Tree House Brewing Company Alter Ego

Alter Ego

 

Tree House Brewing Company in Charlton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - New England / Hazy Regular
Score
8.01
ABV: 6.8% IBU: 72 Ticks: 86
Alter Ego is a member of the Julius family, taking the base of Julius and adding a tremendous amount of Mosaic to the dry hop with a kiss of Amarillo. What results is a beer with all the deliciousness of Julius with a pungent additional layer of citrusy complexity. Over time, Alter Ego has become a truly singular member of the Tree House family.
 

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8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can via trade thanks Dfroms. Léger orangé trouble, col épais crémeux blanc-cassé. Arôme est houblonné, fleurie t tropical, pointe de pin. Rappel de mandarine, ananas, herbacé et note de pamplemousse qui perce en rétro-nasal. Palais est chargé de notes tropicales, fruité résiduel moyen avec un accompagnement de pin, épicé et râpeux. Agrumes et légèrement huileux sur la fin avec encore ce léger côté mandarine, fruit passion et pamplemousse plus ananas. Abricot est aussi une autre option avec un léger côté purée et jus fruité.
Tried from Can on 25 Dec 2015 at 10:18

9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Fresh cans, only a few days old, drunk 12/11/15.
Ok, so I was very suspicious of the whole New England cloudy IPA thing when it first started being a thing at HF, Tree House and Trillium. It just seems so anti what a good pale ale should be; these aren’t hefeweizens, after all. But 2 years later, whatever the case, I’m a believer. And to go even farther than that, Trillium’s recent "clarity problem", the problem being that their pales and ipas are now nearly clear, is actually concerning. As it seems like there has been a drop in quality that has come exactly with this new clarity. Of course, maybe the two things are completely unrelated, but I don’t think so....Anyways, that’s a very long-winded way of saying how much I appreciate the heavily hazy character still found at Tree House. Alter Ego is a very sunset-hued, hazy orange-golden beer with a small white head and moderate retention.
Melon, pineapple, stonefruits, juicy tangerine, pretty much all the best characteristics these hops have to offer and little/none of the bad stuff. No punch/tang, no resin, no green onion (or very minimal, at most). Light biscuits and honey from the malt, which is delicately done and plays only a small role, as it should. No alcohol or flaw.
Flavor follows suit. Bright citrus, dank, leafy, green notes, tropical fruits and a lingering, heavily retronasal watermelon note. Perfect attenuation and balance with a good, but not overdone bitterness. This, like most of the other beers at Tree House, is some of the very best beer being brewed on this planet. Always a treat! Cheers to Nate and the rest of the gang. (Also the guy a few reviews down that says this "dosent hold up to Julius" should definitely go ahead and read up on what this beer is.....)
Tried from Can on 12 Dec 2015 at 04:02

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can, received as a very generous extra, in a trade with Leighton. Cheers! Murky gold. Film and halo of sticky, just off white head. Nose has nicely dank, luscious, tropical fruit hop. Some strawberry and vanilla malts. Background notes of orange pith and resinous pine. Taste is juicy sweet, turning pithy, and resinous bitter. Soft chew on the palate. Finishes long, pithy, and zesty bitter. Leaves a nice stickiness on the lips. Lovely.
Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2015 at 16:28

8.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Tree House Alter Ego (by Tree House Brewing Company):
Aroma: 10/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5

21/XI/15 - 1Pt. can @ Gentse Biervereniging: Grote Westvleteren Degustatie - BB: n/a (2015-1640) Thanks to PriorL for sharing the can!

Cloudy orange beer, small to almost no head, off-white. Aroma: yes! This is the good stuff!! Lots of pineapple, bit resinous, grapefruit, lychee, citrus, bit funky (cheesy?). MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: citrus, fruity start, piny, resinous, some sweet malts, pretty bitter. Aftertaste: resinous, bitter, fruity notes, grapefruit, pineapple, grassy, some caramel and malts in the back.
Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2015 at 15:04

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Thx to PriorL & Mathieu87. Can sampled @ "De grote Black Tuesday Tasting".They recently purchased this one @ the brewery so this one should be FRESH. Mango hazy orange, creamy solid white head. Very dank nose, bitter with mango peel, lots of it & light passionfruit sweetness. Taste is dank, thick creamy yeast, orange & more orange peel, more straightforward than the Green which I tried prior to this one. Body is thick yeast smoothie. Bit too yeasty for me but overall nice. A very fashionable modern style USA IPA, slightly reminiscent of what Trillium makes.
Tried from Can on 15 Nov 2015 at 08:00

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Small, just yellowish head over hazy orange beer. Grapey, fruity hops, and a faint acidity suggested. Dry-bitterish taste; bit leathery. Fruity flavours as from grapefruit and passion fruit. Light body; spritzy carbonation. Quite OK. Txs to the Vermeersch bros!
Tried on 15 Nov 2015 at 02:52

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
8th October 2015
42nd Floor Tasting. Thanks to Leighton. Hazy orange - gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry, mild fine carbonation. Mildly sweet malts, a little cream. Skunky hops. Dry orange leads to hop spice. Tropical fruits. Light and hop skunky finish. Very nice.
Tried on 01 Nov 2015 at 06:09

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can split at the 42nd floor Tasting, big thanks to Leighton, 08/10/15. Hazed orange amber with a decent beige covering. Nose is pine needle, dank hop strokes, citric tinged straw, bitter orange, apricot. Taste comprises skunky hop tunes, pine resin, grapefruit, bitter orange shreds, earthy tones. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi aggressive hop bitterness in the close. Solid dank hop affair.
Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2015 at 10:44

8.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Bottle at the sky high Canary wharf tasting. Hazed bright golden / orange coloured pour with a lasting off light creamy head. Aroma is big dank hop, lemon, dishcloth. Flavour is composed of of solid biscuity Base malt, orange, rind. Palate is velvety, medium bodied, some sticky sweet, moderate carbonation. Very juicy, really good.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2015 at 14:09

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can at the 42nd floor tasting, big thanks to Leighton! It pours cloudy gold with a medium white head. The nose is toasty, brioche, fresh pine, light varnish, dankness, passion fruit and mango. The taste is bitter, grassy, dank, toasty stuff, pine, grapefruit, orange, tangerine and light spice with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. So very well-rounded and drinks incredibly easily. Delicious.
Tried from Can on 14 Oct 2015 at 11:26