Free Radical White IPA - Galaxy
Brassneck Brewery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Wheat / White Regular|
Score
6.62
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cloudy yellow body and modest foam. Okay mandarin orange aroma, slight tangerine. Taste is mellow grain, hop sweetness and a bit of honeydew melon. Ends too wet. In the English language we have a word for a beer like this, and it is meh.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Muddy light tan, not a lot of head. Fresh, lemony, orangey galaxy aroma. Very orangey taste, sweet up front, bitterness late...a bit too much muddy yeast character but otherwise really nice stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at the brewery; 6.5% ABV
Muddy deep blond color with compact head. The hop aroma is somehow mild, but nice: citrus fruits, grapefruit, light cedar and bergamot. The mouthfeel is rather dry, but the body strength is correct; some wheat flavor and relative spiciness, very strong bitterness, with enough fruity contribution (grapefruit and cedar mainly, some lemon peel), but also some harsh resins, and the final is a bit too vegetable, hard on the bitterness.
Good but unpolished; waiting for a cleaner version…
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Brassneck Brewery, pours a cloudy opaque dirty yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out piney hops, some spicy notes, and some Belgian yeast. Flavour is very spicy, with loads of Belgian ale spices and dry piney hops. Quite a harsh astringency on the finish, with lots of lingering spiciness. Very good stuff.