Mettle
Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
8.02
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In the spirit of tenacity and camaraderie, Mettle was first created to highlight the milestone of our inaugural year as a brewery. With the intense dry-hop duo of Amarillo and Citra, this medium-bodied Double IPA beckons with aromatics of pineapple, mango, orange, and a hoppy dankness. A fusion of orange, melon, light pineapple, and a subtle pithiness round out the palate with a smooth, pillowy mouthfeel. We continue to brew Mettle in recognition of our devoted following of hopheads that have supported us from the very beginning.
STYLE: Double IPA
ABV: 8.4%
HOPS: Amarillo, Citra, Columbus
MALT: American 2 Row Barley, White Wheat, C-15
STYLE: Double IPA
ABV: 8.4%
HOPS: Amarillo, Citra, Columbus
MALT: American 2 Row Barley, White Wheat, C-15
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Imported from my RateBeer account as Trillium Mettle (by Trillium Brewing Company):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
31/XII/15 - 75cl bottle @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: X/14/15 (2015-1836) Thanks to Thomas A. for sharing the bottle!
Clear deep blond beer, big creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, pineapple juice, bit spicy, grapefruit. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots and lots of pineapple, mango, citrus, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: quite some grapefruit, citrus, pretty bitter and dry finish. Another lovely one from Trillium!
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
31/XII/15 - 75cl bottle @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: X/14/15 (2015-1836) Thanks to Thomas A. for sharing the bottle!
Clear deep blond beer, big creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, pineapple juice, bit spicy, grapefruit. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots and lots of pineapple, mango, citrus, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: quite some grapefruit, citrus, pretty bitter and dry finish. Another lovely one from Trillium!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2015
at 15:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazu orange-ochre beer; almost no head but transparant ring. Catty hops, cats’ pee, valerian, citrus, rosewater. Again catty, but also cheesy hops, with a definite spicy tang that turns out almost pizza-like! Tangerine/mandarine peel. Again some sweet, rosewater-like undercurrent, certainly warming up. In time the spice turns more and more towards origan, making the pizza round. Medium bodied, bit thin for a double IPA. Not bad, very surprising again, but there’s better around in this category. Many thanks to Louis and Mathieu!
Tried
on 16 Dec 2015
at 13:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Lil Tuesday Tasting in Odense. Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Big old-school hoppy aroma of grapefruit and lime peel. Dry and hoppy flavour with lots of grapefruit character. Delicious!
Tried
on 15 Dec 2015
at 13:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours a clear copper-gold color with a medium foamy white head that recedes gradually to a film. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, floral hops and malt. Medium body with flavors of dank hops, tropical fruit and bready malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a fruity hops aftertaste. Enjoyable beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2015
at 20:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Rekvium, Orla and Dolle’s dødsyge søndagssmagning, 2015. Pours hazy golden with a creamy white head. Apricot, fresh cut grass and herbs. Lime and bread. Smooth and dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2015
at 08:37
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle, small sample. Hazy golden color, short head. Aroma is very fruity, slight grassy, bit pine, some orange. Soft bitterness. Not much cookie and biscuity malts. Tastes like a 6% beer. Not much residual sweetness most DIPAs suffer from. Great balance. Good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2015
at 07:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle (13 days after bottling!) from De Bierkoning @ Beer Temple, shared with Caesar, Benzai & Mr. Hangover. Hazy yellow golden color. Sticky white head. Aroma’s: hoppy sour, light malty sweetness, resin. Retronasal there’s bitterness too. Flavor is light sour, moderate bitter, light sweet. Medium bodied. Long finish with lots of herbal hops, light to moderate bitter. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2015
at 04:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared. Hazy yellow to light orange color, medium to full sized white head. Aroma is lightly malts, hops. Taste malts, hops, fresh and crisp with a good bitterness. A bit thin texture though, medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2015
at 10:32
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared thanks to kermis, the milestones are getting closer tasting. Slightly hazy light golden with creamy and bubble white head. I smell massive fruity hops from a meter away, lets dig in... Pineapple, mango, massive mariuana, dank weeds, fresh cut grass, spring flowers. Light sweet malts and sugars underneath, but totally overpowered by the massive hops. Medium sweet and light bitterness. Almost full bodied with mouth coating velvety feel. Very nice and balanced, lovely stuff. Amazing mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2015
at 09:31
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared at the Get Kermis to 8k tasting. Pours hazy golden orange with a medium white head. Aroma of soapy hops, tropical fruit, pine, resinous hops, citrus, orange peel, mango and light balanced caramel malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with resinous hop coating the palate and very soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2015
at 09:31