Trillium Brewing Company Mettle

Mettle

 

Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating
Score
8.02
ABV: 8.4% IBU: - Ticks: 89
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
 

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bomber courtesy of and shared with Kermis. Big thanks. Hoppy aroma. Medium creamy white head. hazy goldenn pour. Lovely hop character. Easy drinking despite the 8.4 abv. Well balanced. Excellent
Tried on 08 Nov 2015 at 09:30

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Poured from a batch 2 bottle. Thanks Floozy! Aroma is hops layered on top of more hops with a light cracker malt backbone. Lots of tropical fruit and citrus with a medium light dank, resinous note and light stone fruit. Orange, mandarin and tangerine with some pineapple and mango. Light peach and nectarine. Pours a hazy, dull, golden orange with a large, slightly off -white, thick, frothy head that exhibits nice retention as it slowly recedes. Medium high lacing and small legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with some cracker and biscuit notes as well as a hint of honey. Medium to medium high bitterness. A light mineral note from the water. Moderate hop flavors with quite a bit of citrus and lighter resin notes and tropical fruit. Hops aren’t as bright as in the aroma but quite a bit of orange and mandarin with some lighter grapefruit, pineapple and mango. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, this beer smells amazing! The taste is really good too but not as much hop flavor as aroma. I like the malt backbone and the bitterness isn’t harsh at all. Good water quality too!
Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2015 at 23:40

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours hazy orange, large creamy white head, dissipates slowly with nice clumpy lacing. Aroma is very dank, juicy and tropical, pot notes along with pine resin and overripe mango. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter, juicy and hoppy, resinous and dank. Medium body with a hint of heat from the ABV. Nice DIPA>
Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2015 at 00:45

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
750mL bottled 10/14/15, drunk 10/22/15.
Typical Trillium pour as far as great head retention, but not cloudy/murky and while still hazy, not intensely so (and I only let this fridge for a week. This thing would probably have cleared after a month or so).
The nose wasn’t all that promising from the get-go, though with warming and breathing, it seems to improve a bit on account of the maltiness edging out some of the tangy, slightly aspirin-like hoppiness/acidity. Otherwise, tons of honey, light whitebread dough, lilacs, honeysuckles and tangy, overripe tangerines and overripe white grapefruit. Quite a good strength of aroma with no alcohol. Too bad about the slight aspirin notes....
Although there’s just a pinch of tangy, punchy hop in the flavor, it’s by and large beautifully balanced and free from any resin, heavy citrus or pine. Incredibly creamy, soft and tightly carbonated texture with some latent maltiness but still well-attenuated. Light meyer lemon, spiciness, herbs and just pure late hopping flavors of tropical fruits without any resulting resin/acid burn whatsoever. The aroma not quite up to par, and I think Upper Case was a bit more explosively juicy. But this is definitely more dry/drinkable than that one, so it’s very close in my book. Regardless, it’s still a world class double IPA and good to see some breweries still can make an elegant, restrained double IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2015 at 16:17

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
30th December 2014
5 Kay, 7.5 Kay, 10 Kay Tasting. Big thanks to Leighton for hauling back more Trillium goodness. Lightly hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is crispy and semi dry. Smooth airy pale malts. Little creamy sweetness. Hops are spicy skunk with mild but bitter floralness. Trace of tropical fruits. Nice hop spice through the finish and well in to the aftertaste. Great beer to finish a great tasting!
Tried on 17 Jan 2015 at 12:20

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle, crushed at the 5/7.5/10K - thanks to L-dawg, 30/12/14. Hazed orange amber with a big old off white covering that retains well @looker. Nose is big pine needle, bitter citric rinds, grapefruit, orange pith, straw. Taste comprises tangerine, mandarin, big pine injection, fresh tropicana, straw, melon, grapefruit, citric pithdom. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi aggressive hop bitterness and pine linger in the close. Top draw DIPA !
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2015 at 14:13

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours hazy golden with a thick off-white head. The nose is soft,sweet, juicy, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, apricot, sweet persimmon, freshly cut grass and wood. The taste is smooth, rich, soft fruits, bitter-sweet, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, straw, light sherbet, straw and toast with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Smooth, crushable and super-easy going. Brilliant balance. A joy to drink.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2014 at 10:46

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle shared in London - picked up last week from the brewery. Pours cloudy gold with a frothy white head. Stunning nose, lots of dank hop, some pithy grapefruit, pale wood. Medium sweet flavor, buckets of juicy grapefruit, mellow rindy bitterness, rich pith. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with some resin, pithy grapefruit, jars of orange juice, lemon rind. Well balanced, thick and juicy. Gah, outrageous. Superlative beer.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2014 at 17:20

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours deep gold into a snifter. Bright white head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Resin and tropical fruit aromas. Soft with sweet caramel and resin upfront turning to dry mango before the lasting grapefruit pith finish.
Tried on 07 Jun 2014 at 16:54