Equilibrium Brewery Fluctuation

Fluctuation

 

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

  IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating
Score
7.56
ABV: 8.1% IBU: - Ticks: 91
Departures from Equilibrium are known as fluctuations. It pours a very hazy tangerine color, releasing bright tropical notes of passion fruit, mango, pineapple, and lychee with an undercurrent of sorbet and cream. Fluctuation tastes highly resinous and tropical with an assertive yet soft bitterness. We consider this fluctuation to be perfectly unbalanced.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

I have a 16 fl oz can obtained from Half Time a couple of months ago. I believe a tulip glass is proper for this sampling, I have one from ABGB in Austin in place. The pour finds a hazy, pale gold-yellow liquid finished with a stout head of completely white foam. The scent is an attractive combination of tropical fruit, grain and meadow. The taste surpasses the nose. Guava, pineapple, malt, white bread and a bit of citrus. Sweet but not overwhelmingly so. I normally will prefer a regular imperial IPA over a hazy one but this is a surprising beer.

Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2025 at 22:10


3.9
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 17

Lattina. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso la frutta tropicale. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera elevata e l'esistenza olfattiva è apprezzabile. Il cappello di schiuma resiste poco. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di apparenza opalescente. Il colore è giallo torbido. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è carico. La forza gustativa è elevata e la permanenza è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano luppolate. Il finale è amarognolo. Il retrogusto è intenso. Al gusto vengono donati toni di miele, frutta secca, luppolo, resina, pino, agrumi, pompelmo, ananas e frutta tropicale.

Tried on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:07


8

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2024 at 19:06


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Brews of the World. Pours murky yellow to orange with a thin white. Aromas of strong tropical fruit. Pineapple and lychee. Taste is chewy, bitter tropical fruit. Light sweet finish.

Tried from Can on 17 Oct 2024 at 14:24


8

Tropical, juicy, slightly sweet

Tried from Draft on 04 Jun 2024 at 21:27


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(can 1 pint from CraftBeer Solniční (Brno)) Overall: Nice exotic fruity. Aroma: Citrus, orange, tropical fruits, exotic, light fruity sourness. Appearance: Cloudy yellow. Long lasting white head. Taste: Light sweet, malty, citrusy, juicy, tropical fruits, light spicy, pineapple, light bitter. Palate: Medium body. Light sticky texture. Light bitter-zesty finish.

Tried from Can on 17 May 2024 at 20:01


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Eltham Wines. Hazy orange pour with a white head. Aromas of orange, mango,papaya, peach, pineapple, apricot jam. Flavours of zesty orange, peach, mango, papaya, pineapple, pink grapefruit. Classic dipper taste. Juicy fruity aftertaste.

Tried from Can on 10 Apr 2024 at 19:54


8.5

Tried on 01 Nov 2023 at 21:50


8

Tried from Can on 17 Aug 2023 at 21:52


8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Super hazy, almost chunky straw golden coloured body with a very large, four to five centimetre tall off-white and even tan head, with the body being 99 per cent opaque. Aroma of deep oranges, lactose, vanilla, cream, hay and even some cherry candy here, too, that seems a touch on the sour side - very strong to the nose and not traditionally IPA smelling, of course. Medium to Full-bodied; Big, chewy malt and wheat bite at first with some deep citrus and full orange notes, with a lot of vanilla, lactose, cream and icing sugar notes right behind with a very faint dash of h ops and alpha acid bitterness at the end. Aftertaste is super rich with a bunch of malts and lactose here with still some pungent orange and citrus flavours and a dry-ish grassy hop bite and even some icing sugar and creamy flavours that support the hops and actually hide the alcohol pretty nicely - this tastes closer to six per cent. Overall, a nice IPA that shows Imperial Status only in the form of body and richness, but the cream, lactose and citrus fruits are nice here, as are the style considerations here - this is pure new school, New England IPA as it gets! Great to try fresh from New York via purchase in New York, New York! Get it if you can find it and have it fresh! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Whole Foods in New York (Union Square, 14th St), New York on 16-January-2022 for US$5,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 07-May-2022.

Tried from Can on 13 Jul 2023 at 20:43