Trillium Brewing Company (January 2018)

Have you guys ever experience a ton of sediment (floaties?) in Trillium cans? I've never had Trillium beers before, but was gifted a 4-pack for Christmas. My first can (Vicinity) had a good amount of sediment but my second (Heavy Mettle) had a ton, more than I've ever seen in a beer before.

Is this normal? The beers tasted amazing, just not used this level of sediment.

 

What were the dates on the cans?

 

Very late November. Don't remember the exact dates. I want to say 11/21 and 11/28? I remember thinking how they were only slightly over a month old.

 

I've never had a ton of sediment (read sludge), but I have noticed that older cans can develop some floats as things fall out of suspension. Not sure what the factors are that cause it but it's nothing bad unless you're trying to get a good photo of the beer.

 

I haven't paid much attention to it lately, but I recall a good amount of sediment back before they started canning. First time I had ever seen that. Never seemed to detract from the beer, at least for me.

 

I've noticed Trillium having floaties, but I've never thought it affected the taste either. I think Focal Banger has consistently a lot more of them than anything I've ever seen from Trillium, so it must not affect the taste much at all!

 

Going to agree with what's been said here, there are floaties after some time, but I've never had them be a detriment to the beer before, and never in large quantities. I can imagine both Vicinity and Heavy Mettle would tend to be more floatie heavy vs a non DDH street

 

Interesting. Definitely agree that it doesn't detract from the taste whatsoever, but there is no doubt something visually unappealing about having a yellowish sludge at the bottom of your glass, especially on this level. Do you guys roll your cans before pouring them? I picked up the habit from Grimm cans and I'm wondering if I loosened up the sediment by doing that.

Was curious if it was common with them, mostly because it was there in two different beers from two different batches. Oh well, no big deal.

 

It's hit or miss in my experience. I don't roll my cans because it definitely stirs up any sediment in there, but people who think that the sediment contains more flavor will tell you to keep doing it.

 

Grimm actually says something like "Roll this can to resuspend sediment" on their cans (or at least it was on the last canned IPA I had from them). I guess it's the new "drink from the can".

 

For the hoppy stuff from Trillium, I definitely try to avoid drinking or resuspending the sediment. Particularly with fresh DDH beers, I have found the sediment to increase the bitterness and throat burn. I actually try to pour out the whole can at once and stop before too many solids come through.

 

A quick message from JC on 'beer floaties' from Nov. 2016:

"It's not yeast. We use a flocculant strain and cell counts are confirmed to be very low prior to packaging. The sediment you're seeing sometimes is protein and hop resins. We do not rack over excessive trub to the brite, but I can understand why you might assume that.

If anyone has any concerns, I absolutely welcome you to drop us a line...not trying to discourage discussion here, i think its an awesome way to have a discussion. Im just hoping to cut back a little misinformation (ie there's a lot of yeast in our finished beer) that can sometimes get a wind behind it."

 

In my experience, floaties are rare in a Trillium beer. Artaic (now Mosaic Cutting Tiles) had a ton for a couple runs; can't remember any others having it. Focal Banger and Epiphany are two of the worst offenders I can remember. Even my last can of Fort Hill Fresh Pick had a bunch of floaties.

Much more frequently in Trillium beers I get 1/2-1 tsp of hoppy sludge, especially if the beer has been sitting for a while. That stuff is ultra nasty to consume directly, but it does not affect the rest of the poured beer (it settles to the bottom of the glass very quickly).

Due to perceived un-evenness in hazyness and hoppiness in many different brewery's beers, I've been doing a quick inversion or two prior to opening all my beers the past year or so. It's not an aggressive shake to re-integrate everything, but it's enough to mix most things back together.

 

Hoping Fort Point location is okay. Pictures not pretty from nearby

 

@jimmyfausto That spreadsheet is awesome, thanks for taking the time and energy to keep it up to date. I am going to be in Boston on Wednesday and praying DDH Melcher Street is still available, that spreadsheet is an awesome tool!

 

Looks like Fort Point is doing alright. And Pom Pom is back which seems really quick. I sort of want to grab a couple of cans to compare it with the first batch.

 

did trillium fort point take on any flooding?

 

JC said on a FB group that the current FP spot only took on minimal water in the boiler room. He didn't seem very concerned about it.

The Future FP spot took on no water, which is obviously a bigger relief in the middle of construction.

Kind of surprising given the video I saw of Farnsworth St on twitter. Looked like a river.

 

Agreed, I saw the same