Breaking Enigma

Equilibrium Brewery in Middletown, New York, United States 🇺🇸

IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating

Score

7.05

ABV: 8.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 4

Cracking the very cryptic Enigma Code was an important moment in world history. Here, we try to do the same on a brewery level with a hop some refer to as the chameleon hop, Enigma. Using different methods during the dry hop we work to pull out unique flavors you may not find using standard techniques.

Breaking Enigma uses wheat and oats as a grain base and is then heavily hopped with Enigma and a touch of Citra for balance. This beer pours bright yellow and has aroma of tropical fruit, berry and stone fruit. Upon tasting, we get assorted berries, tropical fruit, citrus, and a touch of Pinot Gris. The beer is resinous with a great blend of #EQjuice and dank earth at finish.

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7.6

CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Breaking Enigma from Equilibrium Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours hazy mango into a tulip. Bright white micro head with medium retention recedes to pool surface leaving trailing sheets. Hot mango and melon aromas. Sweet with hot mango, melon and golden syrup upfront turning to dry passion fruit and tangerine pith in the lasting finish.

Tried on 20 Apr 2022 at 02:00

5.8

DSG (25977) reviewed Breaking Enigma from Equilibrium Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Murky yellow. Slightly stale, very oniony hops, fruity, sweetish, mild green bitterness.

Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2021 at 16:09

7.9

bookman65 (6047) reviewed Breaking Enigma from Equilibrium Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a hazy golden pineapple-orange, with smallish head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit, with some dankness. Flavor is dank citrus and tropical fruit, with a light touch of hop bitterness at the finish. Nice soft mouthfeel. Typical EQ excellence...

Tried on 18 Sep 2020 at 18:04

superspak (10160) ticked Breaking Enigma from Equilibrium Brewery 6 years ago

Excellent! Tangerine/OJ/grapefruit/lemon/peel/zest/peach/pineapple/apricot/passionfruit/papaya/mango/honeydew/guava/berries/wheat/biscuit/dough/lt pepper/pine. Lt bitter. Creamy/bready med-full. Lt sticky/resin/drying. Smooth/soft/min warmth.

Tried on 01 Jun 2019 at 12:49