Mass Fluxes
Equilibrium Brewery

 

 

Pours a hazy golden color with some floaties. Thumb sized white head from aggressive pour lightly rocky leaves good lace.

Aroma is light citrus some lemon zest, mellow tropical fruit notes on a lightly sweet malt base.

Taste is like the nose tropical fruit, some zesty citrus little herbal bitterness. Good malt base an enjoyable enough hazy.

Mouthfeel is medium, little bit of light pep.

Overall not a bad Hazy IPA.

 

One of my favorite breweries. Beautiful appearance poured into a tulip glass. Fantastic tropical citrus notes on the miso. Even better citrusy orange taste. Velvety smooth mouthfeel. Jump on this winner while the getting is good!

 

 

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on April 6, 2021.

 

 

2021-03-06
16oz can served in a snulip. Date is DEC0820, so within my three months, but not as fresh as I would like. Bought it on Tavour.

Pours hazy, some floaties, medium head. Smell is super tropical juicy, some kind of a spicy twist to it, smells very nice.

Taste is leaning toward the sweet juiciness, has a kick of zest/pith bitterness but not quite enough. A couple sips and it builds, but so does the sweetness. Booze is also apparent.

Mouthfeel is medium to thin. Overall, it's pretty good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

nice hoppy ipa tate taste hoppy all thru the drink

Slighlty more edgy than most of EQ's juiceboxes, Equilibrium brewers bring out their max effort for a massive beer. Sharper, grassier and more tropical in its profile, this Imperial New England IPA doesn't budge at all.

Pale orange and held in a heavy translucent austere, Mass Fluxes builds a creamy ivory froth while creating a full and fruity aromatic profile of tropical fruit, botanical herb and a jolt of citrus, seemingly taking a margarita twist. To taste, its creamy sweet upstart is rounded with impressions of lychee, shortcake and vanilla cream.

But once the hops meet up with the receding malts, the tide turns to radiant passionfruit, mango, papaya flavor with a backdrop of verbena, tea and fragrant grasses. The citrus flavors of lime, pink grapefruit and yuzu steps in for a pleasantly acidic bite and a balance against the persistent malts. Rounding the corner, the taste develops a vibrant sprucy bite with fresh-cut grasses, lemongrass and a parsley-like bitterness.

Medium bodied and malty-dry, Mass Fluxes finishes with a similar gin-like spice that many Equilibrium beers present, along with an extended smooth bitterness and echoe of fruit peels with fragrant grasses in tow.