Cutting Tiles - Moteuka
Trillium Brewing Company

Copenhagen 1/11 2023. 47,3 cl can from Best of Beers web-shop. Off-white can with a hand holding a plier holding a small tile.

Pours hazy opaque, golden yellow. with a small white head. Settles as thin puddles of foam floating about. Clinging to the sides of the glass. No lacing.

Aroma is medium intense with a sweet, fermented, fruity odor mingling with a subtle citric scent. Sweet mango and ripe peach. Hints of honey. Grapefruit and lime.

Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is intense with a strong sweetness followed by a medium strong citric bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter with a boozy undertone. Lingers for a while. Finish is rather dry and with a light boozy burn.

Potent with a nice balance between the sweet and boozy and the citric and bitter.

 

Poured from a can dated 6/29/23
Light yellow orange thick appearance. Small quickly dissipating head that leaves a thin cap and soapy bubbles around the glass
Aromas of citrus, stonefruit, lemony lime, and a hint of rosemary and basil. Some floral ness.
Taste is kind of muted citrus rind and stone fruit, I didn’t taste the floral notes but rosemary and basil come through on the back end giving it a kind of spicy taste. The honey is kind of hidden
Mouthfeel is not soft, it’s kind of prickly right of the bat. Medium carbonation and a lingering bitter citrus rind finish. Not an overly bitter finish but it stays with you a bit. Kind of sticky but not really sweet No alcohol burn detected.
Overall it’s kind of a unique tasting beer, I couldn’t taste or smell the raw honey and there wasn’t a sweetness to it. I liked it but have liked other hopped varieties more.