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Equilibrium Brewery

 

Thanks Timothy Dutile for this can. Poured into a 10 oz stemless Teku glass. Pours a hazy orange with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves plenty of webby laze, with nice retention. 4.5

Smell is peach, melon, mandarin, apricot, and some grapefruit rind. 4

Taste follows peach, honeydew, mandarin, apricot, and some bitter grapefruit but not too bitter for the style. 4

Mouthfeel is bigger than average, a tad sticky, soft gentle carbonation but a little gritty, and at 8.5% ABV it goes down pretty darn easy but the flavor and feel may be a little bigger. 4.25

Overall we drank some world class beers before and this one is good, but not at the same level as the two other. John VonKadich was not as impressed as myself I believe. 4

 

Pours a hazy pale orange with a finger plus of white head. Aroma is dank and tropical with a little berry note. Taste has the dank notes from the aroma but has more of a focus on the berry notes with tropical fruits in the background. Finish has is pretty balanced, maybe it leans slightly sweet with some melony notes. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. This is a great beer that really grew on me over the course of a pint. At first this seemed a bit muted but the flavors really opened up after just a few minutes in the glass. The flavors are on point here; this is another super drinkable beer from EQ.

 

 

Canned on 6/8/20

Pours an opaque, glossy dark gold body capped with two fingers of tight, almost creamy white foam; decent head retention leaves a half-finger of fluffy cap and collar, along with multiple layers of dense, soapy lacing around the glass.

Aroma bursts forth with pineapple and the contrast of zesty, fresh white peach; the middle of the bouquet sees dank guava, lime peel, and white grape zest develop, while sparse hits of resin into the back end nod toward earthy tangerine with touches of cream interwoven; diverse, upfront, and excellently attenuated.

Taste opens with a semi-sweet balance of guava, underripe pineapple, and fresh grass, with raw hop resin across the mid-palate into spiced mango peel, orange rind, and light hints of dirt and herbs evened by pillowy pale malts into the close.

Mouthfeel offers a medium body with a plush, moderate carbonation; a silky grit develops steadily through the mid-palate, a quiet harmony of drying yet juicy textures; subtle bitterness takes hold into the back end of the palate, with a more defined, juicy conclusion lingering past the swallow.

Soft, nuanced, and featuring an array of fruity, hoppy depth, this a NEIPA with great staying power, fervently repeatable while while offering more than enough detail to savor; Equilibrium is really showing a trend of exemplifying the more intense and balanced aspects of this style.