Heavier Mettle Cut
Trillium Brewing Company

One of the better DIPAs I’ve tasted in a long while. Light amber color with a 2F head, balanced, tropical fruit, citrus, moderately hoppy MF. Excellent collab with Fidens.

 

 

Heavier Mettle Cut pours a hazy, orangish color with a small head. The aroma has a nice dry melon note. The flavor has dried melon and mango flavors, a little sweet, balanced with a little balanced. It has a great feel, is well-balanced, and still has lots of flavor. Overall, it is a very solid, hazy IPA with lots of flavors and very balanced.

 

16oz can. Bottom stamp reads '09/11/23 11:19:01'.
Hazy, deep yellow gold colored body. Two fingers of off white head settles to an interrupted cap and spiffy ring. Some lacing strings but not extensive coverage.
Aroma has a very appealing set of smells. Lots of ripe fruit - orange, pineapple, and peach. A little bit of coconut and mint.
Taste is highly expressive of ripe citrus fruits and pineapple. Sweet peach and melon develop later. Has a berry component - most like blueberry or blackberry. Long lasting sweet hops aftertaste.
Thicker mouth feel with a soft texture. Hop sting on the tongue with each sip. Good carbonation.
Made by knowledgeable, professional, scientific, and artistic brewers.

 

 

Drank from a can purchased at Trillium Brewing Company, Boston, MA
09/11/23
Served in a tulip

The beer poured a complexly opaque and almost milky looking, yellow ochre hue. A thin, frothy, bright white crown topped the body, but it quickly dissipated. A wall of sticky, spiderweb-like lacing coated the glass.

The nose was absolutely spectacular. Super hoppy and intense yet soft and perfumey. Tropical fruits dominated. Passionfruit came through big time. Loads of Meyer lemon too. Some dank cannabis was also noticeable. Bit of guava and juicy orange as well.

The flavor profile was nearly as impressive as the aroma. Big tropical fruit presence. Passionfruit again came through strongest. Lots of citrus too. Nice mix of juicy orange flesh and zesty orange peel. Tart lemon notes appeared in the center. Touch of dankness. More citrus peel on the back end and in the finish. Some rind-like bitterness lingered after the swallow.

The mouthfeel was the only aspect of the beer that did not blow me away. It was medium bodied for the style. A touch thinner than I anticipated. The liquid contained a fine, subtle effervescence that gave the beer a nice suppleness on the palate.

Heavier Mettle Cut was one of the most unique and overall impressive hoppy beers I have tried in a very long time. It takes a lot for a DIPA to get my attention, but this one certainly did. Kudos to Trillium and Fidens for collaborating on this absolutely fantastic release.

 

Picked-up a four-pack of cans at Trillium Brewery in Canton for about twenty four dollars. My fifty seventh brew from these guys. Canned on date of 9/11/23. Good, expensive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canned on: 9-11-23

A - Opaque medium golden yellow.

S - Big, bold citrus, spicy pineapple rind, papaya, melon.

T - No different from the nose: Spicy fruit rind, pineapple, papaya, melon, tropical fruit, and some blueberry thrown in the mix.

M - Big chewy body that's pillowy.

O - This is a fantastic beer, hands down.