8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can thanks to Kyle. Pours a cloudy orange with medium off white head that lasts. The aroma is strong citrus and must. Medium body, very juicy, light pine and dank, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2016
at 23:22
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Can thanks to Kyle. Pours a cloudy orange with medium frothy off white leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is strong mango, tangerine, grapefruit, must. Insanely juicy, so much citrus, crushable, really impressive.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2016
at 22:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can thanks to Kyle. Pours a hazy orange with medium frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is tropical fruit and resin. Medium body, mango, grapefruit, onion, resin finish, very good.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2016
at 21:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purple can shared by someone tonight, thanks. Hazy murky pour with a minimal head. Huge tropical fruity earthy pine and resinous hop. Not much in the way of bitterness but it does linger in the finish. Sweet bready malt is moderate. Tasty but ugly beer.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2016
at 23:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared by Nelson on 6/5/16.
Large, tan head shows strong retention atop a deep, dark chocolate brown body with some clarity on the edges, at least.
Lovely toffee, lactic and vanilla notes in the nose certainly signify it’s going to be a sweet one (as all the shot series are), but there’s ample prune and other dark fruits, with light ashy-char and an assertive but not heavy coffee character. Graham cracker, caramel and earthy roasted barley sit in the background, lightly. No alcohol, flaws.
Very sweet and with the strong graham cracker, earth and ash thing that a lot of the double shots seem to have, which really turns me off. Otherwise, the coffee character is done very well, with soft, mild roast adding light char and vinousness and a hint of bitter chocolate. Lots of vanilla/fudge/toffee and a low but fairly engaging carbonation and soft, syrupy texture.
Large, tan head shows strong retention atop a deep, dark chocolate brown body with some clarity on the edges, at least.
Lovely toffee, lactic and vanilla notes in the nose certainly signify it’s going to be a sweet one (as all the shot series are), but there’s ample prune and other dark fruits, with light ashy-char and an assertive but not heavy coffee character. Graham cracker, caramel and earthy roasted barley sit in the background, lightly. No alcohol, flaws.
Very sweet and with the strong graham cracker, earth and ash thing that a lot of the double shots seem to have, which really turns me off. Otherwise, the coffee character is done very well, with soft, mild roast adding light char and vinousness and a hint of bitter chocolate. Lots of vanilla/fudge/toffee and a low but fairly engaging carbonation and soft, syrupy texture.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2016
at 16:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Faintly hazy, chromate-yellow beer with a small snowwhite head. Meat gravy, meatesters... and... ? Again meaty in the mouth; grainy too, and hops only lending a certain background perfume; wry finish. Medium bodied, slick, rather well-bodied, good carbonation. Whatever this is, it isn’t IPA, IMHO.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2016
at 02:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Head gone in secs over fully hazy peach-coloured beer. Some hops, bit indifferent in aroma, bread/yeast, lemonbalm, rather dry. Again bready and yeasty, and rather dull taste. Well-carbonated, medium bodied at best. Not the best mix, IMHO.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2016
at 02:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared 750mL growler from brewery, filled 5/19/2016, and consumed on 6/8/2016 (still very fresh). Pours pale gold with a white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, muted fruitiness, and spice. Taste of yeast, mild fruit, bread, and spice with some floral notes. Light-bodied and refreshing. Very good.
Tried
from Growler
on 09 Jun 2016
at 20:35
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler filled 5/14/16, drunk 6/3/16. Thanks as always, Nelson.
Good clarity to the bright blonde-golden body with a medium-sized, firm, white head atop.
Dusty, spicy, lightly herbal hop notes combine with soft, fruity esters (pear, apple, nectarine). Light black pepper phenolics continue to impress with their cleanliness and there’s no sign of any clove/banana/peach messiness. Light vanilla-accented biscuit malt notes also divulge a bit of honey with soft minerals lending some charm, as well. Impeccably clean and very carefully fermented, it seems.
Sweet honey and light white bread in the mouth combine with plentiful, peppery phenols and lots of enjoyable nectarine and pear from the yeast. Nutty-soft texture with moderate carbonation, quite engaging and no alcohol or flaw. So much to love about this. Being one of the premier American hoppy beer companys, they resisted the urge to hop this one up and make a Belgian ale...with a twist! So sick of every style being done with American hops as the big "surprise" twist. This is incredibly respectful to tradition, fantastically clean and flavorful for its size and a real pleasure to drink. I don’t wish being the follow-up beer to Eureka-Mosaic on any one, but this rose to the challenge well.
Good clarity to the bright blonde-golden body with a medium-sized, firm, white head atop.
Dusty, spicy, lightly herbal hop notes combine with soft, fruity esters (pear, apple, nectarine). Light black pepper phenolics continue to impress with their cleanliness and there’s no sign of any clove/banana/peach messiness. Light vanilla-accented biscuit malt notes also divulge a bit of honey with soft minerals lending some charm, as well. Impeccably clean and very carefully fermented, it seems.
Sweet honey and light white bread in the mouth combine with plentiful, peppery phenols and lots of enjoyable nectarine and pear from the yeast. Nutty-soft texture with moderate carbonation, quite engaging and no alcohol or flaw. So much to love about this. Being one of the premier American hoppy beer companys, they resisted the urge to hop this one up and make a Belgian ale...with a twist! So sick of every style being done with American hops as the big "surprise" twist. This is incredibly respectful to tradition, fantastically clean and flavorful for its size and a real pleasure to drink. I don’t wish being the follow-up beer to Eureka-Mosaic on any one, but this rose to the challenge well.
Tried
from Growler
on 07 Jun 2016
at 18:03
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
750mL growler filled 5/14/6, drunk 6/3/16. Thanks, Nelson!
Long conversation about how long Tree House/Trillium/Hill hoppy growlers last precedes the tasting of the beer. I’m on the "completely fine up to three weeks" line, though I know others may say closer to two.
Anyways, that aside, they just go and do it again. God damn you, Tree House. Sometimes the hype is justified and here it is and then some. I usually try to go about my "beer career" free from as much hype as possible and I sincerely believe these guys are making the best hoppy beers in the country, better than Hill Farmstead’s overall (though maybe the very best HF’s may top TH’s best? not sure).
Anyways, this beer is almost too much to believe. How in hell they got that aroma, almost nearly as enveloping and intense as Green, Julius, etc... is beyond me. Lush, lightly juicy, with dank, floral, spicy and soft limes and meyer lemons. Light minerality and only a dusting of cracker/biscuit-like malts (really no malt apparency at all in the nose).
And then you take a sip and there’s very little bitterness, absolutely no resin and just a wonderfully attenuated, perfectly carbonated, biscuity malted, light blonde ale that is almost too easy to drink. Very light lemon, mango and very soft key lime tickle the palate as the creaminess from the fine carbonation and soft malts continue to delight. No flaw, no alcohol, no resin. Maybe some think it’s too mild and lightly bland in the flavor, but I think it’s absolutely perfect and quite a marvel that it’s so soft, understated and drinkable. Wow. Even more delicate than Trillium’s lightest pale ales. I guess we are in Walden territory, but the hops here are even more aromatic. So f-in good.....how do they do this....I feel like not giving this a 5 would be jaded and contrary just for the sake of not giving a perfect score. The best session golden ale I’ve had. Would/could drink endless amounts of this stuff.
Long conversation about how long Tree House/Trillium/Hill hoppy growlers last precedes the tasting of the beer. I’m on the "completely fine up to three weeks" line, though I know others may say closer to two.
Anyways, that aside, they just go and do it again. God damn you, Tree House. Sometimes the hype is justified and here it is and then some. I usually try to go about my "beer career" free from as much hype as possible and I sincerely believe these guys are making the best hoppy beers in the country, better than Hill Farmstead’s overall (though maybe the very best HF’s may top TH’s best? not sure).
Anyways, this beer is almost too much to believe. How in hell they got that aroma, almost nearly as enveloping and intense as Green, Julius, etc... is beyond me. Lush, lightly juicy, with dank, floral, spicy and soft limes and meyer lemons. Light minerality and only a dusting of cracker/biscuit-like malts (really no malt apparency at all in the nose).
And then you take a sip and there’s very little bitterness, absolutely no resin and just a wonderfully attenuated, perfectly carbonated, biscuity malted, light blonde ale that is almost too easy to drink. Very light lemon, mango and very soft key lime tickle the palate as the creaminess from the fine carbonation and soft malts continue to delight. No flaw, no alcohol, no resin. Maybe some think it’s too mild and lightly bland in the flavor, but I think it’s absolutely perfect and quite a marvel that it’s so soft, understated and drinkable. Wow. Even more delicate than Trillium’s lightest pale ales. I guess we are in Walden territory, but the hops here are even more aromatic. So f-in good.....how do they do this....I feel like not giving this a 5 would be jaded and contrary just for the sake of not giving a perfect score. The best session golden ale I’ve had. Would/could drink endless amounts of this stuff.
Tried
from Growler
on 07 Jun 2016
at 17:51