Fort Point - Motueka Dry Hopped
Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.69
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can drunk 5/26/17 and on tap at Trillium Garden, 6/1/17.
Thoroughly hazy, not quite soupy, copper-tinted-golden body shows a fluffy, large, white head that is fairly well-retained.
Lemon and juicy white grapefruit give way to light cherry and bits of grass and earth. Motueka in all of its glory is no Nelson or Galaxy, in my book, as I don’t love the more muted, almost earthy, rather grassy character it provides, though it certainly imparts interesting cherry, dry citrus and moderately juicy tropical fruits. But it’s still quite glorious when done well, as it is here, with the typical Fort Point backing of biscuit and cracker with moderate esters and a hint of pine and booze lingering.
Juicy, though with quite a dry edge to it, the pineapple and leafy, grassy character mixing with moderate bitterness and lemon-grapefruit-like citrus to really dry out the finish. Still, the soft, supple malts and wheat provide ample balance while warming bestows a good juiciness throughout. Tight carbonation and a soft texture with a bit of alcohol/ester house character on the finish.
Every batch varies quite a bit and beyond that, the age of your sample makes a big difference, so it’s very hard to rank them, but after this one, I think my preference is something like (descending order): Galaxy-Enigma-Citra (regular)-DDH-Motueka-Mosaic-Nelson
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
32 oz. Growler filled at Canton, MA location 3 hours ago. Hazy grapefruit juice appearance. Aroma is earthy, notes of pineapple, and maybe light lime.
The flavor shows mild pineapple, tropical fruits as it warms and very dry pale maltiness. The mouthfeel is soft (as I expected from this brewery) Shows me a oily mouthfeel and no hop acid or beta acid. Bitterness is almost nothing. Ends very clean. This brew has made me a fan of Motueka hop variety. This is tasty and rather different. Awesome!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Poured from fresh growler thanks AirforceHops hazy cloudy grapefruit juice color with a quickly dissapating head. Aromas of tropical fruit grain lime and floral notes. Taste is juicy oily nice herbal earthy notes slightly sweet initial burst of bitterness quickly fades to a nice finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Motueka Dry Hopped Fort Point on 04 Jun 2017 at 21:25 - Score: 8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours hazy dark yellow into a tulip. White head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Mango, peach and grass aromas. Medium bodied with pineapple and cantaloupe upfront turning to dry pith in the lasting finish.