7.8

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

Can 1pt. @ [ 10K Social Distancing Tasting ] - Guruhso Pavallionen - Grindsted.

[ As Tree House Curiosity Ninety Two (92) ].
ABV: 8.3%. Murky medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, moderate hoppy, citrus, tropical fruit, tangerine, red grapefruit, selery notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, tropical fruit, citrus, tangerine, grapefruit - red grapefruit, citrus - lemon, wheat, minerals. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200425]
8-3-8-4-16

9.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Tree House has been widely recognized as one of the top brewers of NEIPAs and has been very influential in the development of this now ubiquitous beer genre - and this seemingly endless Curiosity series has been instrumental in their understanding, finetuning and mastering of every small detail of the hops they use, in a way that has probably never done this seriously before. After seven years, this is already the ninety-second (!) embodiment of this ongoing Curiosity project, rather simplistically depicting the Spinosaurus, the largest terrestrial carnivore ever to have lived on our fascinating planet (although recent fossil evidence suggests it had a much more aquatic lifestyle - but I'm digressing). Yellowish egg-white, moisy, medium thick, lightly lacing and slowly opening, yet generally very well-retaining head on a cloudy (to even milky) 'yolk-yellow' beer with pale apricot hue. Incredibly fragrant, intense bouquet of lime zest, pomelo, lemongrass, acacia honey, guava, freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice, fresh dill, wet white pepper, hints of bread crumbs, vermouth, crushed green gooseberries, green kiwi. Crisp, juicy onset, very brightly citric, lively carbonated but in a 'refined' and non-distracting way, but still adding some minerality to an onset otherwise dominated by sweetish and lightly sourish notes of pomelo, guava, lime, unripe pineapple - with early spicy 'stings' connecting this initial flavour with a colourfully citrusy finish, over a white-bready, doughy, soft maltiness; the nose is retronasally 'filled' with a wave of granadilla, starfruit and guava, but also a lot of sour-sweet citrusiness, with a very expressive, 'extreme' zestiness lingering on and on. The hops add more pepperiness than is typical for the style, yet refrain from strong bitterness, so that indeed - as the brewery itself explains - the beer ends with complete, refreshing juiciness. A very slightly peppery-edged alcohol note is there in the end, but does not interfere with the hops doing their wonderful job. NEIPA is not the style I love the most - but if all of them were made like this, I could easily have one every day. This is absolutely majestic, the citrusiness has been finetuned into the greatest detail and every single aspect of this beer is perfectly in balance with the whole. I rarely had NEIPAs at this level of quality - even from Tree House itself. Amazingly good.

7.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a hazy, soft banana-yellow, with mid-sized cap of white, foam head. Aroma is full of citrus--orange and tangerine. Flavor is citrus and tropical fruit, with a pretty dry finish, which is a bit odd. Usually these experimental hop-bombs are a bit more sweet and full-bodied, which I think I prefer. Still, it's great that a major brewer still has the time and energy to keep trying new things--love the Curiosity series.

9

Simcoe, kinda piney