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Curiosity Eighty Six
Tree House Brewing Company
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.33 | pDev: 5.77%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 28, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 20, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
Drawing on the knowledge gained from many of the recent oat-based curiosities, we are pleased to present Curiosity Eighty Six for your enjoyment today! Eighty Six pours a relatively turbid yellow color in the glass and presents with a dense body and a billowing, clingy white head. While enjoying this beer, we taste pineapple, ripe nectarine, pithy orange creamsicle, and a hint of a cannabis. The Curiosity series is is a critical initiative here at Tree House - these beers enable us to trial large process changes that allow us to learn at an accelerated pace and evolve as craftspeople as the years roll on. The results, much like Eighty Six, are worth savoring - Enjoy!
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Reviewed by agreenman19 from Connecticut
4.09/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L - pours an OJ-lookin' pale yellow sheet of haze. Actually looks like a non-TH NEIPA of the ilk that's super fizzy but also flat and dead at the same time. No head and no life in the glass. Leaves a startling amount of legs for sub-8%.
S - papaya and starfruit. Vaguely herbal, green citrus. Pineapple, clementine rind, and lemon-lime.
T - bitey and rindy. Orange pith, lime, and lemon peel. Grassy and herbaceous. Raw hops. Zesty pineapple, a hint of juicy fruit, and mild bubblegum fruitiness. Finishes with dry acidity and aggressive hop bitterness, especially on a fresh palate.
F - fortunately not as fizzy as it looks. Lacks that signature TH pillowy softness, but still goes down with velvet viscosity.
O - a bit of a deviation for TH. Errs more toward the NEIPA en masse than their special brand of proprietary magic. Not a bad thing, but not great either. I'm still getting some of that magical TH juice flavor and a whole lot more bitterness than usual.
Jan 24, 2020S - papaya and starfruit. Vaguely herbal, green citrus. Pineapple, clementine rind, and lemon-lime.
T - bitey and rindy. Orange pith, lime, and lemon peel. Grassy and herbaceous. Raw hops. Zesty pineapple, a hint of juicy fruit, and mild bubblegum fruitiness. Finishes with dry acidity and aggressive hop bitterness, especially on a fresh palate.
F - fortunately not as fizzy as it looks. Lacks that signature TH pillowy softness, but still goes down with velvet viscosity.
O - a bit of a deviation for TH. Errs more toward the NEIPA en masse than their special brand of proprietary magic. Not a bad thing, but not great either. I'm still getting some of that magical TH juice flavor and a whole lot more bitterness than usual.
Reviewed by EMH73 from New York
4.34/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a cloudy yellow with a well retained but thin white head that left spotty lacing. Smells of citrus with an earthy quality and a bit of grass. Tastes of orange, orange peel, tangerine, peach, apricot, pineapple, grass and floral notes. Medium bodied, light but prickly carbonation, mild bitterness and a dry finish.
Jan 11, 2020Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
4.23/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Pours hazy, gold in color with 1/4 inch head. Taste is peaches and mangoes. Light bodied, slightly sweet, with moderate carbonation. One of the tastier Curiosities in recent memory. One is good for me though.
Jan 09, 2020Reviewed by IvoryFoxhole from Virginia
4.21/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
16 oz. can dated 12/20/19. Poured into Veil goblet.
L: 1.5 F foamy white head. Good retention, lots of fluffy white lacing and a cap. Beer is a very hazy deep orange-gold.
S: Very citrus element to this, along with some earthiness.
T: Getting a ton of grapefruit and orange, including pith. Fair amount of bitterness midpalate, but it grows more earthy on finish. Oats give it more body than it needs, maybe.
F: Medium-ish body, moderate carbonation. Vivid flavors, but perhaps less rounded and integrated than your normal TH.
O: Would put this in the good, not great category for TH.
Jan 05, 2020L: 1.5 F foamy white head. Good retention, lots of fluffy white lacing and a cap. Beer is a very hazy deep orange-gold.
S: Very citrus element to this, along with some earthiness.
T: Getting a ton of grapefruit and orange, including pith. Fair amount of bitterness midpalate, but it grows more earthy on finish. Oats give it more body than it needs, maybe.
F: Medium-ish body, moderate carbonation. Vivid flavors, but perhaps less rounded and integrated than your normal TH.
O: Would put this in the good, not great category for TH.
Curiosity Eighty Six from Tree House Brewing Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
36 ratings
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