Velvet
Tree House Brewing Company
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
Ranked #479 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,832 - Avg:
- 4.36 | pDev: 5.73%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 11, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 14, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
Velvet is an American Double IPA crafted with a proprietary yeast developed in the Winter of 2023. Through each successive fermentation, we continue to adapt, hone our process, and push the boundaries of hoppy beer. Velvet is constructed to be a vehicle for intense hop biotransformation and lupulin expression in a wholly different, but equally satisfying way as our iconic House yeast. Our hop regimen begins with a hand-selected blend of American hops, forming a familiar foundation on top of which our brewers blended some of our favorite new varieties. Peacharine, Pink, and Nectaron blend seamlessly into a bright display of tropical delights. These stunning varieties represent the next chapter in fruit-forward aromatics
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Reviewed by tekstr1der from New Hampshire
4.89/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.89/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
I reserve the right to believe there could possibly be a slightly better NEIPA brewed at some future date, but I'm gonna just say I think this just took the crown from both King J, and JJJulius, my former (as of today) faves. Holy smokes is this just about perfect for my taste buds and mouthfeel. Dense, chewy, delicate flavors. I can want for nothing.
Aug 15, 2023
Reviewed by TheDoctor from Canada (QC)
4.13/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Serving: On tap at Deerfield
Consumed: Aug-10-2023
Pale yellow and hazy with meh-ish head for TH probably decent head for other breweries, though. Smell and flavor are slightly astringent, slightly fruity, slightly piney, slightly chalky. The mouthfeel follows suit. None are to the point of being bad, but it lacks the roundness and softness and peachiness that I was expecting. A void in place of the rich fruity wall of fluff present in most of their beers. All that said, I liked it pretty well and it especially improved as it warmed. After a while the character on the whole shifted from the skin, fuzz, stem and pit of the peach to the flesh, but the esters were sadly absent and the nose lead my expectations to a place that the flavor never quite delivered on. Might just be how one or more of the hops (peacharine, pink and nectaron) behave.
4.25...4.25...4....4...4.25
Aug 13, 2023Consumed: Aug-10-2023
Pale yellow and hazy with meh-ish head for TH probably decent head for other breweries, though. Smell and flavor are slightly astringent, slightly fruity, slightly piney, slightly chalky. The mouthfeel follows suit. None are to the point of being bad, but it lacks the roundness and softness and peachiness that I was expecting. A void in place of the rich fruity wall of fluff present in most of their beers. All that said, I liked it pretty well and it especially improved as it warmed. After a while the character on the whole shifted from the skin, fuzz, stem and pit of the peach to the flesh, but the esters were sadly absent and the nose lead my expectations to a place that the flavor never quite delivered on. Might just be how one or more of the hops (peacharine, pink and nectaron) behave.
4.25...4.25...4....4...4.25
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
4.3/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
16oz can dated 7/8/23.
Pours cloudy gold with an inch-plus head of white. Plenty of tattered lacing and persistent retention. Peach, white grape, orange, mango in the nose. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Juicy tropicals on the palate with minimal malt and a balancing bitterness. Dried mango, peach, orange. Finishes juicy but dry.
Aug 12, 2023Pours cloudy gold with an inch-plus head of white. Plenty of tattered lacing and persistent retention. Peach, white grape, orange, mango in the nose. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Juicy tropicals on the palate with minimal malt and a balancing bitterness. Dried mango, peach, orange. Finishes juicy but dry.
Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut
4.42/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.42/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Dank, earthy, and tropical aroma, with notes of guava, pineapple, mandarin orange, basil, parsley.
Flavor follows. It's a melange of tropical and citrus fruit flavor, including lemon, mandarin orange, pineapple, mango, melon, papaya. Very slight earthy pungency; despite the nose implying otherwise, this is not a particularly dank beer. Fairly low bitterness.
Wonderfully smooth and creamy mouthfeel, while retaining a lively bite. Classic Tree House mouthfeel; if you know, you know.
Aug 06, 2023Flavor follows. It's a melange of tropical and citrus fruit flavor, including lemon, mandarin orange, pineapple, mango, melon, papaya. Very slight earthy pungency; despite the nose implying otherwise, this is not a particularly dank beer. Fairly low bitterness.
Wonderfully smooth and creamy mouthfeel, while retaining a lively bite. Classic Tree House mouthfeel; if you know, you know.
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
4.28/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Had on tap at Charlton. Pours ultra , pale gold in color with one quarter inch head. Taste is white grape, tangerine and starfruit. Medium heavy body, moderate carbonation, slightly bitter. Best of the new yeast strain.
Aug 03, 2023
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