MoonJuice Galactic IPA
SanTan Brewing Company in Chandler, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.83
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An out-of-this-world IPA crafted with tons of Galaxy and Nelson-Sauvin hops that transcends all Earthly pleasures, emitting an aroma of peach, apricot and tropical fruit.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Specs. Pours a clear copper with medium frothy off white head that lasts. The aroma is pine and citrus. Medium body, citrus, dank, lingering bitterness, good.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2016
at 18:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz can. Pours slightly hazy golden color with white head. Aromas of tropical fruits and some caramel. Pineapple and grapefruit flavors with a touch of caramel sweetness. Medium body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2016
at 21:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Clear golden yellow color, thick white head with great lacing. Aroma of pineapple and tropical fruit. Taste has bittersweet fruit, dry finish. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2016
at 20:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can pours with a crystal clear copper body that supports a near white head of foam. The modest aroma offers up cantaloupe, pineapple, a bit of clementine and then a light lime like sensation in the background. The taste delivers juicy clementine, bitter grapefruit and pineapple and then some thin cantaloupe wedges. To midway it gets a tad resiny with hops before a lime nuanced malty biscuit note nudges its way to the surface. Nice hoppy offering but the hop profile clashes with itself a bit.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2015
at 21:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draught at 575, 10/31/15.
Glassy drab brass-to-light-amber liquid shows light carbonation creating an off-white head that is flimsy and completely dissipating.
Probably on account of the lower carbonation, the beer is a little bit reserved in the nose. Certainly some tropical fruit notes in the form of light pineapple and mango, but as well, a fair amount of both orange and caramel, which I’m less excited about. Clean, though, without any heavy pine or alcohol noted.
Rather caramel-like, some biscuity malts, a touch of iced tea flavor and very orange heavy, with light mango/guava-like notes coming on the tail end and only lingering lightly. Low carbonation and not a syrupy texture or under-attenuated by any means, but just rather "thick", for lack of a better term. I don’t know if this was a really old keg, but it seems very malt heavy here, with the hops as more of an afterthought. Bitterness is moderate, not problematic ever and there’s not enough of the nelson sauvin to go around.
Will be in Phoenix quite a bit in the coming months, so will be sure to give it another try.
Glassy drab brass-to-light-amber liquid shows light carbonation creating an off-white head that is flimsy and completely dissipating.
Probably on account of the lower carbonation, the beer is a little bit reserved in the nose. Certainly some tropical fruit notes in the form of light pineapple and mango, but as well, a fair amount of both orange and caramel, which I’m less excited about. Clean, though, without any heavy pine or alcohol noted.
Rather caramel-like, some biscuity malts, a touch of iced tea flavor and very orange heavy, with light mango/guava-like notes coming on the tail end and only lingering lightly. Low carbonation and not a syrupy texture or under-attenuated by any means, but just rather "thick", for lack of a better term. I don’t know if this was a really old keg, but it seems very malt heavy here, with the hops as more of an afterthought. Bitterness is moderate, not problematic ever and there’s not enough of the nelson sauvin to go around.
Will be in Phoenix quite a bit in the coming months, so will be sure to give it another try.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2015
at 11:51