Pow Pow
Trillium Brewing Company

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From:
Trillium Brewing Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Hazy Imperial IPA
ABV:
8.5%
Score:
98
Avg:
4.46 | pDev: 6.28%
Ratings:
241 | reviews: 46
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 23, 2019
Added:
Dec 12, 2016
Wants:
  27
Gots:
  43
Pow Pow is hazy, pale orange in appearance and emits aromatic qualities of orange zest, apricots and honeysuckle on the nose. Bright flavors of citrus pith, along with soft notes of melon are accentuated with a lasting and balanced bitterness.

The idea for Pow Pow was born when 2 very passionate individuals joined forces during the epic 2016 beer festival Beer Camp Across America. Devil’s Backbone, Dogfish Head, Sierra Nevada, Stoudt’s, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, and Trillium collaborated to create one of the festival’s signature beer Pat-Rye-Ot, a pale ale that pays tribute to America’s original homebrewers. During the process two brewers in particular were fascinated by a new hop product that was used in Pat-Rye-Ot. The product: lupulin powder. The fascinated brewers: Sean Lawson and JC Tetreault.

Lupulin powder is essentially a super concentrated hop product made by flash freezing and then shattering intact hop flowers. In early November, the team experimented with different ways of utilizing the lupulin powder in both the whirlpool and during the dry hop, taking into account beer and wort temperatures, contact time, lupulin powder temperatures, and consistency of the powder.

MALT: American 2-Row Barley, English Pale Ale Malt, Flaked Wheat, White Wheat Malt, C-15, Dextrine, Dextrose

HOPS: Citra Lupulin Powder, Simcoe Lupulin Powder, Mosaic Lupulin Powder, Galaxy, Nelson
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -21.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Canned 12/12/16; drank 12/26/16 @ the Yarchives.

Opaque orange/yellow appearance.

A rough pour yielded a huge, noisy off-white head; a thick curtain of lace.

Pineapple, dry ganja & mild mango notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Honey & mild mango flavors up front; dry, bitter grapefruit notes on the finish.

Decently fruity, but the sweet/bitter notes clashed a bit. Not a favorite.
Jul 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.35 by Kevin_ipaking1 from Rhode Island

Aug 31, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Philcassella from North Carolina

Aug 30, 2018
 
Rated: 4.08 by Dadthew from New York

Jul 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4.43 by jwyrwa2421 from Massachusetts

May 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.56 by PrestigeWorldwide from Michigan

Apr 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by chriswjr from Massachusetts

Apr 20, 2018
 
Rated: 4.27 by wvsabbath from West Virginia

Apr 19, 2018
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Reviewed by Pubes_DDH_DIPA from Massachusetts

4.54/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Canned on 02/20/2018. Wow this beer did not hold up well. I got a 4 pack when it was released and found this guy in the back of the beer fridge. Floaters like crazy. Taste is off. This beer 2 months old is a 3/5. But I know I loved the other 3 cans, so I’ll give it the rating it deserves. Just don’t drink this thing old.
Apr 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Rizzy17 from Pennsylvania

Apr 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4.79 by chuckgietzen from Michigan

Apr 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.19 by rspauldi from Texas

Apr 16, 2018
 
Rated: 4.1 by dfhhead25 from Pennsylvania

Apr 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.42 by yoshie from Massachusetts

Apr 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.35 by Argento from Rhode Island

Apr 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.58 by CharlesK from Pennsylvania

Apr 09, 2018
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Rated by spinrsx from Canada (ON)

4.39/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Can from Byronic
Apr 09, 2018
 
Rated: 4.57 by bhatch729 from Massachusetts

Apr 09, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by Uconnelmo from Connecticut

Apr 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by shehateme from Massachusetts

Apr 08, 2018