Tubes
HOMES Brewery in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Equilibrium BreweryIPA - Triple New England / Hazy Rotating
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Score
7.48
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superspak (10209) reviewed Tubes from HOMES Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 6/27/2019. Pours opaquely hazy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that us great. Mild increasing warmth of 10% after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic Triple NEIPA. All around fantastic citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Nicely soft, and not overly aggressive. Not overly sweet/heavy, well attenuated for the ABV. Amazing Galaxy, Citra, Mosaic profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, dank, and earthy hop complexity; with an awesome balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin drying. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected.
willisread (9589) reviewed Tubes from HOMES Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Draft at HOMES. Pours a hazy gold with a finger of foam that dissipates. Big, pungent dank citrus aromas with mango, pine and pineapple notes. Creamy and juicy palate with prickly pear, lychee & dank pineapple. I'm not sure what happened to the ABV in this one either...very well hidden. Lingering pine and tropical fruit.