Sungazer W/ Galaxy
Charles Towne Fermentory

 

Received in a trade and shared with JLindros.

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice hazy pale golden hue with a thin white head that fades to leave light lacing and thin wisps as well as a creamy halo.

S - Big aromas of citrus zest and juicy oranges, flashes of generic tropical notes with the finish being rather papery green hops.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with nice citrus juices and hoppy bitterness. The orange and grapefruit are pleasant and sharp bitterness. There are good juicy hops but the finish here is really green hops.

M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, little creamy, decent bitterness.

O - Overall this was a solid enough ipa, decent galaxy notes but tons of green hops.

Serving Type: can

Thanks to rudzud
Pours a medium foamy creamy head with moderate retention, decent lacing, very hazy cloudy medium orange-gold-tan color

NOse reminds me of a Tree House style, loads of citrus and pineapple, generic tropical, pineapple orange juice, little orange zest, orange cream, tangerine like, creamy doughy malt and flaked oats, cereal grain, touch of papery mineral pulp, pineapple orange smoothie like

Taste brings more citrus, loads of orange pulp, little citrus oil and zest, more generic tropical fruit, some pineapple, again pineapple orange juice, more pithy malt, doughy creamy base malt with cereal grain, flaked oats, but a little papery like, juicy though, and little briney, drier mild sticky finish, fair bitterness lingering with low bitterness up front, finish is bitter rindy pithy like and gets a little bleh

Mouth is med bod, creamy juicy, medium foamy carb

Overall mixed, for a non New England brewery it was a pretty good NEIPA, but clear improvements could be done