TABA - Nelson
Equilibrium Brewery in Middletown, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Belgian Series|
Score
7.38
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TABA Nelson is our Farmhouse IPA dry hopped with our hand selected Nelson Sauvin hops from Hop Revolution. TABA is our rotating series that explores hop interaction with our There and Back Again cultures. This Farmhouse IPA is a collaborative effort with our dear friend Dr. Jason Rodriguez. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to create a reproducible process that produces a beautiful and elegant farmhouse ale that is dry, slightly tart, full of flavor, and super drinkable. The interplay of our slow souring process, its respective microorganisms, hops, bitterness, gravity manipulation, and minerality have been through countless iterations over the years. We took our There and Back Again cultures and allowed it ferment over several months before dry hopping it with Nelson. We then bottle conditioned it for several months prior to today’s release. TABA Nelson is something for the beer and wine drinker alike. It pours a vibrant golden yellow releasing aromas and flavors of balanced citrus, white riesling grapes, apricot, pleasant funk, and crisp apple all wrapped up in a finish that offers an incredibly #balancedacidity. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, naturally carbonated, it will continue to evolve over time if properly cellared.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours lightly hazy yellow, medium white headd, good lacing. Aroma is a bit funky, ripe fruit, armpits, limes. Flavor is light tart, light funk, nice hop expression Medium body. Good
5,8,8,4,15
5,8,8,4,15
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2025
at 23:01
8/10
Ooo that's funky. More Brett notes than Nelson or malt. Dry and funky!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2025
at 09:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375 ml bottle from EQ, via delivery, 6/4/25. Murky, fairly bright, yellowish-orange color with a fairly fizzy white head. Super funky, yeast forward, a little white grape, some melon hints, citrus zest, and grains. Tart, funky flavor profile. Pretty fun beer overall.
7/7.5/8/8/8
7/7.5/8/8/8
Tried
from Bottle
at
Equilibrium Taproom and Grille
on 04 Jun 2025
at 18:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
500 ml bottle. Thanks TJ. Aroma is white wine, yeasty funk and rustic grains. Flavor has mild acid, white wine, musty grain. Bretty. Balanced flavor profile. Refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2023
at 19:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Chalumeaux on 8/19/23. Clear, bright goldenrod. Head fizzles away. White wine for days. Is this a Chardonnay?? Rustic grain does give it some beer character and there's good lactic and Brett culture. Ton of band aid and rubber. Soft, light, wheaty, dry, lots of strong Brett. A bit forceful on the Brett fermentation leading to heavy, heavy pepper and a bit of over attenuated textures. No sourness or aggressivity at least.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2023
at 19:25
7/10
Brett, grapeskin, nice crisp clean flavors. Wonderful palate cleanser.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2023
at 15:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Magnum shared by Matt: pours yellowish with white head. Aroma is tropical funk. Taste is tropical chuggable. Quite nice.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2022
at 23:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, shared by Matt. Pours gold. Funk, passionfruit, gooseberry, pineapple, lemon. Medium body. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2022
at 22:58
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2022
at 22:18