Space Camper IPA Saga - Major Volta
Boulevard Brewing Co.

 

Appearance: A bit hazy and honey-colored with a medium-small, near white head.

Smell: Candied orange-grapefruit with jackfruit, sweet cake soaked in alcohol.

Taste: Citrusy and sugary with some tropical tastes. Sponge cake dressed with a golden syrup glaze infused with hooch. Minimal bitterness at best. Warming alcohol with an ultra faint spiciness on the finish combining tastes of cooked jackfruit and stonefruit.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.

Overall: Pass. A bit too sweet for me. I caught myself a couple times doing the "ugh too sugary" shudder. You know what I'm talkin' about.

 

 

Apppearance: Pours a clear, medium and deep, but somewhat bright orange color with a moderate white head. SRM of 11. (4.00)

Aroma: Mild aromas of grapefruit, citrus, some bitter peach, and slight pineapple and pine notes. Combination of grapefruit, unripened pineapple and peach.

Flavor: The flavor follows with some grapefruit, peach, and pineapple upfront. This follows with a sweet and cloying citrus and malt body. Some sweet peach and pineapple on the end. Possibly some candied malts.

Feel: Heavy-bodied. Moderate carbonation. Finishes sweet as expected.

Compared to Lagunitas Super Cluster IPA 10/27/21: Pours a darker color. Midler aromas/flavor. More grapefruit and herbs. Less orange citrus and pine. Winner: Super Cluster

Overall: A pretty standard imperial IPA, which means too sweet for my opinion. This one has a strong ABV, but sacrifices the flavor for it unfortunately. Some grapefruit, pineapple, and peach, but overall surpassed by the sweet and cloying malt profile. Bring down the ABV 2-3% and add more flavor and hops would be my advice on this one. Not terrible, but as expected. (Final Rating: 3.51)

 

 

 

Pour: Hazy copper.
Nose: Bready goodness, underlying hops.
Taste: Tropical fruit mix with tasty malts w/ the slightest medicinal aspect in aftertaste.
Feel: Full but crisp with bitterness.
Overall: A tasty imperial ipa that satisfies my want for a dipa that isn’t as fruit-forward as the hazy trend offers.

12oz can. Poured out a clear golden, orange color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of citrus, grapefruit, pineapple, toasted caramel and pine. Nice tropical fruit taste with a piney bitterness and sweet caramel backbone.

Can pour- orange blossom honey color with thick white head leaving moderate frosty lacing. Nose is mild and sweet with pine and citrus. Taste follows with bit of mild malt and a low key finish that hints of alcohol. Easy drinker.

Packaged six 2121. Best Buy November 1821. Pretty good offering from a very good outfit. Doesn’t quite have enough to stand out in this class. A bit too sweet for me without some interesting counterpart.
L: drinking from the can and the can is supercool.
S; Aroma is mild. Sweet citrus. Not too much else going on
T: again kind of mild. Tropical fruits. Caramel. No significant bitterness. I am OK with it but definitely not rocking my world
F: rich and resiny.
O: can’t Exactly say what’s wrong about it. I kind a like it but I don’t think I’ll seek it out. I was hoping to find a beer I would seek out. Maybe Next time.

Space Camper pours an amber color, a short lived head, a little carbonation and a whole lot of suspension. It's a good smelling beer because of the malt. The pine blends in and it's interesting. A little bit sweet and a little bit bitter it tastes different. Flowery, piney and malty. It's giving me that teeth sucking, tongue licking, lip smacking mouthfeel. Overall it's an interesting IPA that the malty pine juice BAs should try. The sweetness in it makes it good. It kinda rests on your tongue.
I should try this again. I found a lonesome can. Best By 18NOV2021

 

Canned on 6/21/21. 12oz can poured into a tulip. Pours a burnt golden with a subtle haze; lots of sediment/floaties; fluffy off-white head that fades leaving nice retention and lacing. The aromas are malt forward along with some breads and caramel. Mild hints of tropical fruits along with some floral notes. The flavors have some hints of pineapple, orange and grapefruit. More caramel. Some black pepper in the mix giving it a mild spiciness. It's slightly resinous. There's a little sweetness to this one, but the bitterness comes through as well. It's bittersweet. Solid malt backbone. Mild warmth in the finish. Finishes juicy and dry at the same time. Mouthfeel is nice. It's on the lighter side of full-bodied with moderate to active carbonation. It's sharp, fluffy and smooth.

This is an okay DIPA. The craftsmanship is on point, but I'm personally not crazy about the aromas and flavors. The aromas aren't bad, but are simply mild. The flavors aren't bad, but don't come together, in my opinion. Boulevard makes some great beers, but this is a rare miss for me. It's definitely not bad, "offensive" or anything like that though.

Pours a very effervescent honey color with 2 fingers of rocky ivory colored head. Nice head retention & lacing

S: Passion fruit, breadyness, fades once warm

T: Passion fruit, Kiwi Fruit & dryness up front, a little tangerine as well. Some pineapple notes mix with passion fruit & dryness, plus a little cakeyness. Finishes like pineapple cake

MF: Medium body, moderate carbonation, good balance

Solid, very drinkable, not quite a rotation beer for this style, but close. ABV is stealth