Wax Galaxies
Amory’s Tomb Brewing Company in Maynard, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating|
Score
7.27
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Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Wax Galaxies from Amory’s Tomb Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Can, best before April 2025, drunk 5/29/24. Gushing can (lightly) produces a hazy copper-peach-brass beer with a massive, frothy, well-retained, off-white head. Lovely house blend of classic saison yeasts (dupont, blaugies...) showing tons of plaster, mild black pepper and mild stone fruit. Hops work really well with the classic saison phenols/esters, being supplementary to the stone fruit and showing rich mineral and spice themselves. Clean, very bright and aromatic. Hoppy, but not utterly dominated by the hop. Some earthiness with biscuity malts and a hint of honey-like richness. Great malt depth and attenuation. No crude esters/phenols. Just mild black pepper, plaster and stone fruit. Maybe a touch of strawberry and not too much bitterness from the hops. Wow, Wai-iti and Motueka are perfect here, showing tons of fruitiness with none of the sometimes stronger pine character of Nelson. Oats and wheat keep things soft and creamy without adding too much sweetness. Lingering apricot, lemon, strawberry, pepper and biscuity wheat and nutty oat. Sublime. Will be buying more of this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at the brewery, 6/25/21.
Good clarity and a maize tint to the otherwise pale, straw-golden. White head atop is medium-sized, showing fair retention.
Earthy, light yellow fruit-accented motueka is moderate in the nose, allowing softer esters and other various fruit notes to build complexity. Malts are certainly present though seemingly well-attenuated (relative to its size). Still a fair bit of honey, biscuit and white bread-like character, but it's balanced well by hop acidity (which is pretty gentle) and spicy phenolics. No alcohol or flaw.
Medium-to-full bodied for the style with a healthy malt backbone without being too sweet. Earth, herbs and moderate yellow fruit notes are abundance with honey and angel food cake from the malt. Hops are well-integrated in to the finish with plentiful, strong ester/phenol character and light citrus, as well. Really nice modern take. Neither hop nor yeast are dominant and you get to see the interplay of both nicely.