Trillium Variation Listings

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  1. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
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    What's the verdict here? Apparently BA (site) thinks that dry hopping with a different hop and change the name (see Fort Point, et al), that this warrants four different listings of what is essentially the same beer in the top 250. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but knowing how minor this changes a beer (aroma only) I think I'm leaning on these should be variants of the same beer.

    I'll throw out BA Ten FIDY as an example of a beer that's been wrapped into one beer (although they have used multiple different variety barrels) - and in this scenario a barrel variation does much more than impact aroma only.

    Thoughts?
     
    #1 Prospero, Mar 28, 2015
  2. EnronCFO

    EnronCFO Pooh-Bah (2,193) Mar 29, 2007 Massachusetts
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    I see where you're coming from. The differences are quite subtle. Night Shift Morph is similar. Beer changes modestly each batch, but could probably be treated the same as Stone Enjoy By
     
    #2 EnronCFO, Mar 28, 2015
  3. papat444

    papat444 Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,961) Dec 28, 2006 Canada (QC)
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    Perhaps the fact that they are released with different labels plays a part in the separate listings?
     
    #3 papat444, Mar 29, 2015
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  4. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    #4 Todd, Mar 29, 2015
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  5. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    I've had a number of the Trillium hop treatments side-by-side and would not describe the differences as "minor".
     
    #5 kscaldef, Mar 29, 2015
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  6. Dicers

    Dicers Grand Pooh-Bah (3,436) Sep 2, 2012 California
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    #6 Dicers, Mar 30, 2015
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  7. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    We do as it's the same beer brand, and it would be no different if any other brewery/beer started to drop their "enjoy by" date on the label.
     
    #7 Todd, Mar 30, 2015
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  8. GreesyFizeek

    GreesyFizeek Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,026) Mar 6, 2013 New York
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    Have you had the variations of Fort Point? They're fairly different, and not just aroma is affected. They taste fairly different too.
     
    #8 GreesyFizeek, Mar 30, 2015
  9. dwmetsfan13

    dwmetsfan13 Pundit (784) Jul 22, 2013 Massachusetts
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    Agreed. I would give the regular around a 4.25, the Galaxy a 4.75, and the Mosaic a 3.5.
     
    #9 dwmetsfan13, Mar 30, 2015
  10. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
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    I think you are both out of the norm, considering ALL THREE dry-hopped variations are within 0.05 rAvg deviation... with all three over 150+ ratings
     
    #10 Prospero, Apr 1, 2015
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