Forbidden Planet
Bluejacket in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.90
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Heavily dry hopped with Australian-grown galaxy hops; semi-dry & quaffable with bold passion fruit, peach & mango aromatics.
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4/10
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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
6.5/10
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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
5.6/10
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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
7.5/10
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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
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
$4.10 pint can, WW. Hazy pale gold with a soft white head. Juicy orange, lemongrass, melon, green leaf, pineapple nose. Bitter melon, green leaf, grapefruit peel, orange zest, pineapple, lemongrass. Quite good.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jul 2020
at 17:27
6.2/10
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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
6.5/10
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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
7.2/10
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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
5/10
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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
7/10
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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