Trillium Fort Point Pale Ale

Our signature American pale ale balances light, crisp, malt character with an abundance of hop-derived aromatics and flavors from the use of Citra and Columbus. The fragrant nose is fresh citrus, tropical fruit, and peach. Bold flavors of pineapple and mango mix with dank notes of zesty citrus and fresh pine needles. With the smooth mouthfeel, gentle bitterness, and dry finish, Fort Point is our standard daily-drinker.

ABV: 6.6 %

MALT: American 2-row Barley, White Wheat, C-15, Dextrine

HOPS: Citra, Columbus

4.1

241 reviews

Boston, United States

Community reviews

3.7 Can at a tasting. Hazy golden, creamy head. Fruity hops, peach, pineapple, grapefruit aromas. Sweetish, fruity, juicy hops, grapefruit, lychee, mango, bitter finish. Medium-bodied, smooth. Very nice.

3.6 can - cloudy golden color. Nice tropical hop aroma. Decent tropical hop flavor.

4.5 One of the best beer i've ever drunk. Like an ambrosia, perfect balance, incredible taste.

4.0 Can pour into nonic pint glass from the brewery in Canton. Appearance is cloudy orange (tangerine juice) with fair sparkle at the edges of the glass, finger-width foamy white head with decent retention and trace lacing. Aroma is very strong (from a foot away) orange citrus over lightly bready malt. Taste is deliciously juicy orange citrus with peach, melon, mild pine and malt backbone. Mouthfeel is light side of light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, average carbonation and finish as taste with lingering dry mix of sweet and bitter. Overall, luscious and delicious. Surprisingly light.

4.1 Can from the brewery. Beautiful aroma. Tons of orange and grapefruit - juice, rind and pith, peaches, mango, some dank catty notes from the Citra, some nice earthy pine/cedar from the Columbus, light floral notes, some really nice biscuit/cracker malt. I'm not sure if it's because I just drank their much sweeter, creamier Citra Cutting Tiles, but this is much drier than I expected, and actually seems kind of thin but comparison. I think I need to stop splitting such fine hairs. I compared CCT to Hill Farmstead's Double Citra, and I feel inclined to think this is their answer to Edward. I still give the edge to Edward, but this is a beautiful beer. Gets better as it warms up a bit too.

3.7 [10736-20180808] Can. Fruity orange wood aroma. Hazy, orange body with a quick foamy off-white head. Bitter orange flavour has a woody pithy yeast. Medium body is bitter. Good. (7/3/8/4/15) 3.7 (c/o GarthM, w/ jercraigs, JoeMcPhee)

4.4 Canned, 473 ml, courtesy of Miro. Shared with him, JFK10000 and Max. Hazy golden, white head. Great hoppy aroma. Dank, grapefruit, some tropical fruit, juicy, dry. Bitterish finish. One of the best pale ales I've had and better than DDH version.

4.1 Can pour. Super light with good solid bitterness. Excellent finish and tons of flavor for the low ABV. Very well done.

3.8 Oxford tasting, Sergey's hunt; can Murky blond colour. Fruity, lean body, off-dry, not chalky, moderately bitter, juicy finish. Very good.

4.1 Fra boks. Uklar gul. Aromaer av grapefruit, sitron, blodappelsin, frisk tropisk frukt, barnåler, sterk columbus humle. Smaks av skogbunn, mango, veldig rund, lys bitterhet, sitronskallm kalkskall. Jo, veldig bra!

3.8 Tall can (thx, Kory V.!) shared with Jamey at Alex's. Packaged on 2018-09-13. Pours a hazy golden with a weak white head. Aroma is very grassy (how come after 1.5 month?!), moist (like a cellar), some non-riped nuts, dusty. Similar taste. Still good.

3.8 Can from a friend. Hazy yellow color, white head. Bitter taste with citrus, hops, mango, peach, resin, pine and grass. Bitter finish with citrus, hops, mango, resin, pine and grass. Excellent IPA.

4.3 From the 16 oz. can which was canned 09/13/18. It pours a milky, juicy looking pale yellow with a lingering white foamy head. Big citrus and tropical hop aromas with an underlying pale crusty bread malt presence. The body is medium to full and very smooth. The citrus, grapefruit, and pineapple play up vibrantly in the taste. This is supposed to be a pale ale but it is like a New England IPA.

3.7 2018-08-09. Very hazy dark orange body, modest beige head. 3+ Aroma has nice citrus hop character, light green hop notes. Flavour has a good amount of hops, citrus up front, moderate bitterness throughout grows more sharply bitter and a touch muddled in the finish. Green hops get just a touch throat grabby towards the end with a green hop lupulin character that grows as you go, to its detriment for me. 7++ Average plus bodied palate, moderate carbonation. 3+ Quite nice but like many beers in this style I feel like a light filter might have helped it shine more. 7/3-4/7-8/3/16+ Can via trade with Garth M.

3.4 Pale golden pour with a thin white head. The aroma has a bit of light fruit and some peach. There’s some light fruitiness and a bit of grassiness. Bright and fruity. Juicy and zesty. There’s a bit of light fruit. Some pepper and a bit grass.

4.4 Murky straw pour from a can. Huge four finger white fluffy head. Aromas fresh citrus, tropical fruit and peach. Taste of pineapple and mango mix with dank bitterness and fresh pine. Smooth mouthfeel, gentle bitterness, and dry crisp finish.

4.2 Can at home. Pours a slightly hazy yellow gold with a medium white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a decent lacing on the glass. Aroma is big tropical fruit and pine notes. The flavour is the same with a small biscuit. Long bitter finish.

4.2 On tap at Trillium, pours a cloudy peachy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out fresh pithy stone fruits, dank hops and some citrus. Flavour bursts with tropical pithy fruity goodness, with lots of stone fruits and citrus hops. Mild dankness with fairly low yeast for the style. Wonderful beer.

3.6 Refrigerated 16 oz. aluminum can point into a a cup. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, medium carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is herbal hops.

4.3 Pours a hazy peach coloration with a small, fizzy head. Smell is initially quite lovely, with hoppy, juicy tropical/citrus fruit notes of mango and passion fruit with a hint of pineapple and tangerine, but takes on a light cat piss note as it sits. Taste is very bright and hoppy, dominated sweet, juicy tropical fruit notes of mango, passion fruit and pineapple and with zesty citrus notes of grapefruit and tangerine. There's a light dankness and a hint of pine to this as well, almost no malt presence detectable though. Finishes with a light bitterness and very mild hop burn. Soft mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation. This is the quintessential NE style Pale Ale and I would say that it has an amazing juicy hoppiness, mouthfeel and depth of flavour for a Pale Ale, BUT is this even a Pale Ale at 6.6% ABV? Nonetheless, it's still an excellent beer at a relatively low ABV. The balance of sweet tropical fruit, zesty citrus fruit and dankness/pine really is outstanding here.

4.2 Can from Trillium Boston and drunk in my apartment. Turbid gold colour lasting white head. Big fruit juice tropical um bongo aroma. Easy drinking no dank. Some bitterness on the finish. Good tropical fruit juice throughout.

3.5 4/21/2018 (16 fl oz can): Toasted malt, citrus, fruity and lightly juicy; tarnished gold color, eggshell head; hoppy, citrus, papaya, toasted malts, light caramel, good residual sweetness, some dry hop character; medium body, smooth, good texture; solid pale ale, but seems like much like all of the other modern NEPA/NEIPA.

4.6 Can from the brewery shop. Aroma of citrus fruits, pine needles, slight malty backbone.

4.3 Can. Pours a deep hazy golden orange with a mostly lasting off white sudsy head. Aroma is of grapefruit, orange, exotic fruits, mango, light cereal notes. Taste is of grapefruit, orange, citrus, cereal, mango, passionfruit. Oily mouthfeel, medium carbonation.

3.9 Could smell this from 10 feet away and that is a good thing. Initially like an actual grapefruit getting peeled, then many tropical fruit notes. Taste is largely tropical. Body is light, finish is dry. Appearance is hazy dark-ish gold. This is extremely good and well done.

4.5 Can. Hazy light yellow. Citrus herbal notes. Slick and creamy. Simply awesome

4.0 Pours a cloudy golden with a medium foamy white head. Aromas of apricot, peach, tropical fruit juice, grapefruit. Taste is very fruity and somewhat grassy with floral notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

3.7 Tap at Trillium Canton, Biston. Color is murky golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, some pineapple, tropical fruits, hops and malts.

4.0 Can: Poured hazy yellow with white head. Aroma is tropical mosaic hops. Taste is rugged hops and dry finish.

4.4 Aroma - nice pine and citrus hops. Malts are more subdued, but caramel and oat jump out. Appearance - the body is a cloudy yellow-orange with a 1 1/2" white head that hangs out for well over a minute. Taste - there is a nice medley of hops ranging from mild PNW pine to citrus like hops and even some herbal quality hops. The malt has a little caramel and some oats. Perfectley balanced. Palate - the body is medium almost full bodied, the texture is soft and smooth, the carbonation is average, and the finish has a quick little pine bitterness that falls off quickly.