Nathalius Single Hop Galaxy IIPA

330 ml bottle into tulip glass, best before 4/30/2015. Pours hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, pineapple, citrus rind, pepper, pine, floral, grass, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good complexity of bright/dank citrus/earthy hops with light-moderate malt presence; with good strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, pineapple, citrus rind, pepper, pine, floral, grass, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of earthy pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, pineapple, citrus rind, pepper, pine, floral, grass, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity of bright/dank citrus/earthy hop flavors with light-moderate malt sweetness; with lightly cloying pine bitterness after the finish which isn’t all that bad. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and resinous/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice DIPA. Good complexity of bright citrus/earthy hop flavors with light-moderate malt sweetness; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

Keg at Craft Brighton, Friday 7th March 2014 Pours a egg yolky yellow sort of colour but a slightly washed out probably caged hen egg yolk, its hazy with a white head. Its pricey was my thirst though £5.50p a half, so it better be wirth it and indeed it was bloody good. Furiously hoppy with lots of lemon rind, pith and zippy, zappy citrussy hops flying about. Quite tangy with a lengthy bitter finish, perhaps lacks a bit of body i.e. malty backbone (its very hoppy) but we both enjoyed this. A7 A4 T8 P3 Ov15 3.7

0.33l bottle. Have to admit I struggled a while to interpret the name on the back of this bottle, but after a while it came to me. It pours a good looking cloudy almost honey colored body, on top of that a big lasting white colored head with great retention. The nose has a nice citrus theme supplied with the oils from orange zest, a strong and powerful malt sweetness behind all those American hops. I get tones of both yeast and honey. Strong and really dry grassy bitter in the taste. Somehow it manages not to be to dry or mouthdrying, but it is some serious grassy bitterness in this one. The carbonation level is just below average and it feels oily in the mouth. Sharp stingy, lots of pungent bitterness. Those zesty oils are also present in the taste. It's perhaps a bit unbalanced, but it has lots of flavor. 10.10.2013

330 ml bottle. Pours a very hazy tawny color with moderate head. Aromas of citrus, rice cakes and BO. Odd acidic, floral and cereal/rice flavors with a piney bitter finish.

9 oz pour at PPD. Very hazy, basically opaque honey gold with some spitty white head. Aroma is just plain citrus pith. Not zesty, not citrus peel... straight pith. A hint of grass and straw, perhaps a bit grainy, but gummy grains like a risotto. Flavor follow suit, big bitter lemon peel, something a bit industrial like rubber, a little malty, lots of yeast, like blooming bread yeast, heavy hand soap. Full, bitter, soapy finish. Really harsh.

Keg at CP&K. It pours cloudy pale orange with amedium white head. The nose is juicy orange, passion fruit, mango, dough and peppery notes. The taste is crisp, bitter-sweet, orange peel, tangerine, sherbet, alcohol, dough, straw and spice with a dry, almost peppery finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Good tropical fruit action. Decent stuff.