VitaminM(Sea)³ (Batch 3)
Equilibrium Brewery

16oz can (pretty recent to this market, hasn't been sitting here too long) pours out a beautiful glowing sunset oranger with lots of floaties at the bottom of the can and a huge, bright white head. There is a wonderful smack of tropical fruitiness and fruity flesh...candied mango, papaya, orange marmalade, melon, pineapple, residual sugary malt backbone, felt sweetness and alcohol is moderate (10% isn't the biggest triple IPA) but its still big overall. Good stuff.

 

Dirty orange juice sort of color to the body; very cloudy and opaque; dense, rich and thick head, white and sticky. Rich citrus aroma; tropical fruit; orange and papaya. Juicy sweet flavors; orange marmalade, powdered sugar, oats; orange zest. Thick and dense mouthfeel; chewy; some acidic bite; big residual sugar feel.

A rich and delicious triple India pale ale collaboration.

Pouring temperature: 51 °F; canning info: n/a
Source: local purchase (Coaltrain Fine Wine, Craft Beer & Spirits)

 

16 oz. Can
Canned On: 01/21/23?

Poured into a Tree House glass a very nice cloudy yellow/orange color, very nice carbonation, with a very nice thick/creamy one-finger plus white head, which also leaves some pretty nice thick/creamy sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a very nice citrus complex (oranges, tangerines, pineapple, grapefruit, apricots, nectarines, peach, honeydew, mango, lemon, lime), very nice diesel like. The taste is very nice, hoppy, malty, with a very nice citrus complex (oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, pineapple, apricots, nectarines, peach, honeydew, mango, lemon, lime), a pretty nice sweetness, very nice diesel like. Full Body, ABV hidden very well, very drinkable at the abv., with a pretty nice dry/bitter finish. Overall, this is a very tasty brew. MilkShake! Orange Julius! Addictive!

pours hazy yellow with light head great charecter fdrom the hops they used hoppy in every sip

 

 

16oz can from Tavour. Hazy orange golden, creamy white head. Aroma is dank, melon, tropical fruit. Taste is overripe fruity, melon, dank and a touch of stone fruit. Big hoppy mouthful, not picking up much ABV. Light stickiness remains.

 

Pours cloudy dark orange color with a massive 2 finger thick eggshell colored foamy head that barely moved for a while and then dissipated extremely slowly, leaving real nice lacing coating the glass. Smells of tangerine, orange juice, pineapple, grapefruit, guava, lime, honeydew melon, caramel, faint grassy hops or dried herbs, biscuit, malty sweet notes like butterscotch and dry floral hops. It’s a complex nose that’s dominated by citrus. The taste is a little sweeter than the nose with more buttery malt flavors, along with tea leaf, papaya, apricot and everything listed above in the aroma. There’s no alcohol burn nor any trace of the booze for a 10% brew, and the feel as it slides down is incredibly smooth.

On the Equilibrium website: (10% TIPA) Our collaboration with Vitamin Sea Brewing, VitaminM(Sea)³ returns. We set out to make a triple as smooth as the most gentle ocean waves. VitaminM(Sea)³ starts with a base of oats and wheat to help the beer remain soft and creamy before an even big hopping rate of Citra, Mosaic, Wakatu, and Galaxy. It pours a hazy and vivid bright yellow and has intense aromas and flavors of assorted citrus, candied mango, honeydew, lemon & lime, and a dank and earthy lemongrass note with a smooth rainbow melon #EQjuice finish.

 

 

Hazy dark yellow body with a white head. Aromas of huge bright citrus, honeydew, and dank piney hops. Taste adds more great tropical notes especially papaya and mango, super fruit meets dank and decently bitter hop finish. Feel is juicy and bright, somewhat resinous and very fresh, especially for a triple ipa, no sign of booze or hop burn here. This is well balanced and lush with flavor

 

 

I think that’s the best “triple IPA”
I’ve had. Just phenomenally flavorful, bursting with a world of ripe tropical fruit, sweet but not overly so, medium full bodied, just a bit of dankness and a hint of hop burn in the finish to clean things up a bit. Simply put this is delicious, couldn’t stop drinking it and kicking myself for just getting a single rather than a four pack. Not super filling and the alcohol
Is barely perceptible; the can went down easily although it’s effects were felt as well. I’m far from an Equilibrium fanboy but this is just top, top notch.