Curiosity Ninety Nine
Tree House Brewing Company
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 95
- Avg:
- 4.45 | pDev: 6.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 01, 2021
- Added:
- Aug 20, 2020
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
95
World-Class
95
World-Class
Originating in a small red barn in Brimfield in 2013, the Tree House Curiosity Series has enabled us to explore our creative instincts in a way that has created dozens of memorable beers and has served to improve upon our core offerings with breakthroughs in understanding of how process variables ultimately contribute to the outcome of a finished beer.
In anticipation of a huge milestone for the Curiosity Series, Ninety Nine finds us veering into very unfamiliar territory, moving away from the process-focused endeavors of the nineties and back into the uncharted waters of new base malts and hop varieties. For our first time, we utilized a German pilsner malt as a base. This is surprising, we know, but we wanted to see how it would work with our House yeast blend and Double IPA process. In addition to the German pilsner malt base, we utilized literal buckets of Mandarina Bavaria hops in a blend with several American hops aiming to accentuate the tangerine-like characteristics of these hops.
The resulting beer is surprisingly soft, with a creamy body and delicious hop saturation. We taste and smell ripe tangerines, peach flesh, cantaloupe, and honeydew melon. We aspire to make beer that is a pleasure to drink and can be enjoyed by every palate, time, and time again. To that end, we find Ninety Nine to be a triumph that has us energized and excited for the future of the series. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
In anticipation of a huge milestone for the Curiosity Series, Ninety Nine finds us veering into very unfamiliar territory, moving away from the process-focused endeavors of the nineties and back into the uncharted waters of new base malts and hop varieties. For our first time, we utilized a German pilsner malt as a base. This is surprising, we know, but we wanted to see how it would work with our House yeast blend and Double IPA process. In addition to the German pilsner malt base, we utilized literal buckets of Mandarina Bavaria hops in a blend with several American hops aiming to accentuate the tangerine-like characteristics of these hops.
The resulting beer is surprisingly soft, with a creamy body and delicious hop saturation. We taste and smell ripe tangerines, peach flesh, cantaloupe, and honeydew melon. We aspire to make beer that is a pleasure to drink and can be enjoyed by every palate, time, and time again. To that end, we find Ninety Nine to be a triumph that has us energized and excited for the future of the series. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
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Rated by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois
4/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
had 9/22/20
Dec 08, 2020
Reviewed by Spaten454 from Texas
4.31/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a bright, cloudy orange with a thick two finger white head. Smells of sharp citrus, pine and yeast. Taste is peaches, melon, lemon/lime and a hop pine. Hop after taste that lingers for awhile. The mouthfeel is creamy with medium carbonation. Overall, this is a great brewed that I was glad I could try.
Nov 01, 2020
Reviewed by gooddaydiablo from Texas
4.49/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.49/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
look: very vibrant orange with a nice thin white head.
smell: melon, light orange, and bread
taste: grapefruit, melon, peach, mango, tangerine peel, it's a nice taste except I can feel a hint of boozy from this beer
feel: creamy carbonated medium body, it's interesting that when you drink, you feel as if there are many little particles inside it. the finish is soft and sweet.
overall: this beer is delicate. a nice try from treehouse. that's one of the reasons why I love this brewery: even though they already had tons of world-class beers, they still keep exploring and experimenting with new things, always trying to improve and become a better version, to that, ganbei!
Oct 03, 2020smell: melon, light orange, and bread
taste: grapefruit, melon, peach, mango, tangerine peel, it's a nice taste except I can feel a hint of boozy from this beer
feel: creamy carbonated medium body, it's interesting that when you drink, you feel as if there are many little particles inside it. the finish is soft and sweet.
overall: this beer is delicate. a nice try from treehouse. that's one of the reasons why I love this brewery: even though they already had tons of world-class beers, they still keep exploring and experimenting with new things, always trying to improve and become a better version, to that, ganbei!
Reviewed by Kendo from New York
4.5/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A: Poured from the can into a tulip glass. Body is juicy/hazy dark golden, with a near-1-finger foamy white head on top. Splotches of lace on the glass.
S: Peaches jump from the glass as I pour it. As it settles I get some lime and tangerine to go with peach and sweeter tropical fruits (primarily melon).
T: Mmmm. Tasty. Fruit salad - peaches, melon, tangerines and limes all in a creamy fruit-juice of a beer. Alcohol isn't evident, but is felt as a warmth in the belly. Finishes with a faint hint of earthy grassiness.
M: Real nice creamy feel to this one; on the lighter side, particularly for a DIPA - makes it a dangerously easy drinker.
O: Very good.
Sep 03, 2020S: Peaches jump from the glass as I pour it. As it settles I get some lime and tangerine to go with peach and sweeter tropical fruits (primarily melon).
T: Mmmm. Tasty. Fruit salad - peaches, melon, tangerines and limes all in a creamy fruit-juice of a beer. Alcohol isn't evident, but is felt as a warmth in the belly. Finishes with a faint hint of earthy grassiness.
M: Real nice creamy feel to this one; on the lighter side, particularly for a DIPA - makes it a dangerously easy drinker.
O: Very good.
Reviewed by ScaryEd from New Hampshire
4.51/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
16 oz can into a Teku glass.
Pours an opaque deep orange color with a sudsy 2-finger white head. The head leaves a beautiful crown of cobweb lacing before settling into a thick blanket. Great retention.
The aroma brings notes of honeydew melon, lemon zest, and tangerines. The sweet pilsner malt is present on the back with a faint hint of pineapple.
The flavor brings a ton of peaches; candied peach and peach flesh, followed by a wave of tangerines, lemon candy, honeydew melon, and fresh pineapple. The pilsner malt is chilling out in the back, with a subtle earthy finish. Great balance.
The feel is precisely what you come to expect from a Tree House DIPA: Incredibly smooth, creamy and pillowy soft with a modestly dry finish. No alcohol presence whatsoever.
Overall, this is an excellent DIPA that is exceptionally flavorful and well-balanced. The pilsner malt works quite well with the house yeast, and the Mandarina Bavaria hops provide a unique, yet familiar hop profile. Good shit.
Aug 29, 2020Pours an opaque deep orange color with a sudsy 2-finger white head. The head leaves a beautiful crown of cobweb lacing before settling into a thick blanket. Great retention.
The aroma brings notes of honeydew melon, lemon zest, and tangerines. The sweet pilsner malt is present on the back with a faint hint of pineapple.
The flavor brings a ton of peaches; candied peach and peach flesh, followed by a wave of tangerines, lemon candy, honeydew melon, and fresh pineapple. The pilsner malt is chilling out in the back, with a subtle earthy finish. Great balance.
The feel is precisely what you come to expect from a Tree House DIPA: Incredibly smooth, creamy and pillowy soft with a modestly dry finish. No alcohol presence whatsoever.
Overall, this is an excellent DIPA that is exceptionally flavorful and well-balanced. The pilsner malt works quite well with the house yeast, and the Mandarina Bavaria hops provide a unique, yet familiar hop profile. Good shit.
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