Hophead - Galaxy
Dark Star Brewing Co. in Partridge Green, West Sussex, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.26
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fonefan (84534) reviewed Hophead - Galaxy from Dark Star Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ CASK Pub & Kitchen, 6 Charlwood Street, London, Greater London, England SW1V 2EE.Clear light medium yellow orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, sweet hops, fruity hops, light btter. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration, buttery hops, hop bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20130118]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On cask @ Coach and Horses Dronfield - a lemony gold colour, nice lacing white head, but nothing much in the nose. A bit of citric hoppiness found its way in there, but nothing that shouted "guess what you’re going to taste next". The first sip is an explosion of tart lemons and tropical citrus, a proper ping on the tongue, so crisp and so much going on for a low ABV. That, given a well rounded mouthfeel meant this lasted not long at all. One for a session that’s for sure.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Hophead - Galaxy from Dark Star Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask handpull at Evening Star Brighton. Clearish gold lasting whte head. Served quite cold some tropical galaxy hops touch of diacetyl. Refreshibg in mouth though. Ok
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Hophead - Galaxy from Dark Star Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
21st January 2013
Old Fountain. Almost clear gold beer, little white head. Slightly soft palate and semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. Nice presentation of Galaxy here - juicy and only medium bitter. Lacks the harshness so many Galaxy beers seem to have. Nice orange citrus with lesser notes of mango and tangerine. Neutral malt supports. Semi dry finish. Very satisfying.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Hophead - Galaxy from Dark Star Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Cask at CPK, London. Pours clear yellow with a fine, white foam head. Light zesty citrus aroma, some straw. Light to medium sweet flavor with dry straw and fresh lemon. Light in body with fine carbonation. Great condition. Clean finish, light pee, more lemon. I know nothing in the previous few lines reflects how outstanding this beer is, so I’ll be more straightforward: THIS BEER IS OUTSTANDING. As ABV session beers go, it would be tough to beat out this guy. It’s just great, really great. I could drink this stuff by the gallon.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Cask Pub and Kitchen, Pimlico, London. A clear golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus fruit, pine aroma. Tastes hoppy, citrus fruit, pine, slight bitterness. Really easy drinking session beer.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Hophead - Galaxy from Dark Star Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at Cask Pub & Kitchen. It pours clear pale gold with a medium white head. The nose is quite clean, passion fruit, pithy citrus, urine, lime, dough and hay. The taste is pissy hops, hay, zesty citrus, orange, lime, passion fruit, straw, nice bitterness and dough with a dry, crisp finish. Light-medium body and soft carbonation. Good bitterness, crisp, clean, well-balanced and massively drinkable. Great flavour for 3.8%. I could drink an excessive amount of this no problem.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Cask, Pimlico, 18/01/13, split with Chris, Jan and Charlotte. Clear pale golden with a thin white head that reduces to small edgelife. Nose is hops, light eggy fart/sulphurs, citrus notes. Taste is cleaner than the nose, hops, citrus, light pine, peach, sugars. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, bitterness in the finish. Ok drop but not a patch on the much cleaner standard Hophead.
Fin (18365) reviewed Hophead - Galaxy from Dark Star Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Stopped regular rating 22nd Oct 2012 but had this on handpump at FFTMC, Oxford, Saturday 5th January 2013 Pours pale gold, amazing clarity, slim white head, looks absolutely tip-top. Good aroma, clean with citrussy wafts. The flavour is crisp, clean but then it starts to build, initially you get some lemony/orange bittersweet combination but then there is an element of tropicalness anout this, perhaps a hint of pineapple, not totally sure, the finish is dry. This is a wonderful beer, we were lucky to find out that they had this as it wasn’t officially on yet. For a low abv session beer this would take some beating, simply marvellous. A7 A5 T9 P4 Ov17 4.2