Subsidiaries
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
The beer is quite pale, light yellow and fairly clear. Appears to have a medium sized white head. A bit fizzy. The aroma is mild. There’s some sweet fruit and honey-ish malt. Light citrus and pineapple, a little mango. Quite dry. Moderate bitterness. Very crisp. Refreshing but not a ton of flavor. The funk is present but again mild. The brett is neutral, though I would expect the character to pick up with time. Carbonation is on the high side. Very light on the palate. Decent but a touch boring. I’l revisit this review later. Beertender got significantly better after a couple weeks. Edit: Rerated based on new batch.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2014
at 18:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
The beer is a nice bright gold. It’s perfectly transparent or near enough. Medium-sized head, white with lots of fine bubbles. The aroma is a pretty standard mix of citrus and tropical flavors with a danker edge and more sugariness than their normal wheelhouse. There’s a cotton candy sweetness to the malt flavor. Pine, lemon, pineapple, mango, tangerine. I’ll go back on my previous comment a bit; it’s a bit lighter on the citrus than most of their hoppy stuff. Tends more toward dank and musky fruitiness. Taste is sweeter than expected. Moderate booze. A bit of bland bitterness. This isn’t really my favorite hop combination. It’s resiny and heavy. Seems to lack the brighter highlights. Carbonation seems normal. Feel is pretty full. A bit sticky. Nice hop oiliness. I put a lot of blame/credit on Cellarmaker, but my taste has been trending away from DIPAs to lighter hoppy fare. That said, this is still quite tasty. It’s just a bit too sweet and abrasive and uses a combination of hop notes that I’m not loving entirely. Edit: New batch in bottles. I like this batch a bit better. Still, it wouldn’t have been my choice for their first bottled hoppy beer.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2014
at 19:49
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma is dominated by nice coffee with some good chocolate and roast character. Some light nuttiness with some faint smoke. Little yeast character, only some faint dark fruit esters. Pours black with some brown highlights and a small, moderately thick tan head that recedes to the edges where it lingers. Flavor is rather chocolate forward with some light roast and medium light sweetness. Lots of coffee character with a nice espresso note. Some light nuttiness with some faint dark fruit notes, mostly plum. Really light smoke character with moderate bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly sticky with moderate carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really great porter with some great coffee character and light smoke notes. I really expected more smoke, but am glad that wasn’t the case. This beer is delicious.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2014
at 17:45
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Aroma has a nice medium light cracker malt notes with some white bread and biscuit notes. Fairly hop forward with some nice citrus and tropical fruit notes. Hints of melon and grapes as well. Lots of pineapple and tangerine. Pours a fairly clear, golden color with a small white head that recedes to the edges where it lingers. Light lacing and small legs. Flavor has a light cracker malt note with faint biscuit and graham cracker notes. Moderate bitterness with a ton of hop character. Lots of tropical fruit including pineapple and mango. Quite a bit of citrus notes, more orange and tangerine than grapefruit. Some light melon and stone fruit adds more complexity. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a rather amazing, very happy pale ale. Cellarmaker can do no wrong when it cones to hoppy beers. Great hop character with moderate bitterness and a nice malt backbone. I could drink this beer all day every day.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Aug 2014
at 17:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Shared with gmellison. Hazy yellow appearance with a white head, juicy, spicy, grapefruit hops in the nose. A little doughy. Cracker. Lots of grapefruit and lemon. Dry. Drinks good.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2014
at 20:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bright orange. Insanely cloudy. Peachy with kiwi and a grape aroma. That great mineral water mouthfeel. Crisp like a sofa water. Mild darkness. Ginger snap and orange peel.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2014
at 16:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pitch black. Super creamy effervescent head coffee with vanilla and chalky chocolate. Creamy. Very sweet. Hearty body but still pretty oily. Finish is very sweet from the lacto but I really like this.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2014
at 23:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Muted gold no head. Peach and sweet orange nose. A bit of bread and graham cracker. A bit of chewy nice start. Raw astringent finish Wish this was a bit better.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2014
at 23:25
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Super hazy golden orange. Creamy head fades fast. Smells like the freshest fruit. So fruity and juicy and full of pineapple and mango. So the 100% galaxy does make this a bit to medicinal but fruit up front and cough drop finish.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2014
at 23:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy yellow 1 finger cream head. Smells like lemon peel and sweet fruits. Lemony peel and banana and clove and some interesting fruit herbal medicinal finish. Falls short at the end.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2014
at 23:24