Big Bird
Trillium Brewing Company
- From:
- Trillium Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
Ranked #97 - ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 97
Ranked #481 - Avg:
- 4.42 | pDev: 5.66%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 51
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sunday at 11:20 PM
- Added:
- Jun 29, 2017
- Wants:
- 16
- Gots:
- 30
SCORE
97
World-Class
97
World-Class
Making its return migration to New England, Big Bird remains one of our hoppiest beers ever. Drawing inspiration from our “small birds” by utilizing speciality grains and unique hop varieties, Big Bird has an amped profile worthy of a larger fowl. Pouring a noticeably cloudy yellow, this intensely aromatic Double IPA conjures up a tropical fruit cocktail nose of fresh pressed orange and ripe pineapple with a garnish of lemon and light spruce tip spice. Strong citrus flavors of key lime pie, mandarin orange, and tangy grapefruit pith lead into a creamy profile of kiwi flesh, cantaloupe, and honeydew melon with papaya. Medium bodied, Big Bird’s tropical sweetness on the front of the palate is balanced out on the finish by a soft herbal bitterness. Don’t sleep on this bird, it’s one for the books!
MALT: American 2-Row Barley, White Wheat, Dextrine Malt, Flaked Wheat, Valley Danko Rye, Valley Malt White Wheat Malt, Malted Oats, Dextrose
HOPS: ?
MALT: American 2-Row Barley, White Wheat, Dextrine Malt, Flaked Wheat, Valley Danko Rye, Valley Malt White Wheat Malt, Malted Oats, Dextrose
HOPS: ?
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Reviewed by TCgenny from New York
4.29/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Latest Trillium drop at my local joint no canned date, pours effervescently in my glass with a pureness of white head that was upright till settled into mosaics down the glass. Really lovely candied pineapple aroma, like the candy the smells better than it tastes, really fruity and juicy. Taste follows with additional lemony & grapefruit juice, nice balancing smaky num num which I need as a basic requirement in my old age. The last tastes are classic girls scout cookies Lemon Ups.
Feel is nice creamy, medium carb , smooth, hitting light to medium.
So, Trillium is good to occasionally pretty good. This is pretty good!
Sunday at 11:20 PMFeel is nice creamy, medium carb , smooth, hitting light to medium.
So, Trillium is good to occasionally pretty good. This is pretty good!
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4.15/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
No can date
Pours a frothy foamy 1 finger head with fair retention, some soapy lacing, very hazy cloudy peach-orange color
Nose brings plenty of fruits, mild citrus, some stone fruit, cantaloupe and general melon, a mild green spicy hop, light chalky mineral notes, vanilla, doughy flaked proteins,
Taste brings more various fruits, a bit of citrus and tropical, then more melon cantaloupe, a little papaya guava like, tangerine, nectarine, a bit of chalky minerals, creamy doughy wheat and general flaked proteins, bread dough and a bit of vanilla, light bitterness, drier finish with a hint of warming alcohol and some green spicy hops from the dry hops which gets a med spicy hop bitterness
Mouth is med to fuller bod, med carb, a bit of warming alcohol, fair creamy juicy
Overall not bad, good hop profile in general although still has some spicy green hop, a bit of chalky mineral water softening notes leftover still, but otherwise not bad
May 31, 2026Pours a frothy foamy 1 finger head with fair retention, some soapy lacing, very hazy cloudy peach-orange color
Nose brings plenty of fruits, mild citrus, some stone fruit, cantaloupe and general melon, a mild green spicy hop, light chalky mineral notes, vanilla, doughy flaked proteins,
Taste brings more various fruits, a bit of citrus and tropical, then more melon cantaloupe, a little papaya guava like, tangerine, nectarine, a bit of chalky minerals, creamy doughy wheat and general flaked proteins, bread dough and a bit of vanilla, light bitterness, drier finish with a hint of warming alcohol and some green spicy hops from the dry hops which gets a med spicy hop bitterness
Mouth is med to fuller bod, med carb, a bit of warming alcohol, fair creamy juicy
Overall not bad, good hop profile in general although still has some spicy green hop, a bit of chalky mineral water softening notes leftover still, but otherwise not bad
Reviewed by harrypowers from Massachusetts
4.46/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a milky orange with a 1F head and light lacing.
Smells of slightly dfank piney and grassy hops with citrus and sweet fruit.
Tastes of mildly tart grapefruit, tangy wheat, spicy rye, orange and lemon with a mildly spicy and bitter finish.
Medium body and carbonation. Smooth, dry mouthfeel.
This brew is a tour de force.
May 07, 2026Smells of slightly dfank piney and grassy hops with citrus and sweet fruit.
Tastes of mildly tart grapefruit, tangy wheat, spicy rye, orange and lemon with a mildly spicy and bitter finish.
Medium body and carbonation. Smooth, dry mouthfeel.
This brew is a tour de force.
Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky
4.08/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Nice cloudy orange color with bright white head. Head fades quickly. Nose is like a tangerine. Taste was also citrusy, similar to tangerines. No noticeable bitterness, unfortunately.
Jul 10, 2024
Reviewed by TLWalsh from New York
4.56/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured on 5/4/2023 from a 16oz can that was purchased at the brewery on 4/27/2023 into a tall tulip glass. Color is a very light gold and very densely hazy with a thin white head that dissipated very quickly. The aroma is plenty up front, tropical and fruity. The first taste offers a powerful smack of pineapple and other tropics. Then the malt rolls in and balances it all out really well. The finish is crisp and dry. A truly delicious double IPA that left me wanting more!
May 04, 2023
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