Dusting For Prints
Moonraker Brewing Co.

Here's a beer I haven't had in years but am yet to do a review until now. The sticker from one of these cans sits on a storage unit on the sheriff's property yard. Branding on point.

Pours a hazy appearance, yellow in color when poured into a 1959 Marquette jersey pint glass making a full one inch of white headspace. The aroma is all Citra hops. Orange and tangerine.

Taste and mouthfeel wise, is one of the sweeter non lactose pale ales out there. The Citra hop delivers over a typical hazy wheat and oats supplementing base. You better like oranges if you want to crush a 4 pack of this. Its pretty simple and straightforward, and you may find yourself listening to Steve Miller band thinking, Keep Rockin' Me Baby. I wouldn't judge you if you did. I think just about all the breweries are doing a mega Citra single hop hazy ipa these days, this is Moonraker's "Julius" moment if you will. And why shouldn't they? The bitterness is subdued as was the style at the time.

 

Cloudy amberish brew with abundant foam in the narrow Kölsch glass. The aroma is quite nice and fruity, though nothing like beer. It's a fruity, peach-flavored concoction with a heavy dose of orange peel. This is extremely sweet and reminds me exactly of the "heavy syrup" that canned peaches come in. It starts our borderline drinkable, but I am getting queasy with the sugar and bitter bite. I don't care for this trend of some breweries labeling their beers as "India Pale Ales" when they're hazy NE style. I do notice a lot of California and Northwest breweries are taking the trouble of including "West Coast IPA" on the label. From the 16 oz can purchased at the beer store. Dated a month ago, 11/29/23.

 

great taste of the citra hops love single hopped beers you can really get the taste of the different hops

16oz can from Tavour. Hazy yellow gold, thin foamy white head. Sweet, fruity aroma, citrus, grapefruit zest. Taste is citrusy, zesty, dry. Light sweetness, mild bitterness.

Can poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass

A: Pours hazy golden orange amber with a frothy off white head that settles to thin layer and leaves some light spotty lacing.

S: Ripe tropical and stone fruit, some citrus, a touch of spicy pine, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.

T: Juicy, big tropical and stone fruit, mango, passion fruit, peach, and apricot, citrus, orange, lemon, and lime, a touch of spicy pine, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.

M: Medium body, moderately lively carbonation, soft on the palate.

O: Straight Citra juice; everything that entails, but nothing more. It's delicious, but I wouldn't mind a little more complexity.

 

 

 

 

Picked up a single from Kings Beer & Wine in Phoenix on 1-16-20 for $5.89. Canned on 1-3-2020. Consumed on1-31-2020.

Beer poured a cloudy orange with a very nice white head that is leaving lacing behind.

Nose has some orange and mango, nice but nothing overly pungent.

Taste is a very nice refreshing blend of orange and mango over a light moderate malt base. Finishes with the lightest touch of pulp; 4/10 on my bitterness scale.

Mouthfeel is very light and refreshing yet extremely silky smooth.

Overall a very nice NEIPA, glad to have tried.

 

 

Sweet, orange citrus, and hoppy aromatics on this one! Taste follows with classic Citra hop characteristics and orange citrus notes with a floral vibe. The floral notes were a little unexpected on an all Citra IPA. This is tasty, but a little thin for my palate.