Small Bird Series: Skimpy Sparrow
Trillium Brewing Company

Small Bird Series: Skimpy SparrowSmall Bird Series: Skimpy Sparrow
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From:
Trillium Brewing Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
Ranked #28
ABV:
5.4%
Score:
95
Ranked #1,650
Avg:
4.28 | pDev: 5.84%
Reviews:
51
Ratings:
313
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 25, 2023
Added:
Dec 21, 2015
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  53
Our newest hoppy American pale ale, Skimpy Sparrow, is the latest edition in our "Small Bird Series" of lower ABV offerings. The nose is an intense, complex fusion of pineapple, grapefruit pith, and woodsy hop aromatics. Citrus rind, grape jam, and lemon fill out the flavor profile, with a firm and long-lasting bitterness. Very dry and effervescent, light to medium bodied.

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

HOPS: Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin, Simcoe Citra, Columbus
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Ratings by cj8311:
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Rated by cj8311 from Maryland

4.35/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Oct 26, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.18 by BeerMe8 from Florida

Mar 25, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by BarrelAgedG from California

Mar 05, 2023
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Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California

4.07/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
You’re like fishing and stuff. You are thinking Hemingway The Old Man And The Sea and stuff. But when you are out there, all you get is an ok tuna. Like, not even big brother. You got young brother who’s a bit dumb. That’s this beer.

*edit

Over the course of drinking this beer, it has significantly improved. But I haven’t.
Feb 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by teamgalt from Massachusetts

Jul 16, 2022
 
Rated: 4.4 by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island

Jun 27, 2022
 
Rated: 4.35 by Ben1313 from New Hampshire

May 30, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by paulish from New York

Apr 30, 2022
 
Rated: 4.23 by Unitspin from Massachusetts

Dec 28, 2020
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Rated by Bloodbuzz99 from Georgia

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Can from July 2020, 3 week old

Not a bit of sweetness in the new American Pale. So good. Tons of cracker and grapefruit.
Aug 22, 2020
 
Rated: 4.49 by Sulty from Massachusetts

Aug 06, 2020
 
Rated: 4.19 by virinow from New York

Mar 29, 2020
 
Rated: 4.06 by benjaminsa from Vermont

Dec 07, 2019
 
Rated: 3.96 by Canalfisher22 from Massachusetts

Nov 21, 2019
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Reviewed by Blackrobe from Massachusetts

4.15/5  rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dated 6/26/19 on the bottom, 6 weeks since canning.

Pours a murky, dark yet vibrant orange with two fingers of pillowy head. Nose of pineapple, tangerine rind, unripened peach, very slight white wine, whole grain cereal, resin and papaya. Taste is much subdued compared to the nose, with the cereal notes taking a 60/40 advantage over the citrus and tropical notes. I also get a bit of lime at the end of each sip along with a tangy plant note, like arugula. Mouthfeel is soft and thirst quenching with a medium- body. Low+ bittering, medium- drying and low rolling carbonation. Definitely a great pale but didn't perfectly hit the spot.
Aug 07, 2019
 
Rated: 4.43 by sandstd1 from Maryland

Jul 28, 2019
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Reviewed by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee

3.81/5  rDev -11%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Quite grassy, nice citrus bitterness, a solid fruit salad of notes on the nose and tongue. A little minerally, green, and sharp, but controlled enough to not be a bad thing, more complimentary. Definitely more “C” hop presence than a lot of Trillium beers. Wonderful for a hot day and a change of pace from their big hazy IPAs.

Very nice, quite flavorful for a 5% beer, and very easy drinking. But I don’t think it deserves the “exceptional” ratings it’s getting. Little Trillium bias leaking in? In a session IPA category I might agree (if this one qualifies), but not in the general American IPA or NE IPA category.
Jul 26, 2019
 
Rated: 4.31 by alexsergio from New York

Jul 18, 2019
 
Rated: 4.27 by kjkinsey from Texas

Jul 17, 2019
 
Rated: 4.22 by GeorgeAKeim from Oregon

May 03, 2019
Small Bird Series: Skimpy Sparrow from Trillium Brewing Company
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 313 ratings