Do you like Trillium's new fermentation profile?

Hope you’re talking about the pils. If you think the IPAs look like urine you may want to head to the doctor.

 

Of course I'm talking about the pils. The IPA look like burnt orange salad dressing

 

I thought about going back to try the pils, which is seemingly reasonably priced at $10 per 4-pack. That said, I'd rather give my money to Jack's Abby Post Shift for 32 more oz. at the same price. I know it's good too.

 

All day long on Post Shift & House Lager...

It was hilarious to see someone on Instagram claiming the $10/4pk wasnt priced correctly and cheapens the brand because lagers take time to make.

 

sounds like someone has heard all those Sam Adams radio commercials about how inefficient it is to let lagers sit around for all that time...

 

More so, the pils aligns well with their new location with food offerings.

 

Used to head over to fort point once a week, I've completely stopped since the change. No point in spending $5 per can for ddh sleeper when i can get julius/green for $3.80..... Their prices are insane and now that the quality has dipped there just isnt any point

 

Fascinating where we are with Tree House and Trillium right now. Both of these were breweries that 5 years ago, I would drop what I was doing and drive an hour+ if they had something I wanted. They are both doing exceedingly well and im happy for them. That being said, I dont seek out their IPAs anymore. To me, Fox Farm and Counterweight in my own state are currently producing more flavorful IPAs with better mouthfeel. I do get nostalgic about the early days of the NEIPA scene though.... Nothing lasts forever I guess... Alas

 

To that point, if I lived closer to Portsmouth I'd be spending far more time and $$$ at Stoneface. A strong core lineup, with some really good one-offs, at a far better price point. I'll take the food in their tasting room any day over the new Trillium restaurant, in many cases at less than half the cost.

 

It's all relative though. I live 5 minutes away from Stoneface and maybe grab cans from them a few times a year, but I'll drive 45min to Portland for Oxbow and Bissell. All make great beer, but the allure of hard to come across beer is strong I suppose.

 

I’m convinced that something has changed during the last month and a half or so. Mettle released shortly before Xmas, better than I think it ever has been. Recent DDH Sleeper - very good. Recent Scaled - a hell of a lot better than the first batch done after fermentation profile change. Recent Vicinity - better than, or as good as, the other batches over the last two or so years.

Sweetness level down, thickness down.

Will you like it? Who knows. Drink what you enjoy.

 

I had Gather and Quiet Life back to back and they were both outstanding, but Gather was my personal fave. Honestly one of my top 3 favorite Pils coming out of NE right now

 

For all those iffy on the new fermentation profile, please give Permutation #75 a shot. It’s the house yeast mixed with belgian yeast, with some galaxy and other hops added in. It is absolutely delicious

 

It is good and definitely nice and hoppy, but the Belgian yeast character is pretty prominent making it a unique style of IPA. While good I wouldn’t want to see this become regular. I honestly don’t enjoy the bubblegum flavor that people get in IPAs very much, that can also be found in a Belgian style yeast. It is probably my favorite Belgian IPA I’ve had yet, though a Belgian NEIPA, as others I’ve had weren’t as hoppy, fruity or juicy like the NE IPA style.

 

Hi neighbor. I am also within 10 minutes of Stoneface, Great Rhythm, Deciduous, etc. but if I'm "making a run" it'll be up to Barreled Souls or something. I guess they taste better after killing half a tank of gas? I don't know.

More on topic, I have a hard time finding any Trillium IPA that doesn't firebomb my throat. Peach Supersoak was good, though.

 

Not very knowledgeable in brewing technicalities. Could Trillium easily go back to the original fermenatation / yeast profile or have they morphed and can’t really go back?

I think of the Coke debacle years back and how excited the whole country was when they realized they shouldn’t have messed with a good think to try to compete with Pepsi and came out with Coke classic.

 

They could easily change back. It's a matter of buying the yeast and backing off any changes they made since. I'm very sure this is all documented with SOPs and such for the Brewers there .