Pseudo Alien
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- From:
- Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,078 - ABV:
- 7.6%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #5,531 - Avg:
- 4.23 | pDev: 5.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Today at 06:08 AM
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2026
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
This is a collaboration brew with our friends over at Tired Hands Brewing Co. Get beamed up by Pseudo Alien and take the ride of a lifetime with an extraterrestrial blend of our favorite American hops, producing notes of pineapple, orange zest, and layers of tropical fruit.
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Ratings by cmsfish:
Rated by cmsfish from Minnesota
4.73/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Today at 06:08 AM
4.73/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Today at 06:08 AM
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by SawDog505 from New Hampshire
4.5/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass canned on 4/20/26. Pours a very attractive hazy yellow orange with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves thick streaks of lace with excellent retention. 4.5
Aroma is peach, mandarin, mango, guava, passionfruit, and apricot. 4.5
Taste follows peach, mandarin, guava, mango, passionfruit, and apricot. 4.5
Mouthfeel is above medium, soft gentle carbonation, not sticky or dry, and a 7.6% debatable if it should be called a NEDIPA or NEIPA, bigger flavor but easy going down. 4.5
Overall I am really enjoying this one. 4.5
Yesterday at 02:39 PMAroma is peach, mandarin, mango, guava, passionfruit, and apricot. 4.5
Taste follows peach, mandarin, guava, mango, passionfruit, and apricot. 4.5
Mouthfeel is above medium, soft gentle carbonation, not sticky or dry, and a 7.6% debatable if it should be called a NEDIPA or NEIPA, bigger flavor but easy going down. 4.5
Overall I am really enjoying this one. 4.5
Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
4.38/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
16 oz can into a pint glass.
L: Pours a Hazy dirty gold color with a 1/4" white head that recedes thinner, low carbo, medium-thick random scattered sticky lacing.
S: Tropical, caramel malts, wheat, distant berries.
T: Tropical fruits, orange, wheat, citrus, pineapple, a hint of citrus pith, grapefruit zest, lightly sweet and very gently tart, has a light funky dankness.
F: Smooth medium heavy bodied mouthfeel with a medium long gently dry finish.
O: A very awesome tasting beer. It drinks like a 7.8% beer and feels like it as well. A superb blend of tastes and has a great feel and aroma. It is outstanding.
Tuesday at 03:31 PML: Pours a Hazy dirty gold color with a 1/4" white head that recedes thinner, low carbo, medium-thick random scattered sticky lacing.
S: Tropical, caramel malts, wheat, distant berries.
T: Tropical fruits, orange, wheat, citrus, pineapple, a hint of citrus pith, grapefruit zest, lightly sweet and very gently tart, has a light funky dankness.
F: Smooth medium heavy bodied mouthfeel with a medium long gently dry finish.
O: A very awesome tasting beer. It drinks like a 7.8% beer and feels like it as well. A superb blend of tastes and has a great feel and aroma. It is outstanding.
Reviewed by blueshawk69 from Kansas
3.77/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Canned 4/20/26. Again, not a 2x IMO at only 7.6%, well balanced; thickish haze; medium hoppiness; good mouthfeel; a subtle citrusy/fruity/juicy/pineappley/slightly tropical flavor and a quick-fading aftertaste. Very quaffable.
May 16, 2026
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
4.18/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Received a can from @jzeilinger 4-24-26. Canned 3-31-26; consumed 5-13-26. Cold stored since acquisition. Thank you Jeff!
Beer poured hazy orange with a very nice long lasting white head.
Nose has notes of tropical and citrus fruits.
Taste is a near imperial sized pale malt base that does a really nice job working with the hops that bring a pineapple theme with some orange. Back end gives a a lingering but balancing zest finish; 6/10 on my bitterness scale.
Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied and smooth.
Overall, in some brew's pineapple comes across too sweet or too rindy but TG has dialed in the addition nicely.
May 13, 2026Beer poured hazy orange with a very nice long lasting white head.
Nose has notes of tropical and citrus fruits.
Taste is a near imperial sized pale malt base that does a really nice job working with the hops that bring a pineapple theme with some orange. Back end gives a a lingering but balancing zest finish; 6/10 on my bitterness scale.
Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied and smooth.
Overall, in some brew's pineapple comes across too sweet or too rindy but TG has dialed in the addition nicely.
Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
4.03/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On tap at Sabatinis in Exeter pa this lunchtime.
Standard hazy look. Though head doesn't last, it does leave strong lacing. Good fruity hoppy aroma. On tasting, warming, somewhat bitter, full in the mouth. Finish is warming, light fruit hops.
Overall, was excited to try this collaboration, and it's good, but a little underwhelming. Seems more Pseudo than Alien
May 01, 2026Standard hazy look. Though head doesn't last, it does leave strong lacing. Good fruity hoppy aroma. On tasting, warming, somewhat bitter, full in the mouth. Finish is warming, light fruit hops.
Overall, was excited to try this collaboration, and it's good, but a little underwhelming. Seems more Pseudo than Alien
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