Strange Magic
Moonraker Brewing Co.

 

 

Alright let's do this slightly unattractive looking beer review. Pours a murky hazy similar to when you blend yellow and brown mustard. I guess if there is a strange magic, its how this unsightly appearance can be so nice tasting. I guess their ability to make dipas taste like they don't have alcohol is another one. But this is a single ipa so it won't have that much of that kind of strange magic going for it. Thin head 1/5". Off white.

The aroma smacks of all Galaxy heavy sweet pineapple notes. Crazy part is, this has no Galaxy hops, so they get it out of largely El Dorado I suspect. When you talk heavy pineapple, there is Cellarmaker's dobis series, fieldwork's galaxy juice and now this. I'm sure there are more, but you know, my world. Its not pineapple juice, but its definitely a heavy hop handed pineapple like kick down. I tend not to prefer sweet hoppy beers, and this has some sweetness to it, but I dig it man.

 

 

 

Nice light golden super hazy with a decent white head. Peach forward tropical nose on this beer is quite nice. Tropical dank and sweet leaning with a slight bready finish along with very little bitterness, this is a decent mix here. Thicker body with slight yet prickly carbonation works just fine. 4.25 all around.

 

Can poured into a pint glass

A: Pours hazy golden amber with a frothy eggshell white head that settles to a firm layer and laces

S: Ripe tropical and stone fruit, a hint of melon, citrus, citrus, a little grassy, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.

T: Citrus, grapefruit, lemon lime, and tangerine, tropical and stone fruit, passion fruit, pineapple, apricot, peach, mango, and hints of watermelon and pear, a little pine, a bit grassy, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.

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

O: I'm usually not crazy about El Dorado hops, but they mix in very nicely here. Another winner from Moonraker.

 

 

Pours an opaque-murky orange with hue and saturation turned down. Head is a finger and a half of dense white foam that retains well. Aroma is peaches, apricots, grapefruit, orange, tangerine and guava with a little bready yeast behind. Flavor profile follows the same path, hitting notes of grapefruit, orange, tangerine, guava, apricots and peaches in a tropical fruit slurry. A little bready yeast along with resiny hops add a little further depth, but it's tropical fruits through and through. Mouth feel is medium in thickness with a lightly silty texture. Overall, dense tropical fruits that center a little more on the peachy, tangerine side than most.

Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 16oz can.

Quarantine day forty five: a lovely walk in the sunshine & a sixteen oz. can of IPA make isolation a bit better, no?

Very orange juice looking, standard mask for these NE IPA punks, with a nice nose of tangerine, pineapple, citrus.

Strange Magic is less sleep & more astral projection. Follows the nose with plenty of pineapple, citrus, & a mixed genre blend of other tropical madness. Mid-palate brings very slight dankness & grapefruit & stereotypical NE IPA sweetness, while the finish levels a moderately stabby bitterness that keeps this from going full raw sugar. Glad I split this with my wife.

A typical NE IPA with a touch more balancing bitterness & more nuanced fruitiness. Still too sweet

Murky yellow haze with a white cap and plenty of lacing, beautiful. Great hop spice aromas with supporting pineapple, mango, lemon zest, papaya, and grapefruit pith. Taste builds on what the nose foretold: add melon, orange, and pine, great balance of bitter and haze on the palate. Feel is hazy with a bitter hop textured finish, medium bodied, starts wet ends dry, very soft. Really nice again moonraker

 

 

Sweet orange/tangerine citrus and tropical hoppy nose on this one! Taste follows with a juicy, tropical hoppiness and a subtle citrus bitter finish. This has a nice and soft mouthfeel to it and decent depth for a single...good batch!