Neutrino
Equilibrium Brewery

Equilibrium's hoppy stuff seems to skew more ipa and dipa than pale ale, so this one kind of stood out for that reason.
This one comes out like a hazy pale ale. Yellow in color. I guess there is white wheat in this, so maybe that lightens up the appearance color wise. 1/3" white head.

Aroma drops passion fruit, guava, pineapple, pine, melon, citrus. Good medley.

Taste brings a little weed note with the tropical fruit aspect. The wheat is perceptible in both the taste and mouthfeel. I've convinced everybody but me. The commercial tug job about creaminess is factually true. I appreciate that there is still a hit of bitterness in a creamy hazy ale ale. These vanish pretty quickly, easy to drink. Won't get you wrecked. I heard it through the grapevine. Light and clean. I would like to see more of these sub 5% pale ales in the world. Well done.

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A pale ale that plays like an IPA. Hazy yellow pour with a fluffy white head and tropical fruit nose. The flavor is where that IPA feeling fully takes control. Passionfruit, pineapple with a slight citrus bite underneath bring the IPA vibes. Tasty brew and at 4.5% ABV, eminently crushable.

 

Pours a very hazed gold with 3 fingers of billowy pearl colored head.

S: Melons, peaches, a little citrus, fades a bit as this warms

T: Green melon, tangerines, some white grape & dryness up front. Dryness, tangerine & orange peel as this beer warms up, lime as well. Finishes a little dry, grassy with tangerine, green melon & orange peel

MF: Medium body, fairly lively carbonation, nice balance, carbonation smooths out, guessing there might be oats in this

great drinkability, good flavor, citrus really presents well

 

 

Crowler from Westmere Beverage in Albany, NY.

This one pours a fairly hazy golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

There’s pineapple and generally tropical vibes on the nose, with some wheaty and doughy sweetness, and a touch of pine.

There’s a nice hoppy bite here, with the usual concentrated tropical flavors you expect from hoppy beers out of Equilibrium. It’s well balanced, with a big juiciness up front and a clean bitterness on the back end.

This is light bodied, creamy, and very drinkable.

I wish Equilibrium did more hoppy stuff in this ABV range – this worked out nicely.

 

I am not a beer judge, but I do play one on TV. :)
My only real knock on this beer is the color. Color indicates it is more of a hazy IPA than an American Pale Ale.
Nose is very citrusy as is the taste. Add in a good bitterness and you have a nice beer!

 

In chasing the juiciest of juice, Equilibrium seeks out the plumpest, ripest, freshest hop taste with the selection of Citra, Strata and Galaxy hops crammed into a hazy pale ale base for the smoothest bitterness and the most prominent fruit display that a beer can have.

Neutrino plops into the glass with a pretty standard milky golden-taupe opaqueness. As a slow and patient froth pulls from its body, the swooning scent of fruit cocktail is rife with citrus, tropical fruit, vinous fruit, stone fruit and melon. As its succulent sweetness splashes the tongue, a burst of honeysuckle, shortcake and vanilla come shining.

But the hops build upon the middle palate with a starburst of tropical fruit. Mango, passionfruit and papaya greet a racy citrus collection of lime, tangerine and grapefruit before flavors of apricot, white grape and pawpaw add a rounded and robust sense of fruitiness for complexity and interest. With a smooth and bitter balance looming, the late taste wraps into a cocoon of cantaloup for a rounded, juicy and full flavored session.

Medium bodied, plush and pillowy, the ale trails into a tea accented herbal bite with hints of cedar, spruce, fresh grassiness, verbena, sassafras and hemp that trail into a malty-dry finish with a slimly bitter aftertaste of fruit peels, pulp and botanicals.