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Gamma, Gamma Ray
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- From:
- Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- New England IPA
- ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 6.4%
- Reviews:
- 22
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 11, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 8
Collaboration with Bottle Logic Brewing
Two breweries, punk rock, and countless hops created Gamma, Gamma RAY! Created by Bottle Logic Brewing and Toppling Goliath Brewing, this collaboration isn’t to be missed. Punk’s not dead and neither are your taste buds!
30 IBU
Two breweries, punk rock, and countless hops created Gamma, Gamma RAY! Created by Bottle Logic Brewing and Toppling Goliath Brewing, this collaboration isn’t to be missed. Punk’s not dead and neither are your taste buds!
30 IBU
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Ratings by MNAle:
Reviewed by MNAle from Minnesota
3.92/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Bomber poured into a tulip. Citrus aroma - grapefruit, orange, mango. Turbid orange/pineapple juice color, with a reasonably tall, white head that has decent retention. Nice-looking lacing. Top notch appearance. Color is almost bright. Smooth and somewhat thick feel, little carbonation contribution. Mild taste with almost no bittering at all initially. Taste mirrors the aroma: juicy orange, grapefruit. The malts are there under the juiciness. Some bitterness is apparent in the middle and finish. Finish is slightly sweet, with just a hint of balancing bitterness. Aftertaste fades quickly.
Mar 04, 2019More User Ratings:
Reviewed by woemad from Washington
4.24/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
22oz bomber received via the generosity of ovaltine. The.bottling date is too smudged to be legible, but I suspect it's for late fall of 2018, as it's a one-off collab from then. Judging by the label, Toppling Goliath and Bottle Logic are both into punk rock.
An opaque yellow color, with a big, sudsy white head. Lots of lace.
Big nose of tropical fruits, citrus and melons.
Taste is similar to the smell, except the sharp, citrusy, grapefruit-like notes are more pronounced. They kick in around midway through the taste and balance the tropical, melonish sweetness. Towards the end the grapefruity aspect seems to win out, with things finishing on a dry note. At no point was there any sign of it's rather high alcohol content to be found in the taste.
Medium bodied, with an oily and slightly creamy mouthfeel.
Not a bad juice-haze bomb. As it warmed, it became more bitter and grapefruity, so a strict drinker of sweet fruitbombs might not be into it, but I dug it.
Apr 16, 2019An opaque yellow color, with a big, sudsy white head. Lots of lace.
Big nose of tropical fruits, citrus and melons.
Taste is similar to the smell, except the sharp, citrusy, grapefruit-like notes are more pronounced. They kick in around midway through the taste and balance the tropical, melonish sweetness. Towards the end the grapefruity aspect seems to win out, with things finishing on a dry note. At no point was there any sign of it's rather high alcohol content to be found in the taste.
Medium bodied, with an oily and slightly creamy mouthfeel.
Not a bad juice-haze bomb. As it warmed, it became more bitter and grapefruity, so a strict drinker of sweet fruitbombs might not be into it, but I dug it.
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
4.23/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
22oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It smelled of pine, grapefruit, orange and caramel. It tasted of toasted caramel, tropical fruits and a sharp bitterness.
Apr 08, 2019Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana
4.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Looks like grapefruit juice with a sudsy white head, extremely hazy. The hop aromas are pronounced standing five feet away from the bomber, with an almost floral grapefruit aroma (if that makes sense) accompanied by juicy oranges and passion fruit.
The floral component becomes more herbal on the taste, which is interesting, and the passion fruit flavor is really pronounced, but there’s still room for the orange and grapefruit flavors to shine.
I’m drinking this at 3+ months after the bottle date, and it’s as fresh as if it was just poured from a recently tapped keg. Really a pleasure to drink.
Mar 29, 2019The floral component becomes more herbal on the taste, which is interesting, and the passion fruit flavor is really pronounced, but there’s still room for the orange and grapefruit flavors to shine.
I’m drinking this at 3+ months after the bottle date, and it’s as fresh as if it was just poured from a recently tapped keg. Really a pleasure to drink.
Reviewed by BilltownBrewingCo from Kansas
4.21/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.21/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance-
Very light straw, but opaque haze. Good head that disapates quickly, but laces the glass heavily.
Aroma-
Galaxy hop punch to the face, with a hint of sweet malt and a tropical fruit somewhere in the background.
Body-
Quite highly carbonated, but lighter than the look. Not super juciey like the typical NEIPA. Quite crisp, dry and refreshing, almost light for a beer of the size.
Flavor-
For the crazy hop aroma, this didn't have the bite that your normal IPA does. LOW IBUs, but big hop flavor, and they start the party. It's bright, crisp, with a hint of spice and hop fruitiness.
Overall- This is one unique beer! It smells like it's going to be Arrogant Bastard Bitter, but it is quite gentle on the pallet. Just a very pleasant beer.
Mar 29, 2019Very light straw, but opaque haze. Good head that disapates quickly, but laces the glass heavily.
Aroma-
Galaxy hop punch to the face, with a hint of sweet malt and a tropical fruit somewhere in the background.
Body-
Quite highly carbonated, but lighter than the look. Not super juciey like the typical NEIPA. Quite crisp, dry and refreshing, almost light for a beer of the size.
Flavor-
For the crazy hop aroma, this didn't have the bite that your normal IPA does. LOW IBUs, but big hop flavor, and they start the party. It's bright, crisp, with a hint of spice and hop fruitiness.
Overall- This is one unique beer! It smells like it's going to be Arrogant Bastard Bitter, but it is quite gentle on the pallet. Just a very pleasant beer.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.04/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Very thick hazy yellow appearance with plenty of white foam. Smell based on juicy tropical fruit with some lemon too. Hops were there but not the star, but in the taste they were, lending an earthy and bitter backing for the pineapple, passion fruit, lemon and mango. On the thicker end for a neipa, with sharp hops bitter and smooth haziness. Solid all the way around
Mar 04, 2019
Gamma, Gamma Ray from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
102 ratings
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