Personal Submarine
Trillium Brewing Company

Personal SubmarinePersonal Submarine
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From:
Trillium Brewing Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
13%
Score:
94
Avg:
4.31 | pDev: 6.26%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
41
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 08, 2019
Added:
Jun 28, 2019
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Collaboration with Evil Twin Brewing

The 4th annual nautical inspired collaboration with our friends from EvilTwin Brewing, Personal Submarine is our second ever Quad IPA, building upon the recipe from previous years with an amplified malt bill and one of our heaviest hop charges to date with Amarillo, Citra, and Mosaic. Cracking the can, Personal Submarine is explosively tropical and citrus forward on the nose filling the glass with a gorgeous, eye catching haze of vibrant orange. On the palate, huge flavors of sweet mango, diced pineapple, and ripe papaya take the lead graced by waves of freshly squeezed orange juice, bright lemon and stone fruit. These flavors coalesce towards the finish calling to mind a luscious tropical smoothie highlighted by a soft, fluffy mouthfeel and full body with a smooth grassy bitterness that cuts the sweeter notes.

MALT: Pilsner, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat
HOPS: Mosaic, Amarillo, Citra
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Ratings by BEERchitect:
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

3.8/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Exuding boldness with each and every sip, the "quadruple" IPA that drips from the hands of Trillium and Evil Twin brewers has taken the New England styled IPA to an alcohol place where its never been before.

Sinking into the barstool is their obvious intent as Personal Submarine pours a viscous peach, burnt orange and goldenrod melange of colors. Hazy with a fine vegetal silt, the beer's frothy character captures a bevy of fruit aromatics that entice the nose with a monstrous citronella perfume. Laced with tropical and orchard scents, the strong spice of gin and rum tease the nose with its strength. Sweet with simple syrups, agave, honey, a pastry dough taste tries for a malty rebuttal to the hops.

But its the hops that win out quickly as even the nearly barleywine level of maltiness is no match for the brazed macerated fruit flavors. Fruit cocktails and tropical punch come to mind as grapefruit, lemon and orange bring a curacao type of spice across a followup of papaya, mango, pineapple, apricot and apple with another grouping of brandy spice. Maraschino cherries bring the rum while the sappy bitterness of gin-like botanicals strike the late palate once more.

Full bodied, full flavored and evading the juiciness and radiance of hazy IPA, this New England styled American Barleywine give a lot for craft beer drinkers and brewers something to think about, right down to its expansive bitter and spicy aftertaste that might allow for a normalization of the tastebuds in about a week or so.
Aug 06, 2019
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.27 by liquorpig from Massachusetts

Nov 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4.2 by PDinunzi from New Jersey

Oct 28, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by wvsabbath from West Virginia

Oct 04, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by vfgccp from New York

Sep 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4.16 by Futbolmanby from Michigan

Sep 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by Patches826 from Massachusetts

Sep 06, 2019
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Reviewed by Blackrobe from Massachusetts

4.62/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Dated 6/28/19 on the bottom, 7 weeks since canning.

Pours an opaque darker orange with a finger of fluffy slightly off-white head. Nose is exploding with fresh mango, papaya, mandarin orange rind, pineapple, stone fruit, a slightly dank herbaceousness and wheat. Even after almost 2 months it has a very vibrant nose! Taste brings in all the notes of the nose as well as lots of ruby grapefruit rind and straight orange juice followed by wheat and oatmeal. Every sip has a wonderful mouthwatering sweetness. If you told me this was half fruit juice I'd believe you. Medium++ creamy body, borderline monster stout territory. High sweetness, medium bitterness and a low rolling carbonation. You get a little bit of the alcohol peeking through after it warms, but at 13%, it's almost perfectly hidden. Big beer yet they somehow managed to balance a 13% IPA's maltiness with tons and tons of tropical fruit. Fantastic brew!
Aug 17, 2019
 
Rated: 4.58 by lochraneg from New Hampshire

Aug 12, 2019
 
Rated: 4.53 by ScottP from New Hampshire

Aug 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.29 by Prost76 from New Hampshire

Aug 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.15 by Coronaeus from Canada (ON)

Aug 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.31 by mattreitz49 from Florida

Aug 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4.41 by GregSemenza from Connecticut

Jul 30, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by Fettpopps from Massachusetts

Jul 28, 2019
 
Rated: 4.71 by WhackoMillah93 from Massachusetts

Jul 27, 2019
 
Rated: 3.74 by Abe_Froman from Massachusetts

Jul 26, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Dizzy242 from Massachusetts

Jul 22, 2019
 
Rated: 4.43 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Jul 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Nichols33 from Massachusetts

Jul 19, 2019
Personal Submarine from Trillium Brewing Company
Beer rating: 94 out of 100 with 41 ratings