Pocket Pigeon (Batch 2+, 2016-)
Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Series|
Score
7.72
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Small Bird Series - Spelt based American Pale Ale with Galaxy, Mosaic, Columbus.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap@HImmeriget, Copenhagen - Orange pour with white head. Sweet fruity and light malty with fruity citrus and tropical notes, waves of satsuma and grapefruit, light peachy accents, pale malty base, hoppy finish, going down a treat in this weather.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2017
at 09:24
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can drunk 7/23/16.
Forgot to add my review after splitting this with the earlier batch.
Pours a bright, light, marigold-tinted pale-straw with a large, well-retained white head atop. Clarity is a bit higher on the small bird series beers, or at least this one certainly. Still a good haze to it, however.
Bright, snappy citrus notes combine with soft, but very aromatic tropical fruits in the nose to provide papaya, mango, guava and lime. There’s a biscuity-crackery malt character behind it that is very much minimal, allowing the hops to shine, which they certainly do. No alcohol, no flaw, no resin, no malt interference. Just a beautiful pale ale here and one of my favorite of the series.
In the mouth, it’s maybe a touch more dry and biscuity (from the spelt, I guess?) than the previous batch, though that one had some cracker-like malts to it as well. Possibly even more tropical than I remember, as the last batch had a bit more citrus character woven in. Intensely tight carbonation and a soft, well-attenuated, malty texture. Fantastic beer.
Forgot to add my review after splitting this with the earlier batch.
Pours a bright, light, marigold-tinted pale-straw with a large, well-retained white head atop. Clarity is a bit higher on the small bird series beers, or at least this one certainly. Still a good haze to it, however.
Bright, snappy citrus notes combine with soft, but very aromatic tropical fruits in the nose to provide papaya, mango, guava and lime. There’s a biscuity-crackery malt character behind it that is very much minimal, allowing the hops to shine, which they certainly do. No alcohol, no flaw, no resin, no malt interference. Just a beautiful pale ale here and one of my favorite of the series.
In the mouth, it’s maybe a touch more dry and biscuity (from the spelt, I guess?) than the previous batch, though that one had some cracker-like malts to it as well. Possibly even more tropical than I remember, as the last batch had a bit more citrus character woven in. Intensely tight carbonation and a soft, well-attenuated, malty texture. Fantastic beer.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Oct 2016
at 18:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can from bytemesis. Thanks again Mike! It pours a cloudy pale orange color with a large, foamy off white head. The aroma is great with pineapple, hints of dank pot and mango. Nice. The flavor is dry and a little spicy with a little hop astringency. Some lemon and grapefruit. Not very juicy surprisingly. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2016
at 21:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From the can. Drinking straight from the white can is a plus over the murky pour. Dusty tropical fruit and yeast aromas. Dry with astringent pepper and tropical fruit upfront turning to an eathy bitterness in the lasting finish. Easy drinkin’
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2016
at 11:07
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can thanks to bparker551. Pours cloudy orange juice, medium creamy off-white head, dissipates slowly, great lacing. Aroma is nicely dank, pot, pine, grapefruit, passionfruit. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, dank and juicy. Medium light body, creamy mouthfeel, not watery. Excellent, but I have no idea how one decides that this is a blonde ale rather than an APA. Extremely crushable.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2016
at 22:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
16 oz.can shared by ClarkVV. Dude, this is da bomb! Bright hazy yellow with thin lasting head in a tulip glass. Aroma of bold citrus, light pine, hints of grass. The flavor is bright with lots of lingering hop variations. Tropical fruits hit my tastebuds upfront and then it turns into mild pine. Pale grain for the backbone. Soft delicate mouthfeel and texture that makes this chug able. The level of complexity is quite amazing for a 4.8% golden ale! Damn... The pine and tropical fruit, grass marries together exceptionally well.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2016
at 07:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from can thanks ClarkVV hazy lemon pour with a nice white head. Aromas of citrus grass scallion and dank pine resin. Taste is amazing. Balanced hop pineapple mango juicy fruit nice lingering pine finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Pocket Pigeon on 23 Jul 2016 at 22:33 - Score: 8
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2016
at 21:32