Data Set #4
Tree House Brewing Company
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,158 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #8,734 - Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 7.11%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 12, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 29, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Thiolized yeast
The data set series is our endeavor to explore a broad spectrum of yeast and how they affect the flavor outcome of our style of beer. Each batch is crafted with the same base of ultra-pale malt and juicy American hops to enable the different attributes of yeast to delineate each flavor profile.
For this batch we utilized a thiolized yeast engineered to produce potent tropical esters. Even before our judicious hopping regimen the beer exploded with tropical aroma. A truly unique drinking experience, bright passion fruit radiates from the glass. We also taste mellow guava underneath a blanket of tangerine and pine. We hope you enjoy this exciting new beverage in your favorite glass surrounded by your favorite people!
The data set series is our endeavor to explore a broad spectrum of yeast and how they affect the flavor outcome of our style of beer. Each batch is crafted with the same base of ultra-pale malt and juicy American hops to enable the different attributes of yeast to delineate each flavor profile.
For this batch we utilized a thiolized yeast engineered to produce potent tropical esters. Even before our judicious hopping regimen the beer exploded with tropical aroma. A truly unique drinking experience, bright passion fruit radiates from the glass. We also taste mellow guava underneath a blanket of tangerine and pine. We hope you enjoy this exciting new beverage in your favorite glass surrounded by your favorite people!
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Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana
4.6/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This is my second beer from this series, and the look is identical to #1, with a very hazy pineapple colored body sitting underneath a creamy white head that grips the glass and provides a cap on the beer as you drink it. Gorgeous NEDIPA.
The nose is significantly brighter, grabbing you with huge mango, guava, and papaya notes, as well as a nice amount of mandarin orange and passion fruit. Wow.
The mango, guava, and papaya flavors are forward and striking on the taste - this is an exotic tropical fruit basket that is not shy, and allows mandarin orange and passion fruit flavors to flavors to shine as well. I could literally drink a keg of this.
The mouthfeel is full, soft, and a smidge creamy, absolutely masking any presence of the 8% ABV. The first beer I had in this series, #1 with the house yeast, was very good, but didn’t really “pop.” This version, with Thiolized yeast, has all the pop of a massive 4th of
July celebration. World class, IMHO.
Apr 17, 2023The nose is significantly brighter, grabbing you with huge mango, guava, and papaya notes, as well as a nice amount of mandarin orange and passion fruit. Wow.
The mango, guava, and papaya flavors are forward and striking on the taste - this is an exotic tropical fruit basket that is not shy, and allows mandarin orange and passion fruit flavors to flavors to shine as well. I could literally drink a keg of this.
The mouthfeel is full, soft, and a smidge creamy, absolutely masking any presence of the 8% ABV. The first beer I had in this series, #1 with the house yeast, was very good, but didn’t really “pop.” This version, with Thiolized yeast, has all the pop of a massive 4th of
July celebration. World class, IMHO.
Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut
4.56/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
As compared to the house yeast Data Set, this one has a much more expressive head.
Incredibly expressive nose, absolutely bursting with notes of juice. Melon, papaya, guava, mint, mild to moderate dankness, pineapple, tangerine. This one absolutely explodes at you.
The same flavor profile translates to the palate. It works better as an aroma, however. There’s something almost watery about the flavor, like papaya and guava juice but watered down. It is also noticeably danker, which is remarkable given that we typically associate those flavors with hop varietals and hop age, but in this case, the only difference is what the yeast draws out of everything else.
This is pretty darn amazing. As an experiment, it clearly shows how much the yeast brings to the flavor profile. I'm not quite sure how this one seems to come across as creamier than Data Set #1, but enjoying them side by side, it's undeniable (the watery aspect I mentioned applies to the flavor, not the feel).
Apr 15, 2023Incredibly expressive nose, absolutely bursting with notes of juice. Melon, papaya, guava, mint, mild to moderate dankness, pineapple, tangerine. This one absolutely explodes at you.
The same flavor profile translates to the palate. It works better as an aroma, however. There’s something almost watery about the flavor, like papaya and guava juice but watered down. It is also noticeably danker, which is remarkable given that we typically associate those flavors with hop varietals and hop age, but in this case, the only difference is what the yeast draws out of everything else.
This is pretty darn amazing. As an experiment, it clearly shows how much the yeast brings to the flavor profile. I'm not quite sure how this one seems to come across as creamier than Data Set #1, but enjoying them side by side, it's undeniable (the watery aspect I mentioned applies to the flavor, not the feel).
Reviewed by brewme from Massachusetts
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Picked-up a single can as part of a mixed four pack of this series for about twenty dollars. My three hundred and seventh brew from these guys. Canned on date of 3/16/23. Excellent, best of the data sets.
Mar 29, 2023
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