Galatic Portal IPA
Rock Cut Brewing Company
- From:
- Rock Cut Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
Ranked #1,104 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #13,926 - Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 7.9%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 17, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 21, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by LifesAnesthesia from Virginia
4.27/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L - Hazy, opaque, straw yellow with a frothy white head that sticks around leaving behind some lacing
S - Pineapple and tropical fruit notes along with bright hops
T - follows the nose - pineapple and tropical fruit notes mixed well with soft hops, a good amount of malt, biscuit
F - medium, leaning on full bodied with moderate, soft carbonation
O - a solid hazy IPA
Sep 17, 2024S - Pineapple and tropical fruit notes along with bright hops
T - follows the nose - pineapple and tropical fruit notes mixed well with soft hops, a good amount of malt, biscuit
F - medium, leaning on full bodied with moderate, soft carbonation
O - a solid hazy IPA
Rated by TCPT from Kansas
4.19/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Very nice beer.
Sep 04, 2024Reviewed by whitro17 from Florida
4.06/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Look - pale gold, cloudy, bubbly head, scattered lacing
Smell - tropical, some ripe dankness, resin, pine, grassy
Taste - pineapple, peach, melon, resin
Feel - medium body, lower carbo, low bitterness
Overall - A big boy 32 oz can at 7.2% ABV. Tropical scent with a little dankness. Hits with tropical flavors of pineapple, peach, melon and pine resin. She's a bit flat in the mouthfeel with low bitterness. Solid IPA though. Pair her up with Have You Seen the Stars Tonite? by Jefferson Starship and enjoy the trip. Cheers!
May 18, 2024Smell - tropical, some ripe dankness, resin, pine, grassy
Taste - pineapple, peach, melon, resin
Feel - medium body, lower carbo, low bitterness
Overall - A big boy 32 oz can at 7.2% ABV. Tropical scent with a little dankness. Hits with tropical flavors of pineapple, peach, melon and pine resin. She's a bit flat in the mouthfeel with low bitterness. Solid IPA though. Pair her up with Have You Seen the Stars Tonite? by Jefferson Starship and enjoy the trip. Cheers!
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
4/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On draft at Rock Cut. Poured out a cloudy, hazy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy lace on the glass. It smelled of grapefruit, orange, pineapple and caramel. Sweet tropical fruit taste with toasted caramel and a piney bitterness.
Jul 16, 2023
Reviewed by SawDog505 from New Hampshire
4.29/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a 16 oz Snulip glass recently brewed, thinking in the last two weeks. Pours a hazy yellow orange with a finger plus sticky white head that leaves loads of webby lace. 4.5
Aroma is tangerine, pineapple, passionfruit, honeydew, and apricot. 4.25
Taste follows tangerine, pineapple, passionfruit, honeydew, and apricot. 4.25
Mouthfeel is above average, soft gentle carbonation, not sticky or dry, and at 6.7% it drinks with a little more flavor, really easy going down. 4.5
Overall this is a very nice NEIPA. I am very impressed with this brewery. Excellent example of this style and most west coast struggle with the look and feel, but this one was on point. 4.25
Jul 04, 2023Aroma is tangerine, pineapple, passionfruit, honeydew, and apricot. 4.25
Taste follows tangerine, pineapple, passionfruit, honeydew, and apricot. 4.25
Mouthfeel is above average, soft gentle carbonation, not sticky or dry, and at 6.7% it drinks with a little more flavor, really easy going down. 4.5
Overall this is a very nice NEIPA. I am very impressed with this brewery. Excellent example of this style and most west coast struggle with the look and feel, but this one was on point. 4.25
Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
3.63/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
It’s a hazy. Pours murky. Mango, lychee, peach purée on the nose and sip. Low bitterness. All around decent showcase. Enjoyed at the brewery. Drink fresh!
Jun 12, 2023Rated by emcf13
5/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Excellent IPA. One of a kind. Too bad they don't ship or sell them out side Colorado. Please consider that. Thanks.
Edgar
Dec 26, 2021Edgar
Reviewed by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee
3.71/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
1.5 month old growler enjoyed in the mountains.
Beautiful orange-gold body with light, attractive, glowing haze. Big head of soapy, bright-white, scoopable bubbles. Great looking IPA.
Mild but pleasant nose. Grassy and crackery with a little pine. Modest fruit aromas of citrus, nondescript tropical fruits, and melon. He melon vibe really increases as the beers warms, with some grape fruit and vine entering the picture late.
Taste follows with a slight juicy sweetness balanced by a nice pithy bitterness, but what’s there is a bit muddled. Not a lot of discernible fruit notes besides the grapefruit finish, but certainly on the juicy side. A little pedestrian but very drinkable and refreshing after a beautiful hike.
Medium-plus feel, nicely silky, coating, and a little chewy without being sticky. Proper carbonation.
Probably not something I would seek out again in different circumstances, but enjoyed sipping on some local flavors while in Estes Park.
Nov 20, 2021Beautiful orange-gold body with light, attractive, glowing haze. Big head of soapy, bright-white, scoopable bubbles. Great looking IPA.
Mild but pleasant nose. Grassy and crackery with a little pine. Modest fruit aromas of citrus, nondescript tropical fruits, and melon. He melon vibe really increases as the beers warms, with some grape fruit and vine entering the picture late.
Taste follows with a slight juicy sweetness balanced by a nice pithy bitterness, but what’s there is a bit muddled. Not a lot of discernible fruit notes besides the grapefruit finish, but certainly on the juicy side. A little pedestrian but very drinkable and refreshing after a beautiful hike.
Medium-plus feel, nicely silky, coating, and a little chewy without being sticky. Proper carbonation.
Probably not something I would seek out again in different circumstances, but enjoyed sipping on some local flavors while in Estes Park.
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
3.94/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look - nice hazy orange slight milky color
Smell - citrus ne smell
Taste - nice citrus tropical ne taste
Feel - medium full body with a slight creaminess and a medium light carb
Overall - really nice ne
Jul 03, 2021Smell - citrus ne smell
Taste - nice citrus tropical ne taste
Feel - medium full body with a slight creaminess and a medium light carb
Overall - really nice ne
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
4.02/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Went back to Smokin' Dave's in Estes Park, CO for lunch on 6-16-20 after a hike. Had a 22 oz serving for $8.00.
Beer was served a hazy pale yellow with a very nice white head.
Nose was fresh citrus and tropical fruit.
Taste follows the nose with passion fruit and pineapple are intertwined well with the oat, wheat, and barley malt base. Finishes with a touch of grapefruit zest to balance things out; 4/10 on my bitterness scale.
Mouthfeel was light to medium bodied and refreshing.
Overall a solid beer, glad our server recommended it.
Jun 17, 2020Beer was served a hazy pale yellow with a very nice white head.
Nose was fresh citrus and tropical fruit.
Taste follows the nose with passion fruit and pineapple are intertwined well with the oat, wheat, and barley malt base. Finishes with a touch of grapefruit zest to balance things out; 4/10 on my bitterness scale.
Mouthfeel was light to medium bodied and refreshing.
Overall a solid beer, glad our server recommended it.
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