Sails Meeting
Moonraker Brewing Co.

 

Such a nice beer! It’s fruitful, smooth and intoxicating. Really great!

 

 

 

Look: Hazy and thick and nice off white head with a bunch of lacing.
Smell: Tropical fruits, mango, pineapple and a really good amount of melon.
Taste: Tropical fruits and melon and a hint of hopiness.
Feel: Medium-bodied, with the right amount of carb. Super soft feel and a great dry finish.
Taste: Excellent Imperial IPA.

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a very hazy, medium golden amber with a fine, two finger white head with great retention and thick lacing; looks nice. Aroma of mildly caramel malt, citrus and tropical hops, orange, pineapple, light stone fruit, mango and a hint of graperfruit. Flavor follows, with caramel malt, citrus and tropical hops with a little dankness, orange, lemon, pineapple, mango, dried mixed tropical fruit. Moderate hop bitterness and some toffee in the finish. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. I picked this up expecting it was a new brewery to me, but I see I tried (and liked) one of their stouts a while ago. The hazy pour was cause for trepidation, but the caramel and excellent fruit mixture in the aroma gave me hope, which was rewarded because this has a moderate bitterness that makes all the difference to me for appreciation of hazy IPAs. The profile is West Coast hybrid hazy/traditional IPA with caramel malt and West Coast citrus flavors as well as some very nicely selected tropical fruit. Lots of hop depth as typical of dry hopped hazies. I really like the estery fruit flavors and reasonable hop bitterness in the finish. Looks, smells and tastes great, which is particularly impressive since this appears to be a months old can; it's held up very well. Two beers into tasting this brewery makes me interested in trying more.

Can, shared at Beer Temple. Canned Sept. 19. Pours a cloudy golden color and a small white head. Aroma's of fruit, dank hops, some sweetness. Flavor is moderate sweet, fruity, light bitter. Medium bodied. Long finish, slightly dry, moderate bitter.

 

Subdued trop-hoppy nose on this one. Taste follows with a sweet tropical hoppy bitterness on the swallow. The juiciness
adds to the good depth and feel.