Fort Point Pale Ale
Trillium Brewing Company

I believe this is a better version of the Fort Point than the DDH. Color is crisp orange with a nice head. Nose is fresh citrus as is the taste. Good amount of bitterness follows through.

 

 

Basic, flavorful and at the roots for everything else that they do, Trillium does the haze as well as anyone else, and their pale ale is always on point.

So Fort Point kicks off with a rich and milky taupe pour and carrying a turbid silted appearance. As a lofty and foamy cap builds, a bold collection of fruity perfume garner the praise of citrus, tropical and melon fruits with a nearly vanilla-like softness in scent. Sweet once on the tongue, the beer's introductory flavors are rife with cereal, cream, starch and honeysuckle.

Then the hops simply blossom on the middle palate with the citrusy flavors popping with tangerine, white grapefruit and lemon. Following up, the tropical flavors of pineapple, papaya and passionfruit add an exotic tanginess to lead into an herbal finish of verbena, green tea, sassafras and spruce with a juiciness of honeydew to keep everything together.

Medium light in body, the beer dries out wonderfully for a malty-dry finish that sides with dryness only slightly. A minty fresh finish is highlighted by a gentle and smoothly bitter hop finish with a gentle aftertaste of fruit peels.

 

 

 

Pours a very hazy mango color with a sudsy white head that provides a bit of lacing. The nose is a dictionary of dankness - ripe tangerine, lots of mango, pineapple, a bit of grapefruit, and a smidge of pine. I am literally salivating.

The mango and ripe tangerine are forward and dominant on the taste, but there’s room for the pineapple and that bit of pine, which is a bit x2 on the taste, providing a little bit of bitterness that works exceptionally well with all the dank citrus.

A full, softer mouthfeel also works well in this delicious, approaching world class hazy APA. Truly a pleasure to drink.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99?? Y'all are crazy!! Maybe I've become so used to IPAs and Stouts which give remarkable favours but this was kind of bland and skunky tasting despite the week old date. I got orange rind and dish soap. It has a creaminess that reminds me of Julius but its almost as is someone sucked all the deeper flavours out and left you with the base of a good IPA. I'd never buy this beer but it was included with a package buy. In concept a juicy pale ale sounds interesting but I think adding the haziness does nothing for the style. This beer does not live up to the rating.

 

 

 

 

 

Nice looking beer. Thick luscious appeal. It has citrus elements and finishes dry and more bitter than one might expect from its appearance... but i found this to be a rather nondescript ipa... (and then i see its actually a “pale ale”... maybe all pale ales are just “nondescript ipas”?) Nothing outstanding. Nothing that I’d really think twice about. I was shocked to see the score of 99. My can was a month old so Im going to attribute its lackluster appeal to that.

 

 

 

Very balanced and drinkable. Not notable for a unique flavor, but a solid pale ale that I enjoy every time. Can't hold up to IPAs and DIPAs unless you're looking for something lighther.

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06/26/20

Can to snifter. Share with DC.

LOOK: bright full yellow. Fizzy medium white head. Good retention.

AROMA: guava, tangerines. peach.

TASTE: same flavors as above, hints of lime and ash in finish.

FEEL: light to medium body, a little lacking in carbonation.

Good tasty and refreshing sipper for a summer day.

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Hazy, dirty peach colored body; fair head, white and soapy, lasting. Kaleidoscope of aromas; floral and fruity; mango and dehydrated strawberries; some citrus, orange and lemon. The taste brings more muted esters and softer fruit presence; semi-sweet; citrus; white grapefruit; nectarine; berry-like; fair amount of bitterness on the back-end. Medium-heavy body; crisp ad acidic; semi-dry at the finish.

A fine, tasty beer delivering some fine complexity and respectable depth to the palate. Very tasty...

 

 

 

 

 

Can courtesy of yllib.
Combination of Mello Yello soda and orange juice with white meringue head.
Tropical fruits. Oranges and pineapples dominant. Little citrusy balance.
Truly juicy full mouthfeel. Dry finish.
As juicy an American pale ale as you could ever ask for.
A very close sibling to their “launch beer”.