Head Banger 23 - Galaxy
Strathcona Beer Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.04
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Available in our tasting room and on tap.
Shipping to Vancouver this week and the interior and rest of BC next week. 🤟🏽
🪐 Embark on a cosmic journey with our Headbanger Triple IPA, a stellar concoction that pays homage to the ethereal Galaxy hop. Intensely dry-hopped with an exclusive shower of Galaxy hops, this brew radiates with otherworldly aromas and flavors.
As you pour, a brilliant nebula of golden hues captivates the glass, hinting at the cosmic experience to come. Aromas of ripe passion fruit, cosmic citrus, and distant pine waft upwards, inviting you to explore further.
The first sip launches a supernova of flavor across your palate. Waves of juicy tropical fruits dominate, with bursts of peach, mango, and papaya dancing in orbit. Beneath this celestial fruitiness lies a subtle interplay of pine and resin, a reminder of the galaxy’s untamed wilderness.
Despite its cosmic proportions, the body remains surprisingly smooth, with a light touch that belies the gravity of its 9.2% ABV. Each sip finishes with a lingering, interstellar bitterness, a testament to the galaxy’s infinite depths.
Headbanger Triple IPA is a tribute to the Galaxy hop, an ode to its power to transport the drinker to realms unknown. Enjoy the voyage, and raise a glass to the cosmic wonders of the universe. 🪐
Editor's note: brewed again, packaged September 2024
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Amber gold, beige head. Musty citrus nose. Big body, and bitterness from harsh alcohol heat and hops. Scorched malt. Unpleasant, something is wrong here
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at brewery. Pours clear gold with a white head. Aroma has a lot of sweet, caramel malts and strong resinous pine. Flavour has pine, caramel malts, candied orange; almost cloying. Pretty solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
473mL can, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out bright resinous and piney hops, a touch of citrus, sweet stone fruits, and caramel bready malt. Flavour is somewhat sweet, with resinous hops, sweet stone fruits, and bready caramel. Sweet stone fruits and hoppy resins on the finish. Good stuff, but not one of the stronger Head Bangers.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Dark blond colour, almost golden, slightly hazy. Plenty of hops aroma, pine, sweat, fruits. Lean mouthfeel; something's strange with the malt base, it's slightly sour, which doesn't work too well with the strong, piney bitterness; mild pith and alcohol in the finish. It's a good beer, but somehow rough, so, not the best of the series.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
16oz shared with Alex (thx for the beer, man!) @ 🏡 Appearance: almost clear golden with a white head. Aroma: citrusy, some sweetness, bold. Taste: a bit skunky, low sweetness, bold body, quite bitter. Harsh. Overall: whoa, so disappointed. Decided to give it another try cause of Galaxy used and it happened to be one of worst in the series 😑
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 473mL can. Clear gold with white head. Slightly chewy malt backbone, soft pine hops, typical Head Banger booziness, decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Darkish gold. Slight haze. Thin head. Light galaxy aroma. Lots of pale malt and alcohol, with medium bitterness. Good -galaxy isn'�t necessarily big enough to be optimal in a Head Banger but it'�s not half bad.