Brews

This Saturday 9/15 from 11:30AM – 6PM at the brewery, we will be selling cans of Hop Wave 5 at $20 per 4-pk, limit 1 case per person. Limits subject to change.
Hop Wave 5 (8.5% ABV) takes one of our favorite Citra/Galaxy DIPAs, dHop5, supersizes the hop charge and adds a touch of lactose.

Aside from all the great things about this beer, it includes an experiment to boost the citrus character of its aroma. We will continue to apply this to the next several releases for evaluation but we’re very pleased with the effect.

Hop Wave 5 pours a milky straw yellow releasing pungent aromas of citrus, pineapple, passion fruit, and peach all integrated with a sorbet twist. The taste is a soft and bright creamy tropical flavor that is dangerously drinkable and balanced.

If you missed out on the latest batch of Sexual Fluctuation, we will have crowlers available tomorrow (9/8).
Limit set at two per person.

We will also have crowlers of Fractal El Dorado + Citra, Mobius and TABA.

This Saturday 9/8 from 11:30AM-6PM at the brewery, we will be selling cans of our second collaboration with @eviltwinbrewing, Even More Waves (10% ABV TIPA) at $22 per four pack. Limit 1 case per person, limits subject to change.

Even More Unbalanced *was* the hoppiest beer ever brewed at Equilibrium. We were discussing with Jeppe how we could push this beer even further and Even More Waves was born. Even More Waves increases the Even More Unbalanced blend of Citra, Galaxy, Denali, Mosaic, and Amarillo and adds a touch of lactose. It pours a hazy glowing tangerine color releasing a penetrating hop blast of bright tropical mango, pineapple, apricot, and berry. The taste is blended tropical fruit that showcases the EQ juice, which gives an escalating bright finish that builds into smooth hop frosting but stays balanced by a proper bitterness. Please join Jeppe and us this weekend at EQ for an Even More Briskety kick-off of the school year.

This Saturday 9/1 from 11:30AM-6PM at the brewery and alongside Hop Wave 2, we will be selling cans of Vulgar Display of Flower at $18 per four pack. Limit 1 case per person, limits subject to change.

Vulgar Display of Flower (8.5% ABV) is a tribute to an aggressive yet balanced assault on the senses. It blends East-meets-West coast DIPA with our own Equilibrium twist. It is dry, bitter, piny, resinous, yet remains smooth, juicy, and drinkable. This concoction displays the hop flower’s assertive yet delicious nature. This batch of Vulgar Display of Flower exhibits the “EQ juice” finish we have been working on recently.

This Saturday 9/1 from 11:30AM – 6PM at the brewery, we will debut cans of Hop Wave 2 at $20 per 4-pk, limit 1 case per person. Limits subject to change.

Hop Wave 2 takes one of our favorite DIPAs, dHop2, supersizes the hop charge and adds a touch of lactose. We mentioned during the dHop14/and Hop Wave 14 release that we’ve had our experiments on high, where we were able to create an intense amount of the “EQ juice” at the small scale and we’ve been working on applying this to commercial batches. We’ve made great progress in the lab, and while experiments remain on high, we believe this batch exhibits the EQ juice we’re looking for.

Hop Wave 2 pours a very murky tangerine color, releasing notes of bright tropical juice, pulpy tangerine, and earthy grass. The taste is dank-citrus, pine juice, with an escalating bright finishes that builds into smooth hop frosting.

They make the liquid…
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Meet Michelle, she works on a lot of the creative and visual tasks here at Equilibrium. She is behind our social media platforms and the producer of the images you see of our beer. She dreams up some merch ideas, drafts promo items for events and festivals and often brainstorms label ideas with Canadian Kyle.
She started out drinking beer like Sam Adams and Magic Hat but things really clicked in 2011 when DeCicco’s opened close to home. They offered over a dozen beers on draft, opening her eyes on the many styles and wide assortment that was out there. That lead her to start trading beer and meeting people from all over she now considers friends. Michelle practices as a registered dental hygienist by day and recommends flossing daily. Besides beer, she enjoys traveling, indie music, art, cooking and photography. She often finds a way to combine many of her hobbies.

Speed Round:
What was the craziest thing you’ve ever ate and where were you?
The craziest thing I’ve had was a candied baby octopus lollipop stuffed with a hard boiled quail egg. It was in Kyoto, Japan. It was really good.
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Favorite memory at EQ so far?
I would say arriving for the CIBASS release. Things were electric. It was the eve of Thanksgiving and just an exciting week and time leading up to the release. At the end of the day we all popped some good bottles and shared some stories. It was our own little thanksgiving celebration and something I was thankful to be apart of.
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Judging by some of your IG pics you have a decent sneaker collection. Do you collect anything else?
I have a good collection of earrings. I try to buy a unique pair each time I travel. The earrings pictured are carved from actual lava rock harvested in Iceland.
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What is something that brings you joy? I would say taking my Nieces and Nephew out for different types of ethnic foods. Soup Dumplings in Queens are up next!
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What do you want people to know about the Hudson Valley Region?
It’s a destination with awesome food, great breweries, beer bars, nature, nightlife, art, history and architecture. It has it all. It’s an exciting time, Come visit!
Shoutout to Harry, Benny and Canadian Kyle for this edition of Spotlight.

This Saturday 8/25 from 11:30am-6pm at the brewery alongside Sexual Fluctuation, we will have 100 cases of Photon available. $14 per four pack. Limit 1 case per person, limits subject to change.

Photon (4.8% ABV) is our light and crushable American Pale Ale loaded with pacific northwest hops. It pours a very hazy orange, releasing well-blended notes of apricot, tangerine, peach, mango, and pineapple. It tastes of soft juicy tropical fruits, hop resins, and a hint of biscuit.

This Saturday 8/25 from 11:30am-6pm at the brewery we will have cans of our District 96 collab Sexual Fluctuation (8% ABV) for sale. $20 per four pack limit 1 case per person, limits subject to change.

District 96 has a special place in our hearts. Sharing pilot batches long before we were Equilibrium, and they even tapped Equilibrium’s first commercial keg ever at their Burger Loft charity event. We’re grateful they have given us a home away from home. When D96 first made Sexual Frustration, John brought a keg up to our line share. As Sexual Frustration is very Galaxy forward and Equilibrium’s Fluctuation is very Citra forward, we thought why not do an 8% DIPA that would be like blending the two beers. Sexual Fluctuation was born.

Sexual Fluctuation is a slight departure from “normal” sexuality, for example, a rugged lumberjack with hair so flowing and silky it makes women wish they were born this man. All are welcome to drink this beer. Please share one with your favorite Lumber Sexual today.

Sexual Fluctuation is a Citra/Galaxy blend (incorporating the latest EQ hop technology). It pours a hazy tangerine orange and releases releasing aromas of passion fruit, peach, lime, and pineapple all integrated with a juicy twist. The taste is a bright creamy tropical sorbet flavor that is dangerously drinkable and balanced. This beer takes dHop5’s lunch money and gives it a wedgie.

This Saturday 8/18 from 11:30am-6pm at the brewery, we will be selling cans of MC² at $18 per four pack and Fluctuation at $20 per four pack. Limit 1 case on each per person, limits subject to change.
MC² (8.0% ABV) is Photon’s big brother. We literally took Photon’s hopping rate and squared it. This DIPA is our tribute to the amazing relationship that energy and mass are balanced, proportional to the speed of a photon squared. It pours a hazy tangerine color, releasing bright tropical notes of mango, pineapple, and apricot. MC² tastes like succulent mango juice loaded with chewy hop resins.

Fluctuation (8.1% ABV) is aromatic and juicy. It pours a very hazy tangerine color, releasing intense tropical aromatics of passion fruit, mango, pineapple, and lychee with an undercurrent of sorbet and cream. This Fluctuation tastes highly juicy, resinous, and tropical with an assertive yet soft bitterness. We consider Fluctuation to be perfectly unbalanced.