Trillium Brewing Company (2019)

100% not worth it

 

Cool. I don't care either way. I was answering the question SnugTeam asked.

 

I don't know. It'll last a lot longer than $75 worth of beer.

 

If you’re going to buy expensive glass, Simon Pearce is a really good company to support.

They are master craftspeople and it’s a family business, very nice folks up there on the river

 

so will my $4 set of stemless tulips from marshalls. haha

 

I have a decent amount of their glasses as well as other products they make. Great company. The beer specific glass are also quite rugged. I have had some for over 10 years and no chips or breaks. My favorites for beer are the one pictured in @chipawayboy image and their IPA glasses.
They have a discount/seconds section in the stores in Quechee and WIndsor and have a yearly sale where everything in this section is discounted heavily.

Also, if you hit yard sales in Hanover/Norwich/Woodstock/Quechee it is surprising how many of their glasses you find.

Their shop in Windsor can be combined with Harpoon stop. In the same complex. Their place in Quechee can be combined with their restaurant or bar. Great food and great beer list. Or you can head to Worthy Kitchen which is minutes away.

And, since this is the Trillium thread, I enjoyed my trip to the new place in Fort Point and thought the food was pretty good. I was there the weekend of the BA IPAfest.

 

Honest question, what is the difference between that glass and your typical glass? Less imperfections? Clearer? Built in hop amplification?

 

The large Essex tulip can fix infected beer. So there’s that.

 

Harp on me all you want. I have no reason to lie about the experience I’ve had with a specific beer.

I honestly hate the fact that you could buy a beer and then find out down the line that it’s 100% not what it’s supposed to be and there’s nothing you can do about it. Such bullshit that breweries still eat even off their failures. What are we supposed to do?

 

A buddy gave me a Dialed Up by Trillium.

Pours beautiful in the glass. Head was a little thin and no pronounced lacing as the beer recedes. I’ve noticed this a lot recently on Trillium beers. I find it less desirable than the foamy/pillowy heads on analogous TH beers.

Tons of pink grapefruit on the front followed by apricot and sweet wine. Finishes floral and bitter.

Body is medium to full and very creamy.

Very enjoyable. Wish I had a few more in the fridge.

 

Information asymmetry.....applies to everything we purchase that doesn’t come with a warranty. Caveat emptor. Sucks, huh? Your only recourse at this point is to go the way of@Sweatybanana and boycott ‘em.

 

I just compared a Lone Pine Oh-J to a Trillium Congress Street and I think I get what you’re saying. The Congress Street does kind of smell and taste like peanut butter in some form, and I still really like it. It doesn’t always tastes like that so it could be an off batch, and it does look pretty dark in color at the moment. I almost wonder if it’s one of their malts getting a little older. I wonder if their growth has caught up to them in the form of buying ingredients in such a large bulk that they aren’t always up to the freshest standards. It could be possible, though not definitive at this point. I do taste a little more malt in this fresh Congress Street, and I’m not sure if that’s on purpose. It’s still good though I think, and in my honest opinion I still prefer it to the Lone Pine, which definitely is not bad.

 

Vanilla & Toasted Pecan Night & Day is delicious! Favorite variant by far, and I like all of them.

 

Had Vicinity and DDH Sleeper last night. Still very much enjoyed the Sleeper, which was always on the sweeter side anyway so the new profile works well with that. Vicinity wasn't what a I remembered but who knows if I can even trust my taste buds.

 

I don’t know what this thread is more full of, Trill Yes-Men or actual beer drinkers

:thinking:

 

Or we realize that the answer is not binary?

 

Finally had a new profile Fort Point on Friday and it was the first of the new ones that realllly bummed me out. As far as the staples, I thought Congress and Mettle were both solid but different - this was not only entirely unrecognizable from FPPA of the past, but also just not good.

 

Anyone have any initial feedback on True New Englander yet?