Lights On
Tree House Brewing Company in Charlton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.87
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Lights On was originally brewed to celebrate the opening of our brewery in Monson. Over the last two years it has become a celebrated and important part of core line-up - our house Pale Ale. It offers everything we love about our beer in a concise package. It pours a gorgeous hazy orange in the glass, releasing an aroma filled with a bounty of sweet fresh citrus fruit. We taste papaya, guava, and mango - a fresh and distinctive flavor profile that’s wholly Tree House. Buoyed by a fluffy mouthfeel and a delicate finish, Lights On is a beer we find perfect for any occasion.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can (2/5/20, Thanks Mookie, Thanks David stamped on bottom) pour from the brewery in Charlton. Appearance is opaque, yellow-orange with lively sparkle at the edges of the glass, 3-finger width foamy white head with good retention and light leggy lacing. Aroma is strong lemony citrus, grass and peach. Taste follows aroma with strong lemony citrus with a citrus bite to it and honeydew melon, mild peach, yeast and late cracker. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with thin, frothy texture, average-to-lively carbonation and finish as taste with dry, lingering pleasant moderate bitterness. Overall, strong citrusy aroma and flavor with a few other features as well. It's hard not to compare everything to their NEIPA's so this doesn't rival those but is quite good for a pale ale.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2020
at 23:48
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can shared @ Himmeriget by Henrik. Thanks! Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is dank, fruity, subtle grassy, mango, melony, hoppy. Taste is juicy hops, mango, stone fruit, dank, citrus. Hot damn!
Tried
from Can
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Got in a trade with brutalfarce. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/3/2019. Pours very hazy deep golden amber color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, red apple, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, red apple, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, red apple, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Slight lingering resins/rinds. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.6%. Overall this is a fantastic NEAPA. All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Amazing soft feel. Feels like Galaxy, Citra, Simcoe, El Dorado. Very juicy, vibrant, and lightly dank/earthy hops; with a great balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing spot on style example as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2019
at 17:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
473ml can from a trade. Canned 10/26/18. Smooth, super balanced, fruity and citrusy with some pine, grass and tropical notes. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2018
at 15:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Soft citrus and light bready notes. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Citrus peel and a bit of a bright note. Not bad.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2018
at 04:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tall can (thx, Brian C.!) at Ash's. Pours a murky blonde with a white head. Aroma is lots of tropical fruits with tooth paste freshness. Taste is similar. Good one.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2018
at 04:02
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
16 oz can. Aroma is cat piss, mango, pineapple, citrus rind, Pours murky orange with a thick cream-hued head with excellent retention and lace. Taste is very lightly bitter, lightly sweet and really juicy. Probably the best Tree House yet that I've had.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2018
at 05:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can poured, gifted by luttonm. Thanks! A nice, glowing hazy orange juice pour, a cream foam head. Inviting aroma full of fresh squeezed oranges. Very nice. Flavor is a grassy, citrus hop combination, juicy tropical fruit. Really smooth drinking. Not sweet or too bitter. The light bitterness lingers, and stays around with a true fruit juice palate. Really nicely done pale here.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2018
at 00:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From can during a bottle share at the Local Option, Chicago. Thanks Dan! Hazy yellow golden color with white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, grass, pine, dank, citrus, caramel, light bread. Sweet and light bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2018
at 18:48
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2018
at 20:02