Electric Skies
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Tasting Notes
Electric Skies pours with the dense, hazy character Tree House is known for, and the aroma leans heavily on tropical and citrus notes — think ripe mango, tangerine, and a touch of stone fruit underpinned by soft pine resin. On the palate, the hop flavor is abundant but the bitterness stays restrained, a hallmark of the New England DIPA approach, with a pillowy, full body carrying the fruit forward. The malt base is present enough to keep things grounded without drawing attention to itself. The finish is smooth and moderately dry, with the tropical notes lingering longer than any sharp bitterness.
About the Brewery
Tree House is based in Charlton, Massachusetts and has become one of the most sought-after craft breweries in New England since opening in 2011. They built their reputation almost entirely on hazy, hop-forward IPAs and DIPAs, with beers like Julius and Juice Machine developing near-cult followings. Their taproom draws long lines on release days, and their beers rarely leave their own retail channels, which has only reinforced their regional mystique.
Food Pairings
The tropical fruit and low bitterness profile here pairs well with spicy Thai curry, where the beer's sweetness tempers the heat without fighting it. A rich, fatty burger works because the carbonation and hop oils cut through the grease cleanly. Soft-ripened cheeses like Brie or Camembert complement the creamy body and echo the fruit notes. Grilled shrimp with a citrus-based marinade mirrors the tangerine and mango tones already present in the beer, making for a straightforward, reinforcing match.
Style Guide
The Double IPA, sometimes called Imperial IPA, is essentially an IPA scaled up — more hops, more malt to balance them, and an ABV typically ranging from 7.5% to 10%. The style emerged from American craft brewing in the late 1990s, with Russian River's Pliny the Elder often credited as a defining early example. The New England variant of the DIPA, which this beer represents, prioritizes soft bitterness and intense hop aroma over the sharp, resinous bite of West Coast examples, using heavy dry-hopping and hazy, unfiltered production to push tropical and citrus character to the foreground.