Galaxy X2 Double IPA
Big Muddy Brewing
- From:
- Big Muddy Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 6.17%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 29, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 28, 2015
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Ratings by BeerForMuscle:
Rated by BeerForMuscle from New Jersey
3.69/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Oct 31, 2015
3.69/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Oct 31, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.61/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.61/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A big thanks to the commander of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a caramel color with a 1 inch head. Smell is of citrus, tropical fruits. Taste is citrus, malts, tropical fruits, not as bitter as I expect from this style, alcohol is well hidden. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is a solid beer.
Mar 31, 2016
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
4.49/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.49/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Dig it, man. I jumped on The CANQuest (tm) kick about a decade ago & I haven't looked back since. This trip has been heavy at times, especially with the advent of DIPAs in aluminum cylinders, but I kept at it, dig? Now, man, they want to pull me outta the Big Muddy and send me off into the Galaxy x 2! Wow. Mind = blown, man! I'm like those cats in the commercial whose minds blow in a purple cloud. Speaking of which, where might a righteous guy score some purple haze, man?
From the groovy shrink-wrapped CAN: "Galaxy-Apollo-Equinox-Amarillo Hops".
Wow! I CAN't wait to get this trip started. It always begins with the Crack! and this one was both loud & revealing. It revealed yet another brimful craft CAN & then the whole thing seemed to grow in size until it loomed over me like the monolith in "2001: A Space Odyssey". I could hardly bring myself to lift it, but I utilized the gentlest of Glugs. An in-glass swirl raised both my CANciousness & a finger of dense, foamy, tawny head that just hung around like that last guest who doesn't get the idea that he's bringing me down, man. No, it's cool, baby, it gives me time to take the temperature on the color, dig? Wow, it was that chick, Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9), from that groovy place, Nebraska, who laid the coolest clarity on me! Nose was like LOX, man, not salmon, that would be a drag. No, think liquid oxygen! Cool, clean, slightly minty, whew! My first ship had a LOX plant onboard and sometimes after they ran it, we would go down and inhale until we got our fill. It was a gorgeous shade of blue, but there was NO smoking or open flame afterwards for several hours. It was a high like no other and totally natural, dig? This beer had that same icy coolness on the nose. Mouthfeel was thin for the style, but I CAN hang, having had my poor, bruised tongue jackhammered & pummeled by hops in the past. The taste was like chilled fruit, right? Man, it gave off a crazy pineapple & coconut vibe, but with a mentholated coolness that shook me to my core. Baby, the Galaxy was opening up, not before my eyes, but in my glass! As it warmed, I began to really catch a beautiful melon note coming on strong. It also began to rock an earthy maltiness, leaving me to wonder if I had blasted off after all, or was I still rooted in my kitchen. Man, what a great trip! The finish was the softest landing on my pad. It was breathtaking with a shot of heat followed by a minty coolness, accompanied by a lingering fruitiness. I could only sit back, stunned by the depth & breadth of it! Baby, how soon CAN you stop back? I may need a day or two to get ready, but ...
Mar 10, 2016From the groovy shrink-wrapped CAN: "Galaxy-Apollo-Equinox-Amarillo Hops".
Wow! I CAN't wait to get this trip started. It always begins with the Crack! and this one was both loud & revealing. It revealed yet another brimful craft CAN & then the whole thing seemed to grow in size until it loomed over me like the monolith in "2001: A Space Odyssey". I could hardly bring myself to lift it, but I utilized the gentlest of Glugs. An in-glass swirl raised both my CANciousness & a finger of dense, foamy, tawny head that just hung around like that last guest who doesn't get the idea that he's bringing me down, man. No, it's cool, baby, it gives me time to take the temperature on the color, dig? Wow, it was that chick, Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9), from that groovy place, Nebraska, who laid the coolest clarity on me! Nose was like LOX, man, not salmon, that would be a drag. No, think liquid oxygen! Cool, clean, slightly minty, whew! My first ship had a LOX plant onboard and sometimes after they ran it, we would go down and inhale until we got our fill. It was a gorgeous shade of blue, but there was NO smoking or open flame afterwards for several hours. It was a high like no other and totally natural, dig? This beer had that same icy coolness on the nose. Mouthfeel was thin for the style, but I CAN hang, having had my poor, bruised tongue jackhammered & pummeled by hops in the past. The taste was like chilled fruit, right? Man, it gave off a crazy pineapple & coconut vibe, but with a mentholated coolness that shook me to my core. Baby, the Galaxy was opening up, not before my eyes, but in my glass! As it warmed, I began to really catch a beautiful melon note coming on strong. It also began to rock an earthy maltiness, leaving me to wonder if I had blasted off after all, or was I still rooted in my kitchen. Man, what a great trip! The finish was the softest landing on my pad. It was breathtaking with a shot of heat followed by a minty coolness, accompanied by a lingering fruitiness. I could only sit back, stunned by the depth & breadth of it! Baby, how soon CAN you stop back? I may need a day or two to get ready, but ...
Reviewed by beerthulhu from New Jersey
3.88/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
-pint can transfered to spiegelau ipa glass. Icanned 11.09.16. Iconsumed 01.14.16.
A: Bright orange pour from backlighting sits a dense natured cadium orange in the vessel with a one inch bready textured beige head that holds nicely. Decent lace band adores the vessel walls with a soft touch of effervesce rising within.
S: Aroma is bright oranges with hints for tropical fruit and a faint grassiness. Touch of toasty bread and sweet herbaceous and cypress-woodsy hops coming through. The strength was moderate, could of benefited from some more umph.
T: Sweet honey toasted malting hosts some dank citrusy-pine hops. Cypress, orange juice, spicy herbaceous notes of citronella and some semi-dry tropical hints of mangos, and passion fruit add some good layering of complexity and brightness to the flavor. Ends with a soft grassiness of hops with a gentle and lingering effect.
M: Decent carbonation delivers a nice level of crispness, the malting is mid-body in depth with some orange juice pulp like consistency.
O: I' had their galaxy ipa the night before, this brought more of a tropical and juicy hoppiness i was expecting from the galaxy hops. Nicely balanced and at 8.5% feels like a causual drinker from the smoothness and wet juiciness of the hops. Strong drinkability factor, sweet malt and sweet tropical flair finishing with a soft amarillo style citrusy-grassiness for balance. Very good overall and goes down amazingly easy. A clear step up from their galaxy ipa. Just skip their galaxy ipa and go straight for this.
Jan 24, 2016A: Bright orange pour from backlighting sits a dense natured cadium orange in the vessel with a one inch bready textured beige head that holds nicely. Decent lace band adores the vessel walls with a soft touch of effervesce rising within.
S: Aroma is bright oranges with hints for tropical fruit and a faint grassiness. Touch of toasty bread and sweet herbaceous and cypress-woodsy hops coming through. The strength was moderate, could of benefited from some more umph.
T: Sweet honey toasted malting hosts some dank citrusy-pine hops. Cypress, orange juice, spicy herbaceous notes of citronella and some semi-dry tropical hints of mangos, and passion fruit add some good layering of complexity and brightness to the flavor. Ends with a soft grassiness of hops with a gentle and lingering effect.
M: Decent carbonation delivers a nice level of crispness, the malting is mid-body in depth with some orange juice pulp like consistency.
O: I' had their galaxy ipa the night before, this brought more of a tropical and juicy hoppiness i was expecting from the galaxy hops. Nicely balanced and at 8.5% feels like a causual drinker from the smoothness and wet juiciness of the hops. Strong drinkability factor, sweet malt and sweet tropical flair finishing with a soft amarillo style citrusy-grassiness for balance. Very good overall and goes down amazingly easy. A clear step up from their galaxy ipa. Just skip their galaxy ipa and go straight for this.
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