Habitat: 2021 3-Year Blend 02
Trillium Brewing Company
- From:
- Trillium Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #455 - ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #13,099 - Avg:
- 4.13 | pDev: 8.23%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 15, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 22, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Carefully blending select components of 1, 2, and 3-year old spontaneously fermented and oak aged beers, we’ve set out to achieve something complex, nuanced, and reflective of our unique terroir.
Apricot- focused stone fruit nose, well structured tannins, and soft back palate.
Apricot- focused stone fruit nose, well structured tannins, and soft back palate.
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Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.27/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look - really great yellow fairly clear with a nice white head and lacing
Smell and tasty - eagy going nice stone fruit and tart but really nice blend
Feel - medium body and carn
Overall - really fantstic
Feb 20, 2023Smell and tasty - eagy going nice stone fruit and tart but really nice blend
Feel - medium body and carn
Overall - really fantstic
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
4.25/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours clear gold with a chill-haze. Moderate retention and lacing. Grapefruit pith, lemongrass in the nose. Light bodied with a crisp, sharp mouthfeel. Lemongrass, grapefruit, faint apricot on the palate. Finishes dry with a lingering minerally tartness.
Dec 29, 2022
Reviewed by thebeers from Pennsylvania
4.14/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.14/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a clear gold color with good effervescence and a large, fluffy, antique white head. Moderate retention for the style and soap bubble lacing.
Apricot and peach skin sourness and a little cheesy funk in the nose. Maybe a hint of strawberry and flowers behind, as well as a light stoneware quality.
Strong acidity up front, but somehow softening a bit in the finish so that it doesn’t come across as an enamel stripper. Again there’s some clear peach skin, funky cheese and some light floral-fruity happenings. Touch of hay.
Slight chewiness to the feel with strong soft carbonation.
A really well made beer with a nice balance of funk and fruitiness. Wish I had a cheese and fruit plate to pair with it.
May 13, 2022Apricot and peach skin sourness and a little cheesy funk in the nose. Maybe a hint of strawberry and flowers behind, as well as a light stoneware quality.
Strong acidity up front, but somehow softening a bit in the finish so that it doesn’t come across as an enamel stripper. Again there’s some clear peach skin, funky cheese and some light floral-fruity happenings. Touch of hay.
Slight chewiness to the feel with strong soft carbonation.
A really well made beer with a nice balance of funk and fruitiness. Wish I had a cheese and fruit plate to pair with it.
Reviewed by StoutElk_92 from Massachusetts
4.8/5 rDev +16.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.8/5 rDev +16.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
500ml bottle blend date 2/5/2021
Pours hazy cloudy orange amber gold with a dense creamy white foam head. Smells super complex and gueuze-like, apricot, lemon, toasty hay, mild vinegar, vanilla, dill, oak barrel, some old wine, funky barnyard dusty horse blanket notes, sweet tropical fruit, herbal earthy hops, hint of spice, with huge depth and complexity. Tastes like sweet light vinegar, toasty hay, vanilla, dill, tart white grape, apricot, orange citrus, lemon, hints of leather, tannic oak cask, old wine, some spice, with dusty herbal earthy hops. Feels medium-plus bodied, creamy with smooth moderate carbonation. Overall a really great spontaneously fermented wild ale.
Mar 27, 2022Pours hazy cloudy orange amber gold with a dense creamy white foam head. Smells super complex and gueuze-like, apricot, lemon, toasty hay, mild vinegar, vanilla, dill, oak barrel, some old wine, funky barnyard dusty horse blanket notes, sweet tropical fruit, herbal earthy hops, hint of spice, with huge depth and complexity. Tastes like sweet light vinegar, toasty hay, vanilla, dill, tart white grape, apricot, orange citrus, lemon, hints of leather, tannic oak cask, old wine, some spice, with dusty herbal earthy hops. Feels medium-plus bodied, creamy with smooth moderate carbonation. Overall a really great spontaneously fermented wild ale.
Reviewed by Apathetiq from Massachusetts
3.42/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
Blended: 2.5.2021
Consumed: 12.20.2021
What is it and why should you care?
Despite all the turmoil of growth, staff turnover, and controversies this beer witnessed over its slumber, Trillium remains one of the most influential breweries in America. Their thrust to support local regenerative agriculture and affirm "Beer" as having terroir eclipses my trouble at their inability to produce quality lager and the unfortunate "fermentation change." This is part of their first release of spontaneous blends, no word on if they followed Méthode Traditionnelle, but should be exciting either way.
Aroma:
Woah, definitely has that spontaneous reductive flint/popcorn note, it morphs into a little pencil eraser, never creeps into the burnt stick Geuze Boon. They weren't kidding with the tart apricot, so much under ripe stone fruit skins, and meyer lemon going on reminds me of the Lineage Spelt, and that beer was waaaay too acidic (look it's a tour down memory lane), maybe those same bugs make up a large portion of this blend. After a bit in the glass, the tone becomes a little more floral with some lavender and daisies. And the sharpness of the flint and fruit subsides, showcasing some brett character, more of a cheese rind though... what does Trillium's brett even taste like?
Palate:
Acidic (formic and tartaric) and bitter, oh man, it's like putting a whole key lime in your mouth. Sharp, aggressive, dry, and lacking finesse, it's like an allegory for the drama of the past 4 years... wow that bitterness could be mistaken for "complexity and palate structure" but it tastes like it was over dry hopped. Yes, Lambic is bitter, but this is too much, the perceived bitterness is off the charts. Maybe a little more exposure to oxygen (concrete eggs? *cough* OEC) would have softened everything.
Impressions:
Ahhh the allure of the spontaneous brew, minimal intervention, natural, yadda yadda, take my money. There are quite a few other breweries producing "wild ales" with more depth and nuance simply by pitching a cultivated "local mixed culture" that they are familiar with, instead of just letting something (usually disappointing) happen.
Habitat Blend 02 is so intrusive and loud it overpowered the "meat and cheese" beer tasting spread I had out. I honestly think this a solid first effort despite not being able to finish the 500ml bottle. It's daja vu; the issues Trillium had in 2018-19 with overly acidic mix ferm are rampant, and I hope they wont try and fix it by adding some acetobacter to bring a different color of acidity. Looking forward to tasting the next release, and seeing how this green glass plays out.
Dec 22, 2021Consumed: 12.20.2021
What is it and why should you care?
Despite all the turmoil of growth, staff turnover, and controversies this beer witnessed over its slumber, Trillium remains one of the most influential breweries in America. Their thrust to support local regenerative agriculture and affirm "Beer" as having terroir eclipses my trouble at their inability to produce quality lager and the unfortunate "fermentation change." This is part of their first release of spontaneous blends, no word on if they followed Méthode Traditionnelle, but should be exciting either way.
Aroma:
Woah, definitely has that spontaneous reductive flint/popcorn note, it morphs into a little pencil eraser, never creeps into the burnt stick Geuze Boon. They weren't kidding with the tart apricot, so much under ripe stone fruit skins, and meyer lemon going on reminds me of the Lineage Spelt, and that beer was waaaay too acidic (look it's a tour down memory lane), maybe those same bugs make up a large portion of this blend. After a bit in the glass, the tone becomes a little more floral with some lavender and daisies. And the sharpness of the flint and fruit subsides, showcasing some brett character, more of a cheese rind though... what does Trillium's brett even taste like?
Palate:
Acidic (formic and tartaric) and bitter, oh man, it's like putting a whole key lime in your mouth. Sharp, aggressive, dry, and lacking finesse, it's like an allegory for the drama of the past 4 years... wow that bitterness could be mistaken for "complexity and palate structure" but it tastes like it was over dry hopped. Yes, Lambic is bitter, but this is too much, the perceived bitterness is off the charts. Maybe a little more exposure to oxygen (concrete eggs? *cough* OEC) would have softened everything.
Impressions:
Ahhh the allure of the spontaneous brew, minimal intervention, natural, yadda yadda, take my money. There are quite a few other breweries producing "wild ales" with more depth and nuance simply by pitching a cultivated "local mixed culture" that they are familiar with, instead of just letting something (usually disappointing) happen.
Habitat Blend 02 is so intrusive and loud it overpowered the "meat and cheese" beer tasting spread I had out. I honestly think this a solid first effort despite not being able to finish the 500ml bottle. It's daja vu; the issues Trillium had in 2018-19 with overly acidic mix ferm are rampant, and I hope they wont try and fix it by adding some acetobacter to bring a different color of acidity. Looking forward to tasting the next release, and seeing how this green glass plays out.
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