Gay Head Lighthouse
Trillium Brewing Company
- From:
- Trillium Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #274 - ABV:
- 8.9%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,347 - Avg:
- 4.29 | pDev: 8.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 11
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 24, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 27, 2018
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 9
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
Gay Head Lighthouse' eponymous beer is a double IPA brewed with Mosaic hops and pours with a hazy orange straw coloring. Bursting aromas of fresh and vibrant citrus lead through to a palate ample with flavors of sweet tangerine, lemon granita, candied grapefruit slices, and overripe pineapple. With a medium body and carbonation, Gay Head Lighthouse has a gentle floral bitterness.
ABV: 8.9%
MALT: Pale Malt, Honey Malt
HOPS: Mosaic
ABV: 8.9%
MALT: Pale Malt, Honey Malt
HOPS: Mosaic
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Reviewed by IrishChocolate from Texas
2.54/5 rDev -40.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
2.54/5 rDev -40.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Only thing good about it is high alcohol content so good for getting drunk if that’s the goal. Tastes awful though so hard to drink a lot. I have had worse beer (bush is worse, old milwaukee is about the same), but at this price point it’s a no go. It is comparable in taste to Natty Daddy. Tastes like a wet stanky boot.
Feb 26, 2020
Rated by ShrubCHTL from Connecticut
3.74/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Made me feel better reading the other rather "blah" reviews! If you like lemon and floral, this is for you. Unfortunately, that's not me.
Aug 27, 2019
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.15/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours very cloudy and amber colored with a two finger head; squiggles of lacing linger
Smell: Blueberry, mango, tangerine and green onion all drizzled with honey
Taste: Honeyed blueberry and mango forward with candied tangerine adding sweetness and bitterness, through the middle; green onion in the finish
Mouthfeel: Creamy and medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation
Overall: This was just canned a few days ago and I think it is a bit green; perhaps in a week or two the green onion dominance of the finish will recede so I am giving it the benefit of the doubt in my rating
Aug 20, 2019Smell: Blueberry, mango, tangerine and green onion all drizzled with honey
Taste: Honeyed blueberry and mango forward with candied tangerine adding sweetness and bitterness, through the middle; green onion in the finish
Mouthfeel: Creamy and medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation
Overall: This was just canned a few days ago and I think it is a bit green; perhaps in a week or two the green onion dominance of the finish will recede so I am giving it the benefit of the doubt in my rating
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