Trailside
Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.50
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Pouring a hazy, orange juice-colored golden yellow, Trailside is a fine-tuned take on the classic citrus-meets-tropical Trillium profile. Keeping an eye toward new possibilities with Strata, while retaining the core elements of what works best in Citra, the aroma is a stunning display of smile-inducing hop saturation. Fresh-peeled clementine, tangelo, and candied Meyer lemon notes are complemented by overripe pineapple, mango nectar, and fuzzy peach. Its juice-forward, no doubt; but an underlying ruby red grapefruit bitterness keeps us reaching back for more. Characteristically soft and palate-coating, we hope you enjoy Trailside while exploring the beauty of Blue Hills and beyond.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught at Fenway, 6/24/21.
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, pale brassy-gold with a small, but fairly well-retained white head.
Strata gets in there with its weird melon-pineapple-tangerine thing and yet the citra still provides plentiful juiciness. Yet somehow there's a fair bit of pine-like character on the finish, as well. Great house yeast character with plentiful mineral-like character, no bubblegum and no alcohol or flaw.
Very, very dry, I daresay too much so? Or maybe it's just more bitter than I prefer an NEIPA to be. Either way, I really feel the light resin here and the bitterness isn't really soaked up by the sparse, cracker-like maltiness. No real honey-like character to balance as I'd prefer. But it's a fine beer and appeals to those looking for a bit more than a glass of juice or tropical fruit. Still has a soft, malty texture and engaging carbonation with no alcohol or flaw.
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, pale brassy-gold with a small, but fairly well-retained white head.
Strata gets in there with its weird melon-pineapple-tangerine thing and yet the citra still provides plentiful juiciness. Yet somehow there's a fair bit of pine-like character on the finish, as well. Great house yeast character with plentiful mineral-like character, no bubblegum and no alcohol or flaw.
Very, very dry, I daresay too much so? Or maybe it's just more bitter than I prefer an NEIPA to be. Either way, I really feel the light resin here and the bitterness isn't really soaked up by the sparse, cracker-like maltiness. No real honey-like character to balance as I'd prefer. But it's a fine beer and appeals to those looking for a bit more than a glass of juice or tropical fruit. Still has a soft, malty texture and engaging carbonation with no alcohol or flaw.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2021
at 18:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy peach into an nonick. No head. Sweet lychee aromas. Soft and dry with passion fruit and lychee front to back. Dusty tropical fruit skin finish.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2021
at 22:33