Skimpy Sparrow
Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States πΊπΈ
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Series|
Score
7.76
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Our newest hoppy American pale ale, Skimpy Sparrow, is the latest edition in our "Small Bird Series" of lower ABV, draft-only offerings. The nose is an intense, complex fusion of pineapple, grapefruit pith, and woodsy hop aromatics. Citrus rind, grape jam, and lemon fill out the flavor profile, with a firm and long-lasting bitterness. Very dry and effervescent, light to medium bodied.
ABV: 5.4%
MALT: American 2-row Barley, White Wheat Dextrine, C-15,
HOPS: Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin, Simcoe Citra, Columbus
ABV: 5.4%
MALT: American 2-row Barley, White Wheat Dextrine, C-15,
HOPS: Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin, Simcoe Citra, Columbus
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
11th July 2016
Level 42 botteshare. Thanks to Leighton. Hazy gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Soft malts, mildly sweet. Nice tropical fruits - pineapple and mango most evident. Spicy pine. Touch of sherbet. Light dry finish. Very nice but I was kinda startled by the other ratings going on around me.
Level 42 botteshare. Thanks to Leighton. Hazy gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Soft malts, mildly sweet. Nice tropical fruits - pineapple and mango most evident. Spicy pine. Touch of sherbet. Light dry finish. Very nice but I was kinda startled by the other ratings going on around me.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2016
at 06:39
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at level 42 Canary wharf tasting. 11/07/2016. Huge thanks to Leighton and Phil for this one. A hazed clouded yellow straw coloured pour with a lasting thin white head. Aroma is lovely juicy tropical peach and mango, dank hop, spicy hop. Flavour is composed of earthy grainy, super juicy mango, peach, melon, grainy. Palate is light grainy, refreshing, moderate carbonation. Superb beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2016
at 07:47
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Level 42 tasting. Thanks to Phil and Leighton for hauling across the pond. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aroma is a massive um bongo juice bomb. Mango, pineapple, papaya and guava. Taste is mango, pineapple, papaya. Just a great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2016
at 15:02
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Phil / Leighon. It pours cloudy yellow - gold with a medium white head. The aroma is sweet, juicy, creamy, grassy, um bungo, mango, tangerine, orange creamsicle, banana and earth. The taste is smooth, mellow bitterness, pineapple, mango, juicy, apricot, peach, fruit punch, melon, grassy, light alcohol and light pepper. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Fucking delicious. Top bollocks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2016
at 15:00
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle shared in CW - many thanks to Phil. Pours cloudy gold with. Frothy, white head. Big juicy aroma, lots of melon, peach, grapefruit, yeast, light pale bread, papaya. Light-medium sweet flavour with buckets of melon, pineapple, papaya, mango. Light bodied with average carbonation. Juicy and resinous and lightly rindy on the finish, tons more mango, pineapple, peach. Just simply stunning. Nothing to fault here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2016
at 15:00
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Level 42 tasting, big thanks to LKS, 11/07/16. Hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is big pissy trops, melon, mandarin, skunky danko wanko, grapefruit must. Taste comprises pineapple, Um Bongo, skunky, light mango flesh, apricot, melon balls, shoot my balls. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a skunky hop finale. Does Trillium Thrillium - fuck yes !
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2016
at 14:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours a very cloudy orange with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is tropical fruit, mango, pineapple, must. Medium mouth, juicy hop, pineapple, light dry finish, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2016
at 21:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
64oz growler from the brewery pours a murky yellow/gold with some lacing, creamy white head. Nose is very nice, fresh cut mandarin orange, tangerine too, grass, lemon curd, a little white grape. Flavor has just a little fruit sweetness, white grape, a little tangerine, some tangerine zest too, fresh orange, grass, straw. Dry finish, a touch slick. Crushable.
Tried
from Growler
on 16 Jun 2016
at 16:35
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
32oz growler filled 6/3/16, drunk 6/9/16.
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, pale, flaxen-gold with light brass tints and a large, white, well-retained head atop.
Grassy, for sure, moreso than most Trilliums, and at first I think that may be to some detriment, as the biscuity/crackery malts rise up and add plentiful "dryness" to the nose, as well. But slowly, stone fruit, white grape, meyer lemon and juicy orange/tangerine assert themselves. After more warming and breathing, the stuff just gets better and better as the nose (and flavor) continues to achieve more juicy depth, complexity and balance. No alcohol or flaw.
Again in the mouth, it begins very, very dry, grassy, lightly grainy and with lots of unripened nectarine, lemon zest and light floral notes. But as it warms, the malts soften all of these dry notes, while the nelson morphs in to nectarine and white grape, quite juicy, and made even more so by the spicy orange juice notes imparted by the galaxy. Tight carbonation, no flaw, no resin, moderate bitterness and incredibly drinkable. The Small Bird Series can do no wrong, it seems!
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, pale, flaxen-gold with light brass tints and a large, white, well-retained head atop.
Grassy, for sure, moreso than most Trilliums, and at first I think that may be to some detriment, as the biscuity/crackery malts rise up and add plentiful "dryness" to the nose, as well. But slowly, stone fruit, white grape, meyer lemon and juicy orange/tangerine assert themselves. After more warming and breathing, the stuff just gets better and better as the nose (and flavor) continues to achieve more juicy depth, complexity and balance. No alcohol or flaw.
Again in the mouth, it begins very, very dry, grassy, lightly grainy and with lots of unripened nectarine, lemon zest and light floral notes. But as it warms, the malts soften all of these dry notes, while the nelson morphs in to nectarine and white grape, quite juicy, and made even more so by the spicy orange juice notes imparted by the galaxy. Tight carbonation, no flaw, no resin, moderate bitterness and incredibly drinkable. The Small Bird Series can do no wrong, it seems!
Tried
from Growler
on 16 Jun 2016
at 15:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 oz. bottle shared by Willrunforbeer, thanks a lot. Aroma has citrus upfront with grass and a mild, mellow white grapes.
The flavor has a nice juicy citrus element before giving way to a mild pale grain and tropical fruits. The juicy citrus texture is alive and well in this brew as well. Really great mouthfeel. In the finish is huge fruit gives away to that Nelson Hops. Bitterness is on the lower end and lingers only slightly. Great balance.
The flavor has a nice juicy citrus element before giving way to a mild pale grain and tropical fruits. The juicy citrus texture is alive and well in this brew as well. Really great mouthfeel. In the finish is huge fruit gives away to that Nelson Hops. Bitterness is on the lower end and lingers only slightly. Great balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2016
at 22:59