“This classic Tree House Double IPA is created with a massive kettle and dry hop punch of Australian and American hops. It opens in the glass with huge notes of ripe pineapple, pithy citrus, and dank saturated hops. As it warms it shows its depth and complexity. . . Sweet bits of malt intermingle with straight Tropicana. It has a soft but pointed bitterness and a rich, velvety mouth feel. She drinks much like Green, but with more of everything to love – including a greater potential to get carried away. Proceed with caution!”
Glassware: IPA glass.
Appearance: Super cloudy yellow complexion, really takes on that breakfast juice aspect. It holds a persistent three finger crown which dispenses a thick soapy lace as we imbibe.
Aroma: Again, it’s all about that brekky juice – pineapple, mango, guava, apple and orange. Stonefruit and apricot overtones along with some subtle grapefruit cutting through as well, a bit pithy in its delivery. Some dankness, maybe some creamy notes, light florals and a suggestion of oats and grainy malt at the base. The full package!
Flavour: A straight up juice bomb! Waves of creamy pineapple, guava and citrus wash over and make way for a somewhat dank and pithy middle. The grapefruit notes ramp up the citric bitterness before it shifts in to a smooth finish with plenty of floral peach, earthy apricot and rockmelon on the back palate. Decent length too, really going the distance!
Mouth feel: Creamy but also quite dry and pithy. The 8.3% ABV provides a nice warmth on the palate with an assertive bitterness in the swallow. Medium body.
Overall: We’ve tried our fair share of NEIPA’s and although a lot of them are good this one is in a class of its own. Anything from Tree house is as rare as hens teeth as they only sell them from the cellar door in Charlton, Massachusetts but luckily we have a mate who was willing to send some to us! Brilliant drop.