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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Farmhouse Saison - Fruit, Trillium Brewing Company, USA

Trillium Lineage Wheat – Raspberry

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Brewery: Trillium Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7.4%
Style: Farmhouse Saison – Fruit
Other Notes: American Wild Saison with raspberry aged in oak barrels. Lineage series. Hops – US Goldings. Malts – Pilsner, Valley Wheat and Flaked Wheat. Adjunct – Raspberry

Brewer Description: (from website) The latest edition of our New England Wild Saison series is aged on raspberries and features a generous amount of local wheat from Valley Malt in Hadley, Massachusetts. Pouring a slightly hazy pinkish hue, Raspberry Lineage Wheat presents bright aromas of fresh, sweetened raspberry jam with an underpinning of rich, woody-oak and a touch of funk from our Native New England mixed culture. On the palate, tart raspberry, ripe blackberry and muddled cranberry are delicately balanced by subtle, tangy lemon peel and a slight floral accent. A light, drinkable body and dry finish give Raspberry Lineage Wheat added nuance and approachability.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.4
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 330ml bottle, bottled on 18th July 2018. Poured into a Cantillon ballon glass.
Appearance: It was a hazy orange pink colour with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Sweet and tart, raspberry jam, raspberry, lemon zest, oak.
Taste: Sour, tart, raspberry, jammy, lemon juice.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Really easy and enjoyable to drink with great jammy raspberry aroma and flavours.

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

Trillium Fated Farmer – Red Currant

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Brewery: Trillium Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 6.7%
Style: American Wild Ale
Other Notes: Barrel fermented wild ale. Hops – Aged Hops. Malts – Valley Pilsner and Valley Wheat. Adjunct – Red Currants

Brewer Description: (from website) Our Fated Farmer Series is a landmark step toward realizing our foundational vision for Trillium: Build a place that intuitively celebrates the intersection of New England farming, agriculture, brewing and an integrated community experience. The grist of each of the dynamic Fated Farmer wild ales is set on the structure of Valley Malt and is barrel fermented in 500L puncheons with our Native New England Wild Culture and aged for 5-7 months, before refermenting on freshly harvested fruit.

Fated Farmer: Red Currant (sourced from Wards Berry Farm in Sharon, MA) presents a warm, orange-pink hue, with a leaping nose of rose of pinot noir, and hints of strawberry and fermentation derived overripe stonefruit. The palate leads with tart wild berry flavor and mellows into a subtle sweetness, slight tannic structure and snappy, pleasing finish.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.28
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 750ml bottle, bottled on 21st December 2017. Poured into a Cantillon ballon glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy golden orange colour with a thin white head that dissipated quickly, while leaving only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Soft funky, oak, vanilla, red berry tartness, with yellow stone fruit.
Taste: Sour, tart, mixed berries, red currant, stone fruit, peach, with soft vinegar notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Good balance of funk, fruit and barrel in both aroma and taste, but it is especially so in the aroma. I didn’t get to try it fresh, but I think some age might have had a good effect on it.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Trillium Brewing Company, USA, Wild Ale

Trillium Fated Farmer – Cranberry

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Brewery: Trillium Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 6.8%
Style: American Wild Ale
Other Notes: Barrel fermented wild ale. Hops – Aged Hops. Malts – Valley Pilsner and Valley Wheat. Adjunct – Cranberry

Brewer Description: (from website) Our Fated Farmer Series is a landmark step toward realizing our foundational vision for Trillium: Build a place that intuitively celebrates the intersection of New England farming, agriculture, brewing, and integrated community experience. The grist of each of the dynamic Fated Farmer wild ales is set on the structure of Valley Malt and is barrel fermented in 500L puncheons with our Native New England Wild Culture and aged for 5-7 months, before re-fermenting on freshly harvested fruit.

Fresh, locally-sourced Cape Cod cranberries provide a brilliant ruby hue to the latest interpretation of Fated Farmer. Bright red fruit aromas from cranberry to raspberry spring from the glass, while a bouquet of floral tones offers a depth of flavor to each sip. Subtly sweet, with an energizing acidity and underlying native yeast character, Cranberry Fated Farmer finishes nimble and refreshing.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.97
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 750ml bottle, bottled on 19th October 2018. Poured into a Cantillon ballon glass.
Appearance: A hazy amber orange colour with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Tart, cranberry, oak, with light floral notes, and bits of nail polish here and there.
Taste: Sour, tart, cranberry, herbal, funk, lemon zest and oak.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, prickly acidic, with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable aroma and flavours, although the acidity felt a little bit on the harsh side at times.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, German Berliner Weisse, Trillium Brewing Company, USA

Trillium Twice The Daily Serving – Black Currant, Blackberry and Boysenberry

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Brewery: Trillium Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: Berliner Weisse

Brewer Description: (from can) Berliner Weisse with black currant, blackberry and boysenberry.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.46
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 22nd September 2020. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A cloudy beetroot purple colour with a one finger purple head that dissipated fairly quickly but left some sparse lacing and fruity pulp.
Aroma: Slightly tart, mixed berries, jammy, vanilla.
Taste: Light to moderate sweetness, mixed berries, jammy, milkshake, smoothie, vanilla, slight tartness.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Good balance of sweet and tart, with very nice mixed berry aroma and flavours that were very jammy, milkshake and smoothie like, with the alcohol well hidden.

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

Trillium Cutting Tiles Mosaic

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Brewery: Trillium Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 8.5%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Double IPA with raw wildflower honey. Malts – Pilsner, White Wheat, Flaked Wheat, Dextrine and C-15. Hops – Mosaic

Brewer Description: (from website) Cutting Tiles is an exploratory series of Double IPA’s featuring a range of aromatic single hop varietals brewed with raw wildflower honey. This version is dosed with 100% Mosaic in all kettle, whirlpool and two massive dry hop additions. The local wildflower honey keeps the body light and drinkable but provides a floral, earthy backbone. Juicy, candied peach and nectarine up front backed up with a nuanced white wine character on the nose that continues straight through in the flavor profile. Pillowy soft mouthfeel, with a restrained bitterness on the finish. Initially, Mosaic Cutting Tiles was called Artaic. We enjoyed the beer so much that we wanted to experiment with different signature hops (i.e. Galaxy, Citra) with the base beer. We felt the name “Artaic” would lead to confusion as it sounds so similar to “Mosaic”, so we renamed the beer to Cutting Tiles as a nod to the original name (honoring an innovative business in Fort Point that uses robotics to create dynamic tile mosaics). The same recipe for Artaic is what we use now for Mosaic Cutting Tiles.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.09
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 1 pint can, with strangely no visible canned on date (looks like it got cut off the side of the can). Can was also quite severely deformed on the top (my fault), which made it extremely hard to open, although I somehow managed it in the end. Doesn’t appear to have affected the beer with no leaks. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark orange colour with a half finger white head that dissipated quickly and left only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Orange, mango and pineapple with a hint of grass, caramel malt and booze.
Taste: Grapefruit and citrus rind light bitterness, with some pineapple, honey and malt sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: This was nice, but sweeter and maltier than expected, and just didn’t feel as balanced as the Galaxy version.