Counterpart
Threes Brewing

Hazy, yellow color. . Medium-sized, white head. Malt, grass, citrus, and mineral notes in the aroma. Strong hoppy bitterness, light acidity in a dry finish.

 

 

Color is a pale orange, but slightly cloudy. Head is thick and white, but fades quickly to a coating of the top. Nice lacing. Nose and taste are both typical of a lighter wheat pale ale. Goo, easy drinking beer.

Soft, creamy and built around the flavor of lemon, Threes Brewing seems to be inspired by lemon meringue when putting together their hazier pale ale.

Pale straw and glowing softly through a yellow haze, Counterpart carries a pastel appearance with a tall and cottony cap. Herbal, hoppy and creamy on the senses, the initial pass of the nose reveals lemon, green tea, green tropical fruit, under ripened citrus and a fresh bready scent. Sweet and starchy once on the tongue, the beer's pillowy malt textures are laced with dough, honeysuckle and shortcake.

As the ale works its way across the middle palate, the lemon influence remains front and center on the tastebuds. But a complement of white grapefruit, light orange, passionfruit, papaya and pawpaw give the fruity hop impressions a more radiant and branch-ripe freshness. Trending herbal with green tea, verbena, sassafras and lemongrass, the finish carries a mild hop bite to take an edge off of the bready wheat.

Deliciously smooth, refreshing and largely clean, Counterpart finishes malty-dry and with a juicy finish. An almost-watery spell nearing finish keeps the session palatable but light. A brief aftertaste of tea, lemon peel and subdued spruce bridges the gap between fruit and hops.

 

 

Can from the brewery in Brooklyn. Pours a hazy light yellow with a finger of bubbly white head that dissipates, decent lacing, smell is musty peach and mango skin, papaya and caramel malts, hints of citrus rind, taste is mild lemon hard candy, papaya and cantaloupe, hints of pineapple, mild pithy finish, feel is light to thin, bright carbonation. A crushable mildly tropical citrus/lemon soda.

Poured from a 16oz can into a Trillium pub glass.

Look is a hazy pale yellow with a thin white head.

Aroma is thin lemon hops.

Taste is thin herbal hops.

 

 

 

A: The beer is hazy yellow in color. It poured with just a narrow white collar around the edge of the glass and streaks of bubbles running across the surface.
S: Light aromas of orange zest are present in the nose along with hints of peaches.
T: The taste follows the smell and has fruity flavors of orange pulp with hints of peaches. Faint bits of wheat are also perceptible.
M: It feels a bit more than light-bodied on the palate and has a low to moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is very easy to drink and has some refreshing properties to it.

Serving type: can