Makemake Brewing Co. Rakau Universe

Rakau Universe

 

Makemake Brewing Co. in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Series
Score
7.97
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 7
The sixth variation in our single-hop 'Universe' range.
We saturated this beer in the freshest Freestyle Rakau T90s we could get our hands on, topped off with a healthy dose of SubZero Hop Kief.
Thick, creamy and bursting with Rakau.
 

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8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Can at home in Barbados, 13th August 2025. Pours thick and yellow soupy. Aroma is gooseberry, spice and grapefruit. Taste is earthy, deep, intense, dry, grapefruit and citrus, pithy and dank. Outstanding DIPA
Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2025 at 18:36

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tried on 15 Jul 2025 at 20:08

8.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Очень интересный Нью Ингланд. Есть фрукты мягкие, но при этом не яркая сладость а баланс. Есть намеки на ягоды, типо землняники. Легкая приятная сухость, как будто с какими то специями сухими что ли. В общем весьма уникально.
Tried on 06 Jul 2025 at 16:11

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
2nd July 2025
Can. A very hazy topaz colour brew with a decent cream colour head. Airy palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Fluffy malts, a mellow creamy sweetness. Light pine and a little hop spice. Soft but reasonably bright generic fruits. Smooth mild savoury skunk underneath. A touch of hop spice on the back end. Whisper of creamy toffee as well! I find Rakau an enigmatic hop and this brew underlines that. Digging deeper in to the generic fruits reveals a little strawberry, some ripe soft peach and a forensic amount of lime. This ain't a complete profile though, other things going on. Perhaps it's not like anything else, it's just Rakau flavour! The overall effect is very pleasant.
Tried from Can on 02 Jul 2025 at 17:11

8.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Milky golden body with an off-white head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of honey, peanut and cantaloupe. Flavour of orange peel and melon rind with a peppery finish. Full body with a chewy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Thick hop juice.
Tried from Can at House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal) on 21 Jun 2025 at 22:17

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500ml can. Opaque yellow gold, big white head. Aroma of ripe stone fruits, apricot, peach, tropical fruits. Taste is the same, ripe apricot and peaches, guava, papaya, grapefruit, somewhat sweet, low bitterness. Full bodied, creamy smooth. Another outstanding addition to the Universe series!
Tried from Can from Trembling Madness Online Shop on 20 Jun 2025 at 17:35

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 1206/2025.
Murky fruit smoothie orange topped with an egg shell white cap.
Nose is ripe tropicana, dank spike, peach, guava, grapefruit, pine resin, mandarin.
Taste comprises stone fruit, hop spice, pine resin, guava, lychee, grapefruit, mandarin, mango pulp.
Medium bodied, fine massaging carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness allied to a balanced rising boost.
On the fucken money!
Tried on 12 Jun 2025 at 18:00