Death Mettle
Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple New England / Hazy Series|
Score
7.90
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The newest member of our Mettle group is Death Mettle a Triple IPA in a devilishly drinkable disguise. Combining the hop bills of both Mettle and Heavy Mettle, we've created this intensely hop-saturated experience to pair perfectly with the ghosts and goblins of Halloween.
Pouring a thick, hazy golden yellow, Death Mettle opens with concentrated aromas of juicy mango, pineapple, orange zest, and mixed stone fruit. Full-bodied, extremely tropical, and plush on the palate, this beer is built to satisfy the most chilling of hop cravings.
STYLE: Triple IPA
ABV: 9.7%
HOPS: Citra, Galaxy, Amarillo
MALT: American 2-Row Barley, Valley Danko Rye, Valley Triticale, Valley Wheat
Pouring a thick, hazy golden yellow, Death Mettle opens with concentrated aromas of juicy mango, pineapple, orange zest, and mixed stone fruit. Full-bodied, extremely tropical, and plush on the palate, this beer is built to satisfy the most chilling of hop cravings.
STYLE: Triple IPA
ABV: 9.7%
HOPS: Citra, Galaxy, Amarillo
MALT: American 2-Row Barley, Valley Danko Rye, Valley Triticale, Valley Wheat
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Fresh can drunk 5/22/21. Thick, almost muddy body is green-tinted brass-bronze with a small, white head that dissipates rather steadily. Some light alcohol and a hint of how twang in the nose, but it's mostly cleaned up at this point (I don't remember the exact canning date, but it was a few weeks old). Big cannabis and tropical fruit exchanges in the nose with plentiful honey-like malts balancing. Watermelon and grapefruit in the mix ending on light house yeast character. Soft, rich, sweet and intensely tropical with plentiful citrus, as well. Rich honey-like malt character, chewy texture and low carbonation with a thick body and moderate to assertive hop bitterness/acidity. Quite nice, but I think a lot of these huge IIIPAs tend to run together a bit flavor-wise. Lots of malt and the hop notes quickly homogenize. But no issues here as far as astringency/acidity/aspirin/hop twang/booziness, so that's good.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2021
at 23:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Hazy golden with a white head - Fruity hop aroma - Malt body with a fruity hop flavour with some hop bitterness - The hops geos into the finish with bitterness - This was real good
Tried
on 07 Jan 2021
at 21:10
9/10
0,473 litre Can, at Home. Milky orange with little white head. Malts, hops, Juicy, Citrus, pineapple, Tropical fruits, boozy, Piney bitterness. Well balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2020
at 17:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can from Brendan, thanks man! Canned 10/1/20, consumed 11/5/20. Pours a fully cloudy yellow color without much head or lace. The aroma is big on mangonion hops, orange, peach, and grapefruit coming through as well. Drinks on the green side, some moderate sweetness, light alcohol on the finish, but fairly well hidden for a 10/2% beer. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2020
at 18:48
Boozy, sweet, 🔥🔥🔥comes and goes. Figured following up a Masshole double with a Masshole tripel made sense, beer does not disappoint. Made Thursday's lunch, if I'm going to be up til 3am, may as well be productive.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2020
at 03:02
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Murky yellow. Green oniony hops, slightly stale, sweetish, alcohol.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jan 2020
at 13:08
9/10
Pretty well balanced for a triple, still a bit boozy on the back tho
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2019
at 18:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a very hazy, orange-banana color, not unlike an orange Julius or banana smoothie. Minimal head. Aroma has some chalk and a touch of booze to it, along with strong citrus and tropical fruit notes. Flavor is citrus and tropical fruit, with the aforementioned chalk and booze notes (unfortunate). Very smooth on the plate, with a light sweetness, but finishes with an alcohol burn.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2019
at 20:22
9/10
Citrus, not cloying in the sweetness, booze is hidden, nice balanced bitterness. Surprisingly good.
Tried
from Growler
on 09 Nov 2019
at 17:08
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
5-oz. taster pour on tap at the Canton brewery. Appearance is opaque, dark lemon chiffon yellow (like dark grapefruit juice) with no sparkle, finger-width foamy white head, trace lacing. Aroma is very strong and very good tropical fruit, citrus, grapefruit and faint herbal tinge. Taste follows aroma exactly. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with thick, granular texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, not hugely complex but if you're looking for the quintessential tropical fruit, grapefruit, citrus NEIPA experience, this is up there with anything from Tree House, etc.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2019
at 12:50