Puzzle Dust
Moonraker Brewing Co.
- From:
- Moonraker Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #281 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #14,724 - Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 7.92%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 12, 2026
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Citra Cryo, Citra, Comet
IBU 20
IBU 20
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Reviewed by RyanK252 from California
4.02/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass
A: Pours lightly hazy golden straw yellow with a frothy off white head that settles to a firm layer and laces nicely.
S: Tropical and stone fruit mixed with ripe citrus, light floral notes, faintly grassy, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.
T: Ripe citrus, tangerine plus hints of grapefruit and lemon, tropical and stone fruit, passion fruit, mango, apricot, and peach, a touch floral, subtle grassy notes, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.
M: On the lighter side of medium body, moderate carbonation, soft on the palate.
O: Nice easy drinking hazy pale ale.
Mar 22, 2024A: Pours lightly hazy golden straw yellow with a frothy off white head that settles to a firm layer and laces nicely.
S: Tropical and stone fruit mixed with ripe citrus, light floral notes, faintly grassy, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.
T: Ripe citrus, tangerine plus hints of grapefruit and lemon, tropical and stone fruit, passion fruit, mango, apricot, and peach, a touch floral, subtle grassy notes, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.
M: On the lighter side of medium body, moderate carbonation, soft on the palate.
O: Nice easy drinking hazy pale ale.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.28/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Taster at brewery. Looks like grapefruit juice. Aroma and taste resemeble the juice too. I could have this with my breakfast. Light, citrus, grapefruit peel
Dec 01, 2022
Rated by entheos from California
3.27/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Acidic, soapy and off taste. Not very good
Feb 16, 2021
Reviewed by GRinCH from California
4.02/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured a very hazy dull yellow with a very light head. The smell of a lot of citrus; grapefruit, some guava and mango too. Tastes very similar to the smell with a slight tang to it. Finishes clean and crisp carbonation very small bitterness. Great brew, I can see myself having this beer daily.
Feb 15, 2020
Reviewed by jvgoor3786 from Arkansas
4.25/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a very light yellow with a fizzy head.
The smell is strongly citrus.
The taste is loaded with citrus - grapefruit and orange - with a touch of pine on the finish.
The mouthfeel is fairly thin and fizzy but goes well with the flavors. No hop burn or excessive bitterness.
Overall a delicious beer.
Jul 04, 2019The smell is strongly citrus.
The taste is loaded with citrus - grapefruit and orange - with a touch of pine on the finish.
The mouthfeel is fairly thin and fizzy but goes well with the flavors. No hop burn or excessive bitterness.
Overall a delicious beer.
Reviewed by deleted_user_950283
4.35/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Bright opaque yellow pour, minimal head. Nose bright orange, lemon, and grapefruit. Taste follows with tangerine, lemon and orange pez, grapefruit, Tang, lemonade, and Gatorade. Mouthfeel is moderate. Overall a phenomenal NEPA.
Jul 01, 2019
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.91/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This was the 4th beer in a 6 beer flight at Moonraker. I think I pretty much went for all the beers I hadn't had before on this flight. Seemed to be higher in the lighter pale ales, single ipas and wheat beers than usual from Moonraker's heavy dipa lineup.
Pours a dull yellow and chicken broth kind of color and appearance, 1/3" white head. Not exactly a sexy appearance. Aroma does pop hard on those Citra hops. Good blend of citrus, tropical and stone fruit fuzziness here.
Nice low abv and malt heft here with a plethora of different hop tastes going on. Lighter allows more diversity of what the palate can pick up hop wise it seems. The comet stands nicely here, not used enough for bittering, even if it squarely falls into that old school C hop (grapefruit) bitterness, it is good companion in this instance. The hazy body gives it kind of a lower carbonation feel (or maybe it is lower in fact). Its pretty good stuff and I'd buy a 4 pack of it for the golf course any day.
Jan 04, 2019Pours a dull yellow and chicken broth kind of color and appearance, 1/3" white head. Not exactly a sexy appearance. Aroma does pop hard on those Citra hops. Good blend of citrus, tropical and stone fruit fuzziness here.
Nice low abv and malt heft here with a plethora of different hop tastes going on. Lighter allows more diversity of what the palate can pick up hop wise it seems. The comet stands nicely here, not used enough for bittering, even if it squarely falls into that old school C hop (grapefruit) bitterness, it is good companion in this instance. The hazy body gives it kind of a lower carbonation feel (or maybe it is lower in fact). Its pretty good stuff and I'd buy a 4 pack of it for the golf course any day.
Reviewed by jakecattleco from California
4.24/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.24/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Day old growlette poured into a nonic pint.
L: Pours hazy dirty yellow bronze with 1 finger of medium density white head with limited retention and left limited spotted lacing.
S: Nice tropical nose, plenty of mango and cantaloupe, undertones of grapefruit and guava.
T: Less dynamic than the nose, but follows the profile well but more citrus prominence. Finishes with limited bitterness and moderate astringency, hangs on the palate a bit.
F: Medium bodied, lower carbonation, creamy on the tongue with a faint tingling from astringency, silky on the swallow. Feels bigger than a typical 5% APA.
O: Really nice hazy APA, would definitely have again just ideally wanted the taste a bit more dynamic.
Aug 11, 2018L: Pours hazy dirty yellow bronze with 1 finger of medium density white head with limited retention and left limited spotted lacing.
S: Nice tropical nose, plenty of mango and cantaloupe, undertones of grapefruit and guava.
T: Less dynamic than the nose, but follows the profile well but more citrus prominence. Finishes with limited bitterness and moderate astringency, hangs on the palate a bit.
F: Medium bodied, lower carbonation, creamy on the tongue with a faint tingling from astringency, silky on the swallow. Feels bigger than a typical 5% APA.
O: Really nice hazy APA, would definitely have again just ideally wanted the taste a bit more dynamic.
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