Super Galena Single Hop IPA
Mikkeller ApS

alright, so i know from the label and the bottle size and what mikkeller is now, that this was brewed literally eons ago, overseas, and is no good anymore, period. that said, i always set out to drink the whole series of these single hopped beers long before it was fashionable to make this sort of thing, and when i saw this one at a total wine (where beer apparently goes to die), i had to bite, even some eight or so years later. expectations super low, and has anyone even done anything with super galena since? this is literally only for nostalgia, and the fact that its even being sold still should tell you something about where you buy your beer, this is no good for nobody, but yet here we are. its like the things they dare you to eat in the middle school cafeteria, soy sauce and ketchup and lots of salt and bread crusts all mixed and mashed together in a plastic cup thats been melted in the back of a delivery van and restored somehow to its original shape again, maybe multiple times, which is to say, this is faded and gone and bad, and reviewing it here now is only a novelty, but it feels right after seeking so many of these out over the years, and i will drink this whole bottle even if it sucks now. sadly there is nothing at all to be said for super galena hops anymore here, pine and bitter and brutal oxidation now, nothing to be gleaned or learned now, i wish i had this when it was new. it still is somehow palatable though, with like that weird almost funky danish yeast element happening, some tang, minerals, and christmas tree branches. it looks literally darker than amber, who knows whats happened on a warm shelf for close to a decade, this is objectively bad now, but still somehow redeemable. is anyone doing beer with super galena anymore? i seriously still have no idea what it tastes like after this. fun only because i adore mikkeller, but if you see this around still, do not buy!

 

It's more about the taste. On draft at White Oak Tavern 10 oz goblet. Cloudy with small off white head and nice lacing. Light nose of fruit and hops with malt. More of a euro IPA but with fruity hops flavor. Softer mouthfeel with building carbonation bite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My 2nd in the Single Hop series, after just finishing the Palisades

A - Brown, no clarity, sediment, lace, head, everything you want

S - Huge piny, bitter hop aroma.

T - Huge hoppy and bitter. Well balanced with the malts, but not with the hop. Still very good.

M - Full bodied, well carbonated

O - I liked the Palisades hop much better, but still a great beer, apparently with whichever single hop they use