Photon
Equilibrium Brewery in Middletown, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Rotating|
Score
7.28
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Photon is our light and crushable American Pale Ale loaded with pacific northwest hops. It pours a very hazy orange, releasing well-blended notes of apricot, tangerine, peach, mango, and pineapple. It tastes of soft juicy tropical fruits, hop resins, and a hint of biscuit. A smooth rounded bitterness with a touch of dryness ensures you’re ready for the next sip. This drinking experience is further enhanced with a soft and billowy mouth-feel that has made this the go to ale for the Equilibrium crew, especially when a productive day needs to follow a fun night.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can shared. Pours a hazy gold with a full finger of white foam that lingers. Good dank nose with dragon fruit, papaya and mango aromas. Lowish carb with a creamy texture. Durian, lychee and citrus pith finish. Not overly bitter, but some light prickly bitterness on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2019
at 04:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the Ginger Man. Pours slightly hazy orange. Peach, orange, lemon, biscuit, toffee. Medium body. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Nov 2018
at 22:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can thanks to William. Pours a hazy orange gold with medium white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is floral and citrus. Slick body, juicy, grapefruit, tangerine, mango, light bitterness, very good.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2018
at 02:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tall can Hazy light gold with a fluffy white head. Aroma is citrusy with a touch of tropical fruit/mango Juicy, with a citrus tang. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Sep 2018
at 23:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught at Ginger Man, 4/7/18.
Heavily hazy, peach-maize-golden. White head to ring.
A bit sharp and tangy to kick things off, but the juiciness enters the mix quickly, as well. There's a touch of light caramel and various bready grain behind it all that I don't love. No alcohol or flaw and little/no resin. Grapefruit and tangerine dominate with light pine and green, vegetal suggestions.
Tangy tangerine opens the flavor with strong floral and perfume notes mixing with moderate grain character. Becomes sharp and rather overly dry. Thankfully, it does soften nicely over time and begins to show a bit of mango-lime-like juiciness. Very good and with the typical high level of execution that makes this brewery great. Carbonation is perfect. Still, a bit on the twangy and bitter side, though if it's all PNW hops, that seems a bit more forgivable.
Heavily hazy, peach-maize-golden. White head to ring.
A bit sharp and tangy to kick things off, but the juiciness enters the mix quickly, as well. There's a touch of light caramel and various bready grain behind it all that I don't love. No alcohol or flaw and little/no resin. Grapefruit and tangerine dominate with light pine and green, vegetal suggestions.
Tangy tangerine opens the flavor with strong floral and perfume notes mixing with moderate grain character. Becomes sharp and rather overly dry. Thankfully, it does soften nicely over time and begins to show a bit of mango-lime-like juiciness. Very good and with the typical high level of execution that makes this brewery great. Carbonation is perfect. Still, a bit on the twangy and bitter side, though if it's all PNW hops, that seems a bit more forgivable.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2018
at 14:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at HL3, 22/06/18. Hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is melon, tangerine, light brioche, juicy citric pith, sweet malts, juicy hop aroma. Taste comprises orange pith, light pine, mango, faint yeast murmur, grapefruit, toasted malts, soft breads, pineapple. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with resinous hop bitterness. Decent pale.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2018
at 16:51
7/10
Tried
on 21 Jun 2018
at 16:27
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
32 oz crowler filled on draft at Dominion Wine & Beer on 4/24/2018, consumed same day. Poured into a willi becher. Hazy yellowish orange with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, floral notes. Tastes of lemon citrus, tropical fruit, floral notes. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Crowler
on 26 Apr 2018
at 03:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at B Side. Poured a slightly hazy yellow orange color. Mild grapefruit fresca aroma. Light floral. Mild grain. Really juicy. Really pleasant. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Apr 2018
at 16:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap, half pint. Tasted on the 17/03/2018 at "Biercab", Barcelona (Spain). Hazy orange colour with a frothy off-white head. Aroma of citrus, floral hops and grass. Taste is tropical fruits, citrus, pine and a punch of floral hops. Smooth and dry finish. Next one please!
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2018
at 07:35