Vivid Yellow
Tree House Brewing Company

 

 

 

Absolutely amazing nose: bright, hoppy, juicy, and complex, swimming in notes of pineapple, guava, mango, grapefruit, orange, lemon, oregano, and grass.

Similar on the palate. It's primarily hoppy (vice naturally fruity), but the puree adds a slightly earthy, almost pungent sharpness to the proceedings. Just a hint of vanilla and/or cream along for the ride.

Super smooth; classic Tree House mouthfeel.

 

 

From a 16oz can, dated 09/29/23. ‘Click it or ticket.’ Whatever that means. Served in an amazingly thin-walled spiegelau tulip glass.

Pours an opaque muddy-yellow-orange with two fingers of soft, soapy suds. The head holds up for a minute or so, leaving a solid sheet of creamy lacing.

Nose is mildly sweet, cake-like and fruity. Aromas of pineapple and mango… as advertised.

Taste is less sweet and with more pithy bitterness than the nose suggests. Tasting bread dough, grapefruit juice, woody pineapple core and pine resin, and bitter mango skin. There is dankness but the green bitterness cuts right through it.

Feel is bright and juicy, lighter bodied than I’d have expected from a beer ‘featuring pineapple and mango purée’ with ample fine, tingly carbonation.

Overall, very nice! I’m not sure that it can be an improvement over base Green, because Green was already substantially perfect. But, at any rate, they’ve done that thing that TH does so well with their fruited beers of… holding back; not going overboard and smearing purée all over the place. It’s a subtle enhancement, not an overwhelming embarrassment. Whatever. It’s tasty stuff.

 

16oz can dated 6/7/22.

Pours cloudy yellow with a massive head of white. Plenty of spongy lacing and persistent retention. Pineapple and pine in the nose with a hint of sulphur. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Pine-rubbed pineapple with peach and mango on the palate. Finishes with minimal malt, balancing bitterness, and lingering citrus.

a: hazy, murky burnt yellow color with a slight orange note. large, 3 finger frothy off-white head

s: pineapples, tangerines, ripe mango, and grapefruit zest. orange juice, a touch of tart peaches, passionfruit, and guava

t: candied apricots, ripe mango, and pineapple. sweet grapefruit, passionfruit, tangerines. a touch of alcohol and some fruit punch. slight bit of malt and cracker in the background

m: medium, slightly fluffy mouthfeel with moderate carbonation

o: pretty decent beer. nice mix of tropical and just a hint of bitterness.

16 oz can pours just like Green, but perhaps a bit darker. The mango dominates here with a strong, but lighter presence of pineapple than the mango puree. Pretty good orange juice flavor.

There's a surprising amount of vanilla here. Had to double-take the back of the can as it doesn't list vanilla as an ingredient. It's a nice flavor and works well with this beer.

Overall, this doesn't really taste a lot like Green I don't think, but the basis is there and it's kind of its own unique thing. Nothing amazing but definitely very good.

 

 

 

 

Pours hazy, orange gold in color with one quarter inch head. Taste isbig vanilla, mango and melon with earthy hops. Slightly sweet, moderate low carbonation, slightly bitter. If I was tasting this blind I would have thought Vanilla Green. I like Tree House Vanilla ipas so I have no issues with that. Don't really get pineapple but that's OK. Great beer.

Picked-up two cans at Tree House in Sandwich for about thirteen dollars. My two hundred and thirty sixth brew from these guys. This is ridiculously good, in the pantheon of TH greats.