Bluejacket Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

 

Bluejacket in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States 🇺🇸

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.87
ABV: 4.2% IBU: 20 Ticks: 31
Heavily dry hopped with Australian-grown galaxy hops; semi-dry & quaffable with bold passion fruit, peach & mango aromatics.
 

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4
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 17

A really tasty hopped version of a Kolsch. Tropical fruit, fresh lemon and a spritz of orange and peach. Grain flavoured malts and a healthy carbonation help support this really refreshing 4.2% summer offering.

Tried on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:05


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Labeled Forbidden Nectar: Papaya and orange nose. Cloudy amber, medium head. Orange, bread. Medium body, moderate carbonation.

Tried on 25 Jun 2024 at 00:38


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Hazy, dull, pale pour @ChurchKey. Juicy dry hop, minerally, calcium nose. Thin body, mellow cereal & fruit, dirty acidic hops that I liked at first but then the beer starts to show an ugly peanut shell, oxidized finish. Frothy, low tart, whatever abv. It's still a blonde. Nah.

Tried on 17 Dec 2023 at 17:18


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can. Pours clear gold. Floral, grass, grain, tropical, honey. Nice light body. Good.

Tried from Can on 18 Mar 2023 at 21:26


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Crisp golden and very lightly bronzed coloured body, all with a relatively large three to four centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of very grassy and herbal hops with a dry malt bite and some lighter sweetness from the citrus fruits and even a pure caster sugar and light honey note, all with no alcohol or depth. Light-bodied; Strong grassy and very herbal properties show up first with a very easy-drinking profile along with a dry malt note, some subdued and non-bitter hop flavours and ending with a light dose of sugars from the caster sugar. Aftertaste is dry and herbal throughout with a grainy bite and some softer hops towards the end that are noticeable but don't add much in terms of complexity. Overall, a nice blonde with a good taste that shows some quality, yet is very easy-drinking and still complex enough to make it a worthwhile drink. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, given to me by Director of Operations of the brewery after a hockey game i early 2019 - Thanks Erik!

Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2019 at 21:46


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Churchkey. Cloudy yellow, white head. Citrus, peach, light malt, pine notes. Bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 23 Jul 2019 at 17:05


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at Bluejacket. Milky yellow. Sweaty tropical hops on a light crunchy malt base. Mellow, lightly sticky resin. Ok haze.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2019 at 19:24


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Draft. A- Grassy. A- Gold color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Grassy, bland. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, bitter finish. O- Perhaps a bit astringent. This was not good. Rather bitter and lacking a lot of flavor.

Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2019 at 00:03


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught at the source: pours hazy gold with white head. Aroma is lemony and peachy. Taste is somewhat bitter, yet still quite juicy.

Tried on 29 Dec 2018 at 02:49


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at Solid State Books 12-4-18

Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2018 at 00:17