Trillium Brewing Company |
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Boston, MA (We've had too many of these. See pages 2 and 3)
Pete - The brewery has a bar/restaurant. You'll need reservations for food, but there's a small-ish bar with a couple TVs to drink at, plus beer to go. In the summer (not sure exact schedule), Trillium also has a beer garden on the Greenway in downtown Boston. It's incredibly popular, especially for post-work drinks, and they typically have ~10 beers on tap, along with a couple wines for non-beer drinkers. They don't have flights, but they typically have a mix of pale ales, imperial IPA's, sours, and dark beers. Also, the garden is mostly in the shade after ~5, so if it's hot out, don't worry. If it's not that warm, bring a jacket.
Pete - The brewery has a bar/restaurant. You'll need reservations for food, but there's a small-ish bar with a couple TVs to drink at, plus beer to go. In the summer (not sure exact schedule), Trillium also has a beer garden on the Greenway in downtown Boston. It's incredibly popular, especially for post-work drinks, and they typically have ~10 beers on tap, along with a couple wines for non-beer drinkers. They don't have flights, but they typically have a mix of pale ales, imperial IPA's, sours, and dark beers. Also, the garden is mostly in the shade after ~5, so if it's hot out, don't worry. If it's not that warm, bring a jacket.
Trillium Big Bird
Imperial IPA - 9.4% ABV Pete This beer is extremely popular, and I can see why. Super citrusy, and a very very creamy body that lingers after you put it down. I would prefer just a touch less creamy with this flavor profile, but it's still amazing. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Black Currant Soak
Sour - 6.3% ABV Pete Super sour going down with a little sweet/fruity flavor to it also. I'm not sure what black currant tastes like, but this had a specific fruit flavor I didn't recognize, so I'm sure it's that. Super carbonated too, which makes the super sourness not linger too long. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Black Mettle
Imperial Black IPA - 8.4% ABV Pete I wouldn't know this was an IPA while drinking it. It is a delicious light-bodied dry toasty porter that finishes chocolatey. Maybe a touch of pine at the very end if you reeeeeally think about it, but mostly just a great porter. Fine by me. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Blackberry Super Soak
Sour - 7.1% ABV Pete Absolutely incredible sour. Good amount of blackberry flavor and sweetness to go along with a medium-high amount of sourness. A little extra alcohol too for a sour, really really good. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Blueberry Soak
Wild Ale - 6.3% ABV Pete Quite sour with subtle blueberry. Didn't get the salt I tasted in the Super Soak version, but it doesn't really need it. Just an excellent sour. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Blueberry Super Soak
Sour - 7.1% ABV Pete Awesome sour. Large amount of tartness with a hint of saltiness and juuuuuust a little bit fruity to balance it out. Also high alcohol for a sour. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Broken Angel
Belgian Strong Golden Ale - 8.7% ABV Pete Damn good beer. It's very obviously Belgian. It has a little spiciness to it, and it doesn't taste nearly as strong as the ABV might indicate. Delicious. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Bumpkin Island
IPA - 6.8% ABV Pete Ultra creamy mouthfeel with what I thought was a good amount of dank to go along with citrus flavors. The dank dominated for me (and I liked it a lot), but it wasn't mentioned in the official description anywhere, so maybe I'm crazy. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Coffee Cake
Imperial Stout - 12.9% ABV Pete Unreal stout. Cinnamon is the most obvious flavor, but chocolate comes through quite a bit too. It hides the alcohol dangerously well. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Cutting Tiles: Citra
Imperial IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete Really damn good IPA. The honey is definitely there, but not overpowering. Creamy and citrusy too to give you a nice well rounded beer. Reminds me of Beekeeper but a tiny bit less honey. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Cutting Tiles: Galaxy
Imperial New England IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete Pretty obvious honey flavor in this one, with the accompanying sweetness, but definitely not too sweet. The galaxy hops balance it nicely with a fruitiness that still has some earthy flavors behind it. Really good. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Cutting Tiles: Mosaic
Imperial IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete This is incredibly dangerous for me. Super citrusy, with a little sweetness from the honey (and high ABV). There's a decent amount of earthiness in the background to balance it. Awesome. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Cutting Tiles: Nelson Sauvin
Imperial IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete Really great IPA. Flavor is honey with a nice peppery bite from the hops. It's a tiny bit too sweet, but that's nitpicking. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Danish Guy
Imperial Stout - 14.3% ABV Pete Collaboration with Evil Twin. A couple breweries that can really make stouts collaborating on this one, and it doesn't disappoint. Just a boozy, slightly nutty cinnamon roll in a glass. Outrageously good and quite dangerous at that ABV. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Dialed-In w/Sauvignon Blanc Juice
Imperial IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete Delicious fruity and creamy IPA. Maybe notice a touch of bitterness, but the other flavors dominate. The grape comes through a tiny bit at the end of the sip, but the creaminess really takes over the finish. A little more of that than I'd like, but it's still an awesome beer. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Dry Hopped Congress Street
IPA - 7.2% ABV Pete Incredible IPA. A little creamy, but not too much (an issue I have with some of Trillium's beers), and a massive amount of tropical fruit. It says "light, modest bitterness", but I didn't get any bitter at all. Granted, I was quite a few deep. Awesome beer. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Dry Hopped Farnsworth Street
IPA - 7.2% ABV Pete Great beer. Tiny bit creamy with a dry piney flavor. Makes you want more for sure. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Dry Hopped Fort Point
American Pale Ale - 6.6% ABV Pete Citrusy, creamy, mildly bitter, and a touch of grassy. Incredible. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Dry Hopped Melcher Street
IPA - 7.2% ABV Pete Crowd favorite the day I had this at the beer garden. It has very little bitterness to go along with a burst of citrusy flavor. The texture is creamy, but not so much that it leaves a weird taste in your mouth (which some of Trillium's beers do and are still amazing). Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Dry Hopped Scaled
IPA - 7% ABV Pete Hard to find a better beer than this. It's pictured with water next to it because I realized after 3 of their beers that I'd want to have everything on the menu and actually remember it, and this was the best of the bunch. Smells and tastes super citrusy with a touch of creaminess (much less than many of their others) and maybe a tiny bit of bitter just to balance it out. Ratings: Pete - 7 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Dry Hopped Summer Street
New England IPA - 7.2% ABV Pete I assumed this was going to be pretty dank with a Simcoe hopping, but it really wasn't. It comes off a little on the sweet side and super drinkable. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Dry Hopped The Publick House
IPA - 7.3% ABV Pete Another great one. Orange and peach in the smell. Orange and a hint of lemon going down, with a touch of malt and some mild bitterness in the finish. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Raspberry Lineage Wheat
Wild Ale - 6.7% ABV Pete Super tart with raspberry and a tiny bit of funk in the background. I love it. I thought the funk was extremely subtle, but I got a comment about someone not liking this as much as their other sours because of the funk, so maybe it's more funky than I give it credit for. Either way, I love it. Fairly expensive. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Seesaw: Black Currant
Sour - 4.6% ABV Pete This has a creaminess to it that I wasn't prepared for in a sour, but I really liked it. Extremely fruity and extremely sour to go along with that. Tons of flavor. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Seesaw: Blood Orange
Gose - 4.8% ABV Pete Medium level of sourness. The flavor is pure blood orange, very obvious, almost like it's just orange juice. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Seesaw: Boysenberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, & Cranberry
Gose - 4.7% ABV Pete Hard to imagine a better sour. Pretty sour up front, tempered by a little saltiness, then you finally get the fruit in the finish. The berries all blend together in the flavor. Unreal. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Seesaw: Plum, Blueberry, and Peach
Gose - 5.5% ABV Pete Pretty high on the sourness level, with a good amount of salty flavor in there too. There's some generic fruitiness to it, I couldn't really pinpoint any of the specific fruits that are in this, but still quite good. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Trillium Double Seesaw: Raspberry
Gose - 4% ABV Pete Looks like juice and tastes like liquid raspberry. Tart and fruity, with a tiny hint of salt in the background if you really think about it. One of the best sours I've had. I'm a sucker for raspberry. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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