Fractal Simcoe/Galaxy
Equilibrium Brewery

I got a can of this beer off the single shelf from my local beer store located just around the corner. It poured a smoothie thick orangish with thin white head that is leaving some lace The scent dank pineapple and other tropical fruit notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with sweet pineapple foundation and bitter tangerine and peach highlights. The mouthfeel was medium in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer!

This was another beer that I picked up recently at ShopRite Liquors in Little Falls, as I love Equilibrium and wanted to give this a go. Didn't have any of the other iterations of the Fractal series but this one was just lovely enough on it's own without feeling overly special or above and beyond what I've come to expect from these guys...

Not the best of pours to this as the hue was a murky goldenrod with enough head topping the liquid off. Scattered waves of lacing dotted most of my pint glass with a few hints of rings being visible amongst the suds. Turbid tropical notes, soapy citrus, dank hops, and honeydew filled the nose as the latter two were much more pronounced in the taste. Fleshy peach, weed, swamp water, and passion fruit emerged once this fully warmed up although there was some burn in the back because of the sediment that settled at the bottom of the liquid. Slick, somewhat sticky, and lightly carbonated, this wasn't a bad beer per se although I was hoping for a bit more given who brewed this and the fact that this was part of a series...

Thankfully, this skewed lighter when it came to the alcohol as it wasn't overpowering and was spot-on for the style. Dated July 13 on the side of the can, I was a bit surprised at how much was floating around in the liquid when I poured this out. I'd love to have this on tap and give it another go but for now, this was a beer that had a ton of potential that it didn't quite live up to...

 

16oz can dated 7/13/21.

Pours cloudy gold with a short-lived head of white and minimal lacing. Grapefruit, peach, orange, and pineapple in the nose. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Tropical citrus on the palate with minimal malt or bitterness. Peach, tangerine, and mango. Finishes juicy and tropical.

 

 

 

Look is just a tint darker than straw, very opaque. Hardly a head at all. Smells juicy tropical mango and ripe peach. Taste is much less sweet. It’s a little softer flavor of the aforementioned nose. Mouthfeel is full but sharper at the end with a little alcohol burn. It has a softness with all its hip glory. It is quite a desirable and enticing beer, a recipe to bring back again.

16 oz can into a tulip glass.

Evidently this isn't the same beer as the Fractal Galaxy/Simcoe? Weird.

Pours a hazy golden yellow color with a finger of sudsy white head. Excellent retention. Leaves some splotchy lacing.

Aromas of candied peach rings, honeydew melon (it's Equilibrium, naturally), tangerines, grapefruit and subtle pine.

The flavor isn't quite the honeydew bomb I expected, but it's definitely the most dominant flavor. Notes of peach flesh, tangerines, grapefruit, weed, passiom fruit and pineapple. Finishes very earthy and piney.

The feel is medium bodied with low carbonation. Soft and creamy. Dry on the finish.

Overall this is a very good NEIPA. Like with most Equilibrium IPA's, it's completely dominated by honeydew melon notes. But there's plenty of other flavors and it has a velvety smooth mouthfeel. Worth a try.