Curiosity Ninety Two
Tree House Brewing Company
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.3%
- Score:
- 95
- Avg:
- 4.34 | pDev: 5.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 10, 2020
- Added:
- Feb 27, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
95
World-Class
95
World-Class
The Curiosity series has been our template for hoppy beer exploration for almost seven years. It enables us to try new things and to experiment with hops in a way that's outside the box of the processes developed for our core line-up. For Ninety Two, we took an approach to create a drier-than-is-typical finish for our IPA with all of the juicy characteristics of our house yeast paired with out innovative IPA construction. the result is a beer that is ultra tangy and citrus forward with notes of blood orange, sweet red grapefruit, tangerine, saccharine lemon, and a hint of yellow raspberry. The finish here is such a standout - dry yet appealingly citric, it literally makes our mouth water for the next sip - Enjoy!
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Reviewed by agreenman19 from Connecticut
4.38/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.38/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
L - pours a vibrant mango juice with healthy glow. Oily white head with a rainbow sheen like soapy bubbles.
S - fresh-cut pineapple and mango juice. Mango-flavored bubblegum juiciness with an underlying musty grape dankness. Purple Lifesavers.
T - hate starting out my descriptions with TH's words, but I had the exact same first impression of straight blood orange. Slightly darker, slightly sweeter, slightly more grainy. Hoppy herbaceousness with a grassy balance. Now picture squeezing a grapefruit peel. See those little sweat bubbles that start oozing from the pores? Yeah, that flavor. Sorry for the uncomfortable imagery. Tangy lemon and pithy dryness on the finish.
F - full-bodied and a touch chalky. This thing is loaded with hops.
O - smooth, zesty, and bitter. Appears more aggressively hopped, but it might just be my virgin-ized palate due to TH withdrawal. Thanks, covid.
Apr 18, 2020S - fresh-cut pineapple and mango juice. Mango-flavored bubblegum juiciness with an underlying musty grape dankness. Purple Lifesavers.
T - hate starting out my descriptions with TH's words, but I had the exact same first impression of straight blood orange. Slightly darker, slightly sweeter, slightly more grainy. Hoppy herbaceousness with a grassy balance. Now picture squeezing a grapefruit peel. See those little sweat bubbles that start oozing from the pores? Yeah, that flavor. Sorry for the uncomfortable imagery. Tangy lemon and pithy dryness on the finish.
F - full-bodied and a touch chalky. This thing is loaded with hops.
O - smooth, zesty, and bitter. Appears more aggressively hopped, but it might just be my virgin-ized palate due to TH withdrawal. Thanks, covid.
Reviewed by Bshaw22 from Wisconsin
4.18/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours hazy yellow with minimal head.
Good lacing.
Smell is light and a little tropical. The flavor follows. A little bitter finish. Super juicy and drinkable but there is enough finish to know you’ve got an ipa. Good beer
Can’t tell this is a double ipa at all
Mar 29, 2020Good lacing.
Smell is light and a little tropical. The flavor follows. A little bitter finish. Super juicy and drinkable but there is enough finish to know you’ve got an ipa. Good beer
Can’t tell this is a double ipa at all
Reviewed by Damian from Massachusetts
4.34/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Drank from a 1 pint can purchased at Tree House Brewing Company, Charlton, MA
02/27/20
Served in a teku
Gorgeous appearance. The hazy, pale straw yellow liquid was topped by a fluffy, inch-tall, bright white crown that fell to a thin, bubbly film. Drippy rings of lacing stuck all along the glass.
Citrus fruits came through strong in the aroma. Juicy orange notes were most apparent. Pleasantly sweet. Good dose of tangerine as well. Tree House’s signature crisp, dry yeastiness was also present. Bit of tropical fruitiness. Mango was noticeable. Some peach too. The beer turned sweeter and fruitier as it warmed.
The flavor profile was very similar to the nose. Citrus notes dominated. Tangerine came through big time. Fairly tart and tangy. Orange notes were also apparent. Both flesh and rind. Crisp and wheaty in the center. Slightly lemony. White grapefruit was noticeable on the back end. Dry, pithy and slightly bitter grapefruit rind-like notes trailed in the finish. Later, sweet peach and mango notes appeared.
Nice frothy, fluffy, medium bodied mouthfeel. The liquid contained a fine, fairly aggressive effervescence that turned slick and smooth on the palate.
Of the two Curiosity cans I purchased on my last visit to Tree House (Ninety One and Ninety Two), the former was definitely the superior offering. That said, this beer definitely grew on me as it warmed.
Mar 25, 202002/27/20
Served in a teku
Gorgeous appearance. The hazy, pale straw yellow liquid was topped by a fluffy, inch-tall, bright white crown that fell to a thin, bubbly film. Drippy rings of lacing stuck all along the glass.
Citrus fruits came through strong in the aroma. Juicy orange notes were most apparent. Pleasantly sweet. Good dose of tangerine as well. Tree House’s signature crisp, dry yeastiness was also present. Bit of tropical fruitiness. Mango was noticeable. Some peach too. The beer turned sweeter and fruitier as it warmed.
The flavor profile was very similar to the nose. Citrus notes dominated. Tangerine came through big time. Fairly tart and tangy. Orange notes were also apparent. Both flesh and rind. Crisp and wheaty in the center. Slightly lemony. White grapefruit was noticeable on the back end. Dry, pithy and slightly bitter grapefruit rind-like notes trailed in the finish. Later, sweet peach and mango notes appeared.
Nice frothy, fluffy, medium bodied mouthfeel. The liquid contained a fine, fairly aggressive effervescence that turned slick and smooth on the palate.
Of the two Curiosity cans I purchased on my last visit to Tree House (Ninety One and Ninety Two), the former was definitely the superior offering. That said, this beer definitely grew on me as it warmed.
Reviewed by BeerBaronBear from New York
4.53/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Really nice Curiosity series beer from Tree House. Loved the smooth, creamy mouthfeel, and the smell and look and taste were all excellent but not outstanding. Nice peach/pineapple fruit flavors, but just a hint of a sour aftertaste that I didn't love. If you got this from virtually any other brewery, you'd be impressed...
Mar 23, 2020
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