Scaled
Trillium Brewing Company

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From:
Trillium Brewing Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
New England IPA
Ranked #644
ABV:
7%
Score:
95
Ranked #1,846
Avg:
4.26 | pDev: 5.63%
Reviews:
94
Ratings:
623
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 03, 2024
Added:
Nov 25, 2015
Wants:
  26
Gots:
  130
Scaled is the first IPA brewed and packaged at our Canton, MA facility. In the Spring of 2018, we implemented recent learnings from our Permutation program to breathe new life into this milestone beer. The newly developed fermentation profile and grist coupled with foundational elements from a larger hop charge of legacy hop varieties take this IPA to the next level! El Dorado, Citra, and Columbus hops create an aromatic blast of juicy mango, pineapple, and lemon candies. Pineapple, sweet orange and pink grapefruit flesh follow on a medium bodied palate that finishes with a soft, mild to moderate bitterness.

MALT: American 2-row Barley, White Wheat, Flaked Wheat, Dextrine, C-15

HOPS: El Dorado, Citra, CTZ
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Ratings by SocalKicks:
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Rated by SocalKicks from California

4.25/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Dec 17, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.31 by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania

Jan 03, 2024
 
Rated: 4.5 by doctorgary from New York

Sep 09, 2023
 
Rated: 4.44 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Jun 17, 2022
 
Rated: 4.32 by lakewy17 from New Hampshire

May 29, 2022
 
Rated: 3.83 by Blogjackets from Ohio

Nov 07, 2021
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Reviewed by DavetotheB from Pennsylvania

4.01/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
From a 16oz can dated 10/12/21 into a tulip.

Pours an opaque pale yellowish orange with about two fingers of white head that dissipates fairly quickly leaving excellent lacing.

Smell is big on the nose-oranges, pineapple, tangerine, grass. On warming, there's a faint marijuana aroma.

Taste is a little disappointing compared to the nose. Muted citrus juice. Slight bitterness.

Soft but thin mouthfeel. Medium carbonation. Bitter, slightly acidic aftertaste.

This is better than anything you can get off the shelf in the NEIPA style, but not my favorite Trillium beer.
Oct 31, 2021
 
Rated: 4.17 by petewheeler from Maryland

Oct 25, 2021
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Rated by Mctr234 from Rhode Island

3.9/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I am in minority but liked Jamaica pond better. Both good.
Oct 10, 2021
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

4.28/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Got another world-class juicer over here. Thanks to Evan for sending me a literal 4 pack of it.
Date on this can is 6/21/21, just old enough to not be too green. Perfect.
Parish Brewing globe stem.

One of the lighter Trilliums I've seen, it pours a juicy light blonde. Creamy head that only sticks around for a minute and dwindles to a loose pool of bubbles. When swirled, lacing forms in islands but does not stick, instead dripping alcohol legs down the walls of the globe.

Aroma is like an early morning walk in the woods. Dew, bright grass, evergreen tree and bark, some creamy orange julius action, taut and sharp pineapple, some grapefruit and pine, slight pale malt, slight white pepper. Stiffness is medium, it's looser than many other recent Trillium beers.

Flavor is here. It's killer. It's "da bomb". Their typical use of Columbus Tomahawk Zeus hop brings that rough earthy tone that keeps it from being orange juice. Still, it brings juice like you knew it would. Pithy white grapefruit assault right away, breakfast grapefruit juice, a hint of Chardonnay, slight white pepper, pithy orange, orange juice, pine and pine sap, moderate notes of woodsy bark, and finally a lupulin gland explosion that leaves juicy hop greenery all over the finish.

Feel is one of the most interesting I've had in an IPA in a long while. The hop oils/resins and the alcohol combine to form a buzzing, very much alive resinous coating that electrifies the tongue and sticks to the cheeks without being overpowering. It's really enjoyable. Lends a bit of Champagne dryness on the finish, making this one crisp juicer.

Overall, now that juice bombs are seemingly everywhere, Trillium is just another notch in the post (albeit a very tall notch). They continue to make killer beers, but the mystique and magic is far less now than it was back in 2015-2016. I'll never forget my first Congress Street. These NE beers were the bees' knees back then much like Pliney was 5 years earlier. I'm glad NE IPA has taken off, and I'm glad there are a select few breweries outside of New England that can get it right. Remember that there are more counterfeits of the style than there are actual bangers. Don't knock a NE IPA unless you've had one like this, and don't think you've had it unless you've actually had it. There's my beer snobbery for the night.

A great Trillium beer, not the best of theirs, but still superb.
Aug 13, 2021
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Reviewed by brewme from Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Picked-up a four-pack of cans at Trillium in Canton for about seventeen dollars. My fortieth brew from these guys. This was fine, a bit bland, a miss for me.
Aug 05, 2021
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Reviewed by Ocalafox from Florida

4.84/5  rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, nice malts, with a really nice citrus complex (oranges, grapefruit, pineapple), nice little diesel. The taste is very nice, hoppy, nice maltness, really nice citrus complex (oranges, grapefruit, pineapple), nice diesel like. Medium body, ABV hidden very well, with a nice dry/bitter finish. Overall, another very tasty brew from Trillium. Surprising sweetness on the middle of the tongue, but it's juicy, hop-like sweetness, not a malt-based one. Tree House is all the rage but I will shop/buy at Trillium every time I'm in the area....great brew!!
Jul 30, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by PprBurke from Virginia

Jul 26, 2021
 
Rated: 4.31 by shelby415 from Oregon

Jul 15, 2021
 
Rated: 4.69 by fermentedbarley from New Hampshire

Jul 04, 2021
 
Rated: 4.3 by benjaminsa from Vermont

Jun 29, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by wc94wc from California

Mar 10, 2021
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Reviewed by dank203 from New Jersey

3.86/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
very drinkable ipa, pours cloudy but not opaque, orange with gold hue. nose has subtle notes of pineapple and citrus. taste is orange peel, spice, some lemon & juicy. light but full feel, easy drinking, a bit dry
Mar 08, 2021
 
Rated: 4.17 by lochraneg from New Hampshire

Feb 27, 2021
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Reviewed by Mister_Faucher from Washington

4.34/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pint can poured in to a nonic glass. Can is dated 05/26/20.

Look- Hazy golden orange color, decent off white head that slowly recedes to a thin foam cap, some solid sticky lacing. Little carbonation streaming as it sits.

Smell- Citrus (tangerine, grapefruit and lemon/lime), tropical fruits (pineapple, mango and passion fruit), nectarine/peach, a bit of melon, light kiwi? grainy malt, faint pine, some herbal/floral notes.

Taste- Juicy citrus and tropical fruit, nectarine and kiwi, a hint of white cherry and melon, grainy malt, and some other herbal/floral hop notes.

Feel- Medium/light bodied and very soft, somewhat sweet and sticky up front but fairly dry with a faint bitter finish. Moderate/light carbonation on the tongue.

O- Another solid offering from Trillium. Beginning to figure out that these guys don't make a bad beer.
Jul 06, 2020
Scaled from Trillium Brewing Company
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 623 ratings