Big Bird
Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.83
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Making its annual migration to New England, Big Bird draws inspiration from our “Small Birds” by utilizing specialty grains and unique hop varieties, Big Bird has an amped profile worthy of a larger fowl. Pouring a noticeably cloudy yellow, this intensely aromatic Double IPA conjures up a tropical fruit cocktail nose of fresh pressed orange and ripe pineapple with a garnish of lemon and light spruce tip spice.
Strong citrus flavors of key lime pie, mandarin orange, and tangy grapefruit pith lead into a creamy profile of kiwi flesh, cantaloupe, and honeydew melon with papaya. Medium bodied, Big Bird’s tropical sweetness on the front of the palate is balanced out on the finish by a soft herbal bitterness. We welcome this bird back to the nest!
STYLE: Double IPA
ABV: 8.5%
HOPS: ???
MALT: American 2-Row Barley, White Wheat, Dextrine, Flaked Wheat, Valley Danko Rye, Valley Triticale, Malted Oats, Dextrose
Strong citrus flavors of key lime pie, mandarin orange, and tangy grapefruit pith lead into a creamy profile of kiwi flesh, cantaloupe, and honeydew melon with papaya. Medium bodied, Big Bird’s tropical sweetness on the front of the palate is balanced out on the finish by a soft herbal bitterness. We welcome this bird back to the nest!
STYLE: Double IPA
ABV: 8.5%
HOPS: ???
MALT: American 2-Row Barley, White Wheat, Dextrine, Flaked Wheat, Valley Danko Rye, Valley Triticale, Malted Oats, Dextrose
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Canned 6/29/17, shared 7/7/17 and another can drunk 10 days later.
Strong soupiness to it, with a medium-small, white head showing moderate retention. Typical bronze-amber-maize color of the Street series.
Juicy and lush in the nose with tangy lime, dense papaya and guava and tons of "sweet" tangerine. I think the general consensus is that this is Vic’s Secret and it makes sense, given all of the soft, highly juicy, round tropical and tangerine fruit notes. With eight days on the first can I tried, it’s still got a good greenness to it that adds a strong citric bitterness (strong lime and lemon) but it’s nonetheless quite enjoyable.
The texture is as one would expect for the Street series and that bump from 7.2% to 8.5% isn’t felt tremendously. Good backing of supple malts that are well-attenuated with rich honey and light biscuit character. Tight carbonation concentrates the intense hop character and there’s an explosion of fruit and moderate bitterness on the finish.
The can drunk at about three weeks old proved even better, showing none of the slightly rough edges of the younger and no less intense, fresh, juicy hoppiness. Really wish I’d saved more of these things to try in the three to four week range as this was superb. I’m looking forward to batch 2 already. Much less intensely hop soup-like and less "thick" than Headroom.
Strong soupiness to it, with a medium-small, white head showing moderate retention. Typical bronze-amber-maize color of the Street series.
Juicy and lush in the nose with tangy lime, dense papaya and guava and tons of "sweet" tangerine. I think the general consensus is that this is Vic’s Secret and it makes sense, given all of the soft, highly juicy, round tropical and tangerine fruit notes. With eight days on the first can I tried, it’s still got a good greenness to it that adds a strong citric bitterness (strong lime and lemon) but it’s nonetheless quite enjoyable.
The texture is as one would expect for the Street series and that bump from 7.2% to 8.5% isn’t felt tremendously. Good backing of supple malts that are well-attenuated with rich honey and light biscuit character. Tight carbonation concentrates the intense hop character and there’s an explosion of fruit and moderate bitterness on the finish.
The can drunk at about three weeks old proved even better, showing none of the slightly rough edges of the younger and no less intense, fresh, juicy hoppiness. Really wish I’d saved more of these things to try in the three to four week range as this was superb. I’m looking forward to batch 2 already. Much less intensely hop soup-like and less "thick" than Headroom.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Aug 2017
at 15:51
8/10
A hazed blonde ipa with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with loads of resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light treacle and clovers, very nice. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with loads of resinous floral hops, light, light tropical fruits, clovers, very nice. 8-3-8-4-16.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2017
at 18:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can. Pours a cloudy yellow orange with small white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is tropical fruit, earth, papaya. Medium body, juicy, pineapple, papaya, mango, light bitterness, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2017
at 07:55
9.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Imported from my RateBeer account as Trillium Big Bird (by Trillium Brewing Company):
Aroma: 10/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 10/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.6/5
17/VII/17 - 1Pt can from a trade @ the tasting without Jon (home) - BB: n/a, canned: 29/VI/17 (2017-1044) Thanks to Ryan for sharing the can!
Very cloudy bright yellow beige beer, small creamy irregular yellow head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, passion fruit, pineapple, mango, papaya. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of tropical fruits, resinous, grapefruit, bitter, sweet malts, very hoppy. Aftertaste: resinous bitterness, hoppy, citrus, pineapple juice, grapefruit, sweet, passion fruit, mango, papaya, lovely stuff!
Aroma: 10/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 10/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.6/5
17/VII/17 - 1Pt can from a trade @ the tasting without Jon (home) - BB: n/a, canned: 29/VI/17 (2017-1044) Thanks to Ryan for sharing the can!
Very cloudy bright yellow beige beer, small creamy irregular yellow head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, passion fruit, pineapple, mango, papaya. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of tropical fruits, resinous, grapefruit, bitter, sweet malts, very hoppy. Aftertaste: resinous bitterness, hoppy, citrus, pineapple juice, grapefruit, sweet, passion fruit, mango, papaya, lovely stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2017
at 18:00
8/10
Tried
on 16 Jul 2017
at 17:46
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
8 3 8 4 17Can shared for Floris’s Leaving Beers at Gekke Geit. Very hazy light golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma of oniony hops, citrus, tropical fruits, mango and tangerine notes. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and above moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jul 2017
at 10:51
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled from bottle at Floris’s leaving tasting. Hazy yellow with white head. Massive tropical fruits, papaya, roasted peppers, weedy hops, grassy hops, grilled yellow onions. Big sweet and moderate bitter, light spiced. Medium body and soft carbonation. Some cooling milkiness within the massive juiciness and light spiciness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2017
at 10:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours hazy peach into a snifter. Bright white head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Dusty tropical fruit aromas. Sweet apricot and mango upfront turning to hot caramel before the medium length resin finish. Nice.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2017
at 18:10
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pours a very hazy, peach-orange, with mid-sized head. Aroma is bursting with citrus and tropical fruits. Flavor includes grapefruit and pineapple, with plenty of hop bite--pine/spruce. Just a touch of sweetness and the soft, pillowy mouthfeel that Trillium is known for. Excellent double IPA.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2017
at 15:26
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Thanks Zack into a wineglass showing hazy dark orange with no head. The nose shows strong juicy citric pineapple. The palate is medium bodied and moderately carbonated. Strong flavours of juicy pineapple throughout and a light pine resin bitterness.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2017
at 20:29