that are well-attenuated. Earthy, chalky, green and lightly piney dry hop helps with perceived acidity, though the bitterness is on the low side overall. No alcohol noted. Not getting a super unique or distinct character from this hop, but everything here is interesting nonetheless.
Thankfully there's still a small amount of head/carbonation and it doesn't smell oxidized at all. In fact, it smells juicy as hell with complex citrus character ranging from tangelo and pommelo to peach and hibiscus. Typical pale malts show gently-balancing honey and light cracker-like notes and no alcohol is noted.
Various citrus mixing with light tropical fruit and rich, soft, honey-like malts that are well-attenuated. Earthy, chalky, green and lightly piney dry hop helps with perceived acidity, though the bitterness is on the low side overall. No alcohol noted. Not getting a super unique or distinct character from this hop, but everything here is interesting nonetheless.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jul 2026
at 17:41