Year Of The Dragon
Tree House Brewing Company

 

 

This one pours a very hazy golden orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells lightly floral but mostly citrusy, with tangerine, lime, and peach.

Citra, Riwaka, and Motueka is definitely going to be a winning combo. There’s a nice soft and sweet lime character, some melon, peach, and tangerine, and just the lightest hint of bitterness.

This is medium bodied, creamy, and hides the alcohol pretty well.

This doesn’t taste drastically different from most other high quality NEIPAs, but it’s Tree House, which usually means it’s good.

 

Pour is ubiquitous with candied fruit cup scents coming forth. This is dank and more bitter than the average hazy DIPA with notes of mango, cantaloupe, pink grapefruit, strawberry, etc...Flavors come forward more so as it warms which is more typical of a big stout, but here we are. A slightly unique offering based on the Styrian Dragon hop addition, but overall this falls into familiar ground. Nice, but not extra special for Treehouse

 

L - pours a pasty flat orange haze with a swirl of brownish turbidity. Firm, but jiggly bone white head.

S - an emulsion of juice and tang; mulled mango cider, melon, and peppery zest.

T - following the nose, the flavor is a balanced blend of fruit-forward hops and dry-hopped bitterness. Yin and yang, we have berry accented by bubblegum vying for your attention along with lupulin and lemon-lime rind. Bouts of overwhelming juiciness brought back down to earth by, well, earthy bitterness. FInishes with slight dryness, craving another sip.

F - subtle carb levels, but the hops turn up the voltage on the underlying tingle across the tongue. Full-feeling, but like the rest of the beer, not overwhelming.

O - a unique beer for sure, at least by Tree House standards. I see some new hops combinations, leading to an alien flavor profile that feels familiar, yet different.

 

 

16oz can dated 7/20/24.

Pours cloudy gold with plenty of spongy lacing and persistent retention. Candied mango and pear syrup in the nose. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Big hops on the palate with minimal malt and a firm bitterness. Orange pith, peach, mango. Finishes with a citrusy punch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a very hazy, nearly turbid pineapple color with a creamy off white head that lingers and leaves splotchy lacing. The nose is mostly tropical citrus, with grapefruit, passion fruit, and lemon lime notes most prominent.

The lemon lime is really delicious on the taste, with the grapefruit and passion fruit complementing that flavor, and there’s a nice bit of sweet oats as well at the back of the palate for balance.

The mouthfeel full and on the soft, creamy side. This is excellent, IMHO.