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4 - Good (buy), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Trillium Brewing Company x Other Half Brewing, USA

Trillium x Other Half Two Hundred Thousand Trillion

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Brewery: Trillium Brewing Company x Other Half Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 8%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Like Whoa

Brewer Description: (from can) Aged on peach, apricot, & guava.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.48
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.4

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 4th August 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A cloudy and hazy but bright yellow orange colour, with a two finger white head that dissipated quickly and left sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Tropical mango, peach and apricot with hints of pineapple, guava, orange zest and super lemon candy.
Taste: Juicy orange rind, mango, peach and apricot. Some guava and papaya on the finish, which is also lightly bitter.
Mouthfeel: Smooth, creamy, medium to light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A great tasty collaboration brew with all the nice tasting tropical fruits that I just so enjoy. Would love to drink more.

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Tree House Brewing Company, USA

Tree House Green

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Brewery: Tree House Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7.5%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: So fresh and so green, Green!

Brewer Description: (from can) We are excited that you are holding Tree House Brewing Company’s Galaxy hop filled American IPA, Green! Green is a massively juicy beer filled with flavors and aromas of pineapple, orange sorbet, and tangerine. It makes no apologies as it coats the palate with intense hop goodness. It is the result of our uncompromising dedication to fresh, progressive, delightful beer. We hope you enjoy it with laughter, good cheer, and in the company of those you love.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.2
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 27th July 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy murky dark yellow orange colour with a just under two finger white head that had excellent retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Strong pineapple and mandarin orange followed by very juicy mango and hints of grass.
Taste: Sweet-ish bubblegum, peach, orange rind, mandarin, pineapple and cantaloupe. Finish is only lightly bitter.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: While the aroma was very juicy, it’s taste was not so much, nevertheless it was still enjoyable and easy to drink. For me, I definitely preferred Alter Ego and Julius.

4 - Good (buy), American Blonde Ale, Beer Reviews, Tree House Brewing Company, USA

Tree House Eureka Mosaic

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Brewery: Tree House Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.2%
Style: American Blonde Ale
Other Notes: Mo Money Mosaic

Brewer Description: (from can) We are excited that you are holding Tree House Brewing Company’s intensely flavorful Blonde Ale, Eureka! Eureka features an individual hop variety identified by the date code on this can. All iterations are soft, juicy, and purvey wonderful tropical flavors balanced by a gentle bitterness. Eureka is the result of our uncompromising dedication to fresh, progressive, & delightful beer, we hope you enjoy it with laughter, good cheer, and in the company of those you love.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.08
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 26th July 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden straw yellow colour with a big three finger frothy white head that had decent retention and left some nice sticky lacing.
Aroma: Under ripe mango, apricot and pineapple followed by citrus rind, grapefruit, melon, grass and pine.
Taste: Mango and apricot with strong orange rind, lemon zest and grapefruit.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Body is heavier than expected, but much like the Citra version, it was very nice and refreshing with lots of tropical and citrus fruitiness.

4 - Good (buy), American Pale Ale, Beer Reviews, Trillium Brewing Company, USA

Trillium Skimpy Sparrow

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Brewery: Trillium Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 5.4%
Style: American Pale Ale
Other Notes: Small Bird Series. Malts – American 2-row Barley, White Wheat Dextrine and C-15. Hops – Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin, Simcoe, Citra and Columbus

Brewer Description: (from website) An easy drinking hoppy American pale ale, Skimpy Sparrow is another edition in our “Small Bird Series” of lower ABV offerings brewed for the summer. The nose is an intense, complex fusion of pineapple, grapefruit pith, and woodsy hop aromatics. Citrus rind, grape jam, and lemon fill out the flavor profile, with a firm and long-lasting bitterness. Very dry and effervescent, light to medium bodied.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.1
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 11th July 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark yellow orange colour with an almost two finger large frothy bubbled white head that had decent retention while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Orange juice is quite strong, with grapefruit, mango, peach and pineapple in the background.
Taste: Mild bitterness, peach, mango, pineapple with hints of orange, citrus rind and bready malt.
Mouthfeel: Dry, crisp-ish, light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Something about the aroma makes me enjoy the taste more than the aroma. But still refreshing and easy to drink. Tasted side by side with Lights On. Preferred the aroma of Lights On, but Skimpy Sparrow tasted better.

4 - Good (buy), American Pale Ale, Beer Reviews, Tree House Brewing Company, USA

Tree House Lights On

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Brewery: Tree House Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 5.6%
Style: American Pale Ale
Other Notes: Utah! Get Me Two!

Brewer Description: No description on their homepage at the time of writing. Will update this if something changes.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.15
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 7th July 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy yellow orangey colour with a big three finger white head that had great retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: A bit doughy and bubble gum-ish, not in a bad way, followed by lots of tropical fruits, guava, melon, mango and pineapple with hints of orange pith.
Taste: Mango, guava, cantaloupe and pineapple dominate with some citrus, pine, bubble gum and light bready malt in the background.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: This was really nice but not quite up there with psudeoSue or Zombie Dust for APAs in my opinion. Not a juice bomb, but good fruitiness in both the aroma and taste. Refreshing and easy to drink.