Galactic Vagabond
Lord Hobo Brewing Company

 

Found in the fridge after returning from vacation, house sitter or friend left two of them.

Absolutely minging.

Sour. Harsh. Nothing bout it makes it pleasant to drink.

I need to type more characters.

Maybe hobos like it? Seems like the kind of beer we find in gas stations in 20oz cans.

Lord Ranger?

Voodoo Hobo?

Lord Hobo Brewing Co. "Galactic Vagabond"
16 fl. oz. can coded "CANNED ON: 04/12/24 11:47:05". Sampled on 06/9/24
$14.99/4-pk @ Cherry Hill Wine, Liquor & Beer, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: A cloudy golden body rests gently beneath a creamy head of white foam. The aroma expresses a sweetish and grainy maltiness with hoppy tropical fruits. Peach, pineapple, melon, and soft orange are the main notes with some papaya, guava, and apricot backing it up. That's not to say that it's a bright aroma because it's not, but it's clear enough, and I don't see that as a fault because this is a double IPA with a whole lot of malt going on. On to the taste... whoah, that's nice. It appears that everything found in the nose remains but let me run through it and look for anything else... yeah, I'm still getting a lot of peach, orange, honeydew melon, pineapple, apricot, guava, and apricot. Very nice! There's also some lemon, rose or asiatic lily, spruce or pine... ... strawberry! ... ... and soft grapefruit. Again, these don't jump out at you but they're all there, and easy to find, but wrapped up in a blanket of sweet maltiness. I'm pretty impressed as this is 9% and I don't really get that much alcohol. There's some, and a light touch of acidic "hop burn", and in combination with a moderate bitterness that's enough to dry it in the finish. It's medium-full in body and gently carbonated for a smooth mouthfeel. All in all this is a very nice and complex but not overwhelming or distracting double IPA that's great for sipping at. Nicely done!
Review #9,001

Just a great DIPA. It's everything you're looking for in a DIPA. I would like a lower ABV of this so I could drink a little more.

Canned on 6-2-23. Personified Peace loving Hop cone in mirror shades fronting a city scape back drop in hues of plum and burnt orange.
Cloudy but not murky, opaque amber color, dense white head with great cling that draped the glass as it slumped and dissipated in the middle.
Subtle but beautifully balanced aroma of floral perfume and fresh wort grain, dinner rolls with honey.
The flavor is a creeper - like a ghost pepper hiding in sour cream. Rich malt up front with fruit flavors of melon and peach are followed long after by sharp hop notes of grapefruit and black pepper. 9% abv is not even noticeable, and the body is never heavy - medium plus at best and the flavor balanced and not over bitter or cloying.
Truly a remarkable beer even if it isn't clear - unfiltered at it's best and not over hazed and adjunctified.
The finish is long and warm, more pepper and grassy burps.
Oh.... there's the 9%!

Pours a lightly hazy golden color with a 1F head and moderate lacing.

Smells of slightly dank grassy, piney hops with citrus.

Tastes of sweet malt, tart grapefruit, lemon, mango and honeydew melon with a moderately bitter, boozy warm finish.

Medium heavy body with light carbonation. Lush syrupy mouthfeel.

This is a big, heady, heavy, hoppy brew !

 

full of hops ipa great hoppy flavors in every sip a beer to go bsck to

Picked-up a four-pack of cans at Luke's in Plymouth for about sixteen dollars. My fourteenth brew from these guys. Canned on date of 4/18/23. Very nice, does not drink like a 9% ABV.

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a hazy orange juice color with a one finger head of puffy white foam. The head has a decent level of retention, fading fast leaving a bit of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is quite heavy of a grapefruit and herbal smell mixed with other aromas of a bready and doughy smell. Mixed with these aromas comes some smells pineapple and peach as well as a touch of hay.
Taste – The taste begins with a bready malt flavor mixed with lots of grapefruit and herbal hop. There are other flavors of a light tangerine and orange there as well, mixing with the rest and giving a nice dankness. As the taste advances further lots of pine and hay join in, with the fruit flavors getting stronger, and with a touch of alcohol, one is left with a dank and creamy taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is super thick and chewy with a carbonation level that is low. For the creamy body and dankness, the feel is rather and makes for a nice creamy sipper.
Overall – A nice, more dank, and thick double IPA. A good one to try if you have the opportunity.