Charge the Channel
Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Vitamin Sea BrewingIPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Special Out of Production
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Score
7.51
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In July of 2020, we teamed up with Vitamin Sea Brewing for a collaboration that in many ways was a major highlight of the summer. The support of Channel Charge was so overwhelming, we knew we'd have to connect again soon thereafter to do it again. This time around, VSB was kind enough to allow us to brew their version of the collab, Charge the Channel, a Double IPA hopped with ludicrous amounts of Citra, Rakau, and Galaxy.
Pouring a hazy deep yellow, Charge the Channel wastes no time in filling the room with its vibrant, tropical aroma. Notes of mango nectar, juicy pineapple rings, and a rush of ripe guava delight the palate. Underneath this onslaught of tropical fruit, a creamy citrus profile adds notes of candied grapefruit, lemon preserves, and orange creamsicle. Charge the Channel offers a medium-bodied mouthfeel, with gentle bitterness, and a highly drinkable finish.
STYLE: Double IPA
ABV: 9.0%
HOPS: Citra, Rakau, Galaxy
MALT: American 2-Row Barley, Rolled Oats, Malted Oats, White Wheat, C-15
Pouring a hazy deep yellow, Charge the Channel wastes no time in filling the room with its vibrant, tropical aroma. Notes of mango nectar, juicy pineapple rings, and a rush of ripe guava delight the palate. Underneath this onslaught of tropical fruit, a creamy citrus profile adds notes of candied grapefruit, lemon preserves, and orange creamsicle. Charge the Channel offers a medium-bodied mouthfeel, with gentle bitterness, and a highly drinkable finish.
STYLE: Double IPA
ABV: 9.0%
HOPS: Citra, Rakau, Galaxy
MALT: American 2-Row Barley, Rolled Oats, Malted Oats, White Wheat, C-15
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can (2/16/21) pour from the Fenway location. It's an opaque yellow with light sparkle at the edges of the glass finger-width white foamy head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong mixed citrus and tropical fruit including lemon, mango, and tangerine along with mild herb and yeast. Taste follows aroma with noticeable alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with thick texture, average carbonation, alcohol and hop burn, and finish as taste. Overall, the aroma and flavors are strong but lack the distinct elements identified in the description. Alcohol flavor and burn are distracting.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2021
at 02:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can at home from Cloudwater, 26th March 2021. Pours a lovely hazy yellow. Aroma is mango, citrus and pineapple, loads of heady hops. Taste is hop full, citrus and mango, pineapple and tropical fruits, quite intense and some light hop burn. Lovely muck
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2021
at 19:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Dave, 26/03/21. Murky dirty fruit smoothie looking orange with a good sized just off white covering. Nose is ripe citric flesh, orange pith, pine resin, melon, raw pineapple. Taste comprises orange pith, pine needle, grass, ripe melon, papaya, pineapple. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced juicy come grassy hop bitterness. Solid DIPA.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2021
at 18:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Wingmane. A mutky milky dirty golden coloured pour with a fine white head. aroma is milky wheat, big dank, sileage, cut grass. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded, wheaty grains, oats, big grassy hop, big dank hops, spicy hop burn. Palate is medium bodied, prickly hop burn, moderate carbonation. Nice.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2021
at 21:09
8/10
Tried
on 20 Mar 2021
at 22:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
16 oz. can traded by tfontana. Thanks Tom. Born on: 02/16/21. Aroma implies; grass, onion, slight pine. Flavor is a match. Alcohol is nearly hidden. Bitterness is pretty stern in pine character.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2021
at 21:11
Galaxy and Citra. Very vibrant. Mango, pineapple, guava. Creamy orange and grapefruit. Slightly bitter, though very smooth. A nice escape to a tropical climate, if only momentarily. Favourite pic from today's hike.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2021
at 22:15
8/10
Yes, please. Grassy green nose, thick mouthfeel, slightly astringent boozy finish
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2021
at 22:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. CW online. Looks like custard. Fine white head. Nose has lemon and lime. Lemon sorbet. Nettle leaf. Five quid bag. Milky grain. The 9% isn’t apparent. Taste has light sweetness, with a punchy, leafy green bitterness. Medium body is a little slick, tempered by fine but brisk carbonation. Lingering leafy bitterness to finish. It’s not shy with the hops this one.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Mar 2021
at 19:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a hazy, pineapple-lemon, with smallish head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit, with some green onion. Flavor follows. It starts rather bitter and stays that way, through to a hoppy, pine/spruce finish.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2021
at 00:27