Reissue: Galaxy
Ocelot Brewing Company

 

 

Sampled at brewery 6/9/16.

L: 2F+ head, clear, light gold, moderate retention down to lacing and ring

S: lots of peach and melon, light cracker malt

T: mellow peach and melon, cracker malt, mild bitterness on finish

F: light bodied, medium carbonation, crisp very drinkable good construction and balance

O: very solid and refreshing APA,

 

 

 

 

 

From a fresh growler, pours a lovely pale gold with greenish highlights. Two fingers of bright white foam leaves streaks of lacing that stick to the glass.

Smell is initially citrus: orange, grapefruit and lemon, then grassy notes and savory herbs. Taste follows, with some pine resin coming in toward the nicely bitter finish. No malt evident at all that I can detect. Feel is a little on the thin and watery side, but with a beer this good, it's maybe nitpicking.

Overall a fantastic APA, with a ridiculous amount of flavor packed in. Once again, Ocelot does not disappoint.

 

On tap at brewery:
Lovely looking pale golden beer with a bit of haze. Tight head that provides lovely lacing, and froths like a crashing wave with a swirl of the glass.

Nose is muted but some tropical floral notes seem to rise up. A swirl opens up the fruity notes, but they are more of the peel and pith and rind of a fruit than the flesh. Evidence of bitterness to come??

Grassy and pithy are the main bitter notes I get, and I get them up front and pretty strong. There's only a light cracker grain note to stand up against these. Orange and the lighter hint at pineapple are the actual fruit notes I perceive (more than directly taste). The Galaxy hop profile calls for passionfruit, which I canget in more obvious examples, but not sure in this beer. Feel is medium light, with fairly caressing carbonation.

A little more straight bitter than I'd like, though a fairly straightforward brew. Maybe a little more malt balance would help for me.