Jingle Crush
Moonraker Brewing Co.

 

 

Canned 11/15/22; drank 1/24/23 @ Roadrunner Lodge.

Opaque yellow/orange appearance.

A rough pour yielded a big off-white head; decent lace.

Orange citrus, pineapple & cane sugar notes in the nose.

Creamy medium mouthfeel.

Pineapple, dry grass & orange peel flavors; maybe a hint of smoke?

Bold, flavorful and a bit odd. Interesting!

 

Can poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass

A: Pours hazy golden yellow with a frothy off white head that slowly settles to a firm layer and laces nicely.

S: Bright citrus, tropical fruit, a little resinous pine, a bit grassy, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.

T: Quick hit of resinous pine, immediately followed with citrus, orange, lemon, lime, and ripe grapefruit, some tropical and stone fruit, passion fruit, apricot, peach, and mango, a bit grassy, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.

M: Medium body, moderate carbonation, somewhat soft on the palate.

O: Nice citrusy hazy pale ale.

Pours a cloudy OJ color with two fingers of near-white head. Decent retention gives way to soap bubble lacing.

Huge orange and cream in the nose, with some very slight toast beneath.

Much less fruity and creamy tasting. While there’s definitely still some citrus and cream, the light toast is more front-and-center here, coupled with a mild, grassy bitterness on the backend.

Full bodied for an APA with bubbly carbonation.

This one’s quite tasty and the aroma is next level. Probably wouldn’t be categorized as a Christmas beer most places, but hey, neither would have Celebration Ale back in the day. California, dude.

 

Canned 11/25/19 - poured into a teku flass.
L: moderate pour produced a small foamy head but with very nice looking bubbles and solid lacing. Color is a dull yellow and opaque.
S: papaya comes through first with hints of lychee candy and maybe mango. I really like the nose here, not getting really any citrus which is actually nice. Without knowing, I am curious of the hop profile.
T: the lychee candy I get first and the taste is slighter sweeter than expected by the nose but a great overall flavor.
F: medium to full body, which is surprising but a nice tart/dry finish.
O: excellent hazy pale ale from MR. These guys knock it out of the park with everything. While this isn't my good to style, I am really enjoying this.

 

 

Very light and juicy. Fantastic flavor. Canned 11/25. Drank on 11/30

Appearance - Pours hazy and yellow in color with a white, near finger width head. Fair retention, resulting in a thin, consistent layer of suds, thickening up around the edge of the glass. Nice lacing with thick webbing decorating much of the glass.

Smell - Light citrus aroma, like a mix of ruby red grapefruit and lemon. Not much else.

Taste - Follows the nose. Not much punch to the flavor; it's light and delicate, with hints of juicy red grapefruit and lemon. Maybe a touch of mango or guava. Mild spice bite. Finish lingers with a trace of citrus essence.

Mouthfeel - Light-to-medium in body with fair carbonation. Slick, easy drinker with a crisp, slightly dry finish. Crushable as advertised.

Overall - Not much flavor; what's there is nice. Really smooth drinker though.

 

 

Poured from the tap at the brewery into a logo free pint glass, this beer was light straw with a medium haze and thin white head. In the nose is a hint of Mango but predominately Grapefruit. Mouth feel was light with the promise of a refreshing white grapefruit cleanse then the Simcoe, tempered by the Amarillo hops kicks in for the finish. Slight residual sweetness balanced nicely with the hop load.