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MoonJuice IPA
SanTan Brewing Co.
- From:
- SanTan Brewing Co.
- Arizona, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,789 - ABV:
- 7.1%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #15,052 - Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 10.49%
- Reviews:
- 46
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 09, 2024
- Added:
- May 31, 2014
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 61
A wheat IPA that features hops from our friends in the southern hemisphere (Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin). Almost 40% wheat malt, but is fermented, hopped, dry-hopped, and filtered like a west coast style IPA. The wheat makes it a very satiable beer and the aroma will carry loads of citrus and tropical fruit.
65 IBU
65 IBU
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Ratings by Gobzilla:
Rated by Gobzilla from California
3.5/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Dec 20, 2015
3.5/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Dec 20, 2015
More User Ratings:
Rated by forester74
5/5 rDev +27.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +27.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I can only compare and for me Moonjuice rates up there with Stone.
Jun 24, 2023Reviewed by dcat151 from Georgia
3.79/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pour is light amber with medium head that dissipates slowly. Aroma is light: some hops with a bit of citrus. Taste is a hint of hop bitterness with citrus, peach, and apricot. Mouthfeel is smooth and slightly creamy. A good, but unremarkable IPA overall.
Jun 13, 2023Reviewed by AzImbiber
2.07/5 rDev -47.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
2.07/5 rDev -47.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Bought some 12 oz cans. Did not look for date or care. It was on sale. Everything I dislike about fruity ale lives thru this beer. Overly bitter. Crazy hops, can't taste the malt or any beer ingredients. So steeped in grapefruit that it leaves that citrus burn on your tongue and back of throat like you finished a glass or OJ or grapefruit juice. What kind of finish is that? Yuck. This is another ale that tastes like a Zima and not a beer. The consistency is thick and this is a not a "beer" you can swish around your mouth. That's not right either. Smells like a sno-cone and looks like kerosene.
But damn that 7% ABV leaves a nice tight little buzz so it got bumped a point for that. If it was 4%ABV this fruit drink would be useless.
I got a smokin deal in the store but will not buy again.
Jun 02, 2023But damn that 7% ABV leaves a nice tight little buzz so it got bumped a point for that. If it was 4%ABV this fruit drink would be useless.
I got a smokin deal in the store but will not buy again.
Reviewed by Bitburger from Vermont
4.12/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Direct from a 19.2 ounces can so no color or foam detected. Very fruity and quite bitter IPA. Good vivid carbonation. Hops, little malt and berries in the aftertaste.
Feb 23, 2023Reviewed by BucannonXC5 from California
3.93/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Type: 12-oz. can
Reviewed as: American IPA
Glass: Pure Project 14-oz. Teku glass
Price: $15.99 for a 12 pack (w/ Ralph’s card)
From: Fry’s Food Store in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Purchased: May 30, 2021
Consumed: May 31, 2021
Misc.: Canned on March 31, 2021
Grabbed a 12-pack of this on my last night in Arizona. Had this before, giving it a 4.00 on Untappd on Sept. 19, 2017 and writing “Wow. Outstanding at least.” However, I had a bunch the night before I reviewed this and dropped it to a 3.75, writing “Not quite as good as the last time I had it and one of the 12 cans was about a quarter full.” Almost forgot about the last part. One of the 12 cans was about three ounces and still had the pop top on it. Their website called this “An out-of-this-world IPA crafted with tons of Galaxy and Nelson-Sauvin hops that transcends all Earthly pleasures, emitting an aroma of peach, apricot and tropical fruit.” Might have been past it’s prime at two months old.
Poured a medium amber clear color with four fingers of rocky-to-frothy off-white head. Lots of fast-moving bubbles coming up from the bottom of the glass. Almost perfect foamy lacing. Outstanding retention. (Sight - 4.50)
Smelled Galaxy, peach, mango, guava, apricot, grapefruit, pineapple, orange rind, hints of Nelson, white grape and papaya. Just as good from the can. (Smell - 4.00)
Tasted almost as good as the nose, but not quite. Got Galaxy, peach, mango, guava, apricot, grapefruit, pineapple, bitter orange rind, citrus peel, light Nelson, viney berry, papaya, pine, herbal and grass. (Taste - 3.75)
Medium body. Oily texture. Average carbonation. Bitter finish. (Feel - 4.00)
A really nice IPA. Outstanding. (Overall - 4.00)
3.93 | 88 | B+
May 24, 2022Reviewed as: American IPA
Glass: Pure Project 14-oz. Teku glass
Price: $15.99 for a 12 pack (w/ Ralph’s card)
From: Fry’s Food Store in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Purchased: May 30, 2021
Consumed: May 31, 2021
Misc.: Canned on March 31, 2021
Grabbed a 12-pack of this on my last night in Arizona. Had this before, giving it a 4.00 on Untappd on Sept. 19, 2017 and writing “Wow. Outstanding at least.” However, I had a bunch the night before I reviewed this and dropped it to a 3.75, writing “Not quite as good as the last time I had it and one of the 12 cans was about a quarter full.” Almost forgot about the last part. One of the 12 cans was about three ounces and still had the pop top on it. Their website called this “An out-of-this-world IPA crafted with tons of Galaxy and Nelson-Sauvin hops that transcends all Earthly pleasures, emitting an aroma of peach, apricot and tropical fruit.” Might have been past it’s prime at two months old.
Poured a medium amber clear color with four fingers of rocky-to-frothy off-white head. Lots of fast-moving bubbles coming up from the bottom of the glass. Almost perfect foamy lacing. Outstanding retention. (Sight - 4.50)
Smelled Galaxy, peach, mango, guava, apricot, grapefruit, pineapple, orange rind, hints of Nelson, white grape and papaya. Just as good from the can. (Smell - 4.00)
Tasted almost as good as the nose, but not quite. Got Galaxy, peach, mango, guava, apricot, grapefruit, pineapple, bitter orange rind, citrus peel, light Nelson, viney berry, papaya, pine, herbal and grass. (Taste - 3.75)
Medium body. Oily texture. Average carbonation. Bitter finish. (Feel - 4.00)
A really nice IPA. Outstanding. (Overall - 4.00)
3.93 | 88 | B+
Reviewed by wadamslll
3.71/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
It’s bitter. And thick for mouth feel. Probably the wheat aspect, which I think is a poor choice for an IPA. Still, worth the try. It’s unique in this genre. I would buy it again. It’s a good beer drink vs SanTan’s HopShock. They are complimentary. But the freaking wheat base. No.
Mar 01, 2022Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
3.96/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22oz can poured into a lowball
A- pours clear golden color with a one finger glossy white head that has good retention and leaves some lacing behind
S- equal parts piney and citrus hops, light grass, some breast malt
T- citrus forward up front with notes of orange and grapefruit zest. Mid palate gives some resinous pine, as well as some grassy notes. Fruity finish with more citrus hops on the linger
M- medium body with moderate carbonation, foamy mouthfeel and finish
Nov 07, 2021A- pours clear golden color with a one finger glossy white head that has good retention and leaves some lacing behind
S- equal parts piney and citrus hops, light grass, some breast malt
T- citrus forward up front with notes of orange and grapefruit zest. Mid palate gives some resinous pine, as well as some grassy notes. Fruity finish with more citrus hops on the linger
M- medium body with moderate carbonation, foamy mouthfeel and finish
Reviewed by laketang from Arizona
4.02/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
pours clear amber with a rather amazing fluffy head, great head retention.
Dank weediness also fruity notes.
Nice fruitiness with great malt hop balance and notes of peaches are there.
Medium light feel, not super carbonated.
Dec 11, 2020Dank weediness also fruity notes.
Nice fruitiness with great malt hop balance and notes of peaches are there.
Medium light feel, not super carbonated.
Reviewed by GregBlatz from Ohio
4.31/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
True golden in color. Lots of head, I dropped the 12pk on the way in the house... Very clear.
Smell is pineapple, apple, sour sweet fruit. Very little malt sweetness.
Very interesting. Pineapple and tropical fruit. Grain takes a backseat. Finishes with aggressive bitterness. It rounds it out very well. Without the bitterness I would not be loving it.
Solid carbonation bite. Alcohol is hiding 7.3% in there but you would never know it. Kind of a slick, oily mouthfeel.
I really like this. The hops are very tropical and the bitterness is right on point to make me want to keep going. Very nice beer and interesting hop flavor/aroma.
Mar 02, 2020Smell is pineapple, apple, sour sweet fruit. Very little malt sweetness.
Very interesting. Pineapple and tropical fruit. Grain takes a backseat. Finishes with aggressive bitterness. It rounds it out very well. Without the bitterness I would not be loving it.
Solid carbonation bite. Alcohol is hiding 7.3% in there but you would never know it. Kind of a slick, oily mouthfeel.
I really like this. The hops are very tropical and the bitterness is right on point to make me want to keep going. Very nice beer and interesting hop flavor/aroma.
MoonJuice IPA from SanTan Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
197 ratings
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