Bridge Road Galaxy IPA

Brewed by Bridge Road Brewers
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Beechworth, Australia

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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UPDATED: SEP 30, 2011 Bottle 330ml, 2010 version. Great beer, very well balanced. Aromas of grass, citrus, and caramel. Taste is nicely bitter, with sweet notes, some acidity, and very long length. Palate is velvety, and medium bodied. Amber colour, cloudy, with a thin frothy head.

The hop bitterness is just right, a little spicey mixed with resin. The finish is just long enough to enjoy without overpowering any food you are eating. Aroma is freshly crushed herbs and where the malt is most noticeable. Great with chilli con carne or olive and cheese. Mouth felt clean but not too dry afterward.

From a 330ml bottle on 23/12/2011. Pours a murky golden/copper with a big head. Has a tremendous, powerful aroma of passionfruit and mango. The flavour is not quite as big, but still very nice. You get sweet fruit (peach, orange and more mango), some caramel malt, and a decent, though not over the top, grapefruity hop finish. I’ve found Bridge Road beers generally disappointing but this one is excellent (as is their Stella single hop).

Pours a cloudy dark copper color with a good off-white head that fades slowly to nice lacing. Aroma of grapefruit with a hint of pine, fresh grain and a bit of malt sweetness in the background. Taste of grapefruit with a bit of pine. Light caramel sweetness with fresh grain. Good bitterness and a clean finish. Medium body, crisp, clean and refreshing. Nicely balanced. This beer hit the spot. well worth a try.

355 ml bottle @ Beer Temple, Amsterdam. Rated on 24.2.2013.
Pours a hazy golden colour with a white head. Aroma of floral hops, mandarin orange and kiwi. Flavour is well balanced with notes of strong floral hops, sweet fruits, pine, herbs and sweetness. Medium bodied, slick mouthfeel and a clean, high bitter and fruity finish. I wish I could get this every day.

Bottle 330ml.

ABV: 4.8%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, citrus, light orange - citrus, leather notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120419]

Bottle 33 cl, Slowbeer. Pours clear copper amber with a big fluffy beige head leaving nice laces. Aroma is sweet, bready, citric, piny, grapefruit and malty. Flavor is pungent, bitter, fruity, citric, grapefruit, dry and malty. Finishes dry, fruity and bitter. Very nice indeed.

I’ll start with a few words of advice, that really should be on the packaging - this beer is unfiltered, and is best served by pouring 4/5 into a glass, then swooshing the bottle around to stir up the sediment and to form a head. Then, you’re greeted by a murky amber gold, with thin tan foam. Smells wonderful; Passionfruit, elderflower, guava, cassis. Honey and caramel above wattle & lemon myrtle on the palate, before the hops take the reins and drive the long, floral, dry and spicy finish. A big step towards redemption, both in style & execution. Just gets better and better as it warms up.

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours cloudy copper with a small white head. Aroma is very fruity and floral. Passionfruit, orange, lychee, flowers. Honey and caramel back the taste which is domintaed by passionfruit. Nice hop indeed

From 330 ml bottle, poured a deep hazy amber with a tight white head. Pine and tropical fruit on the nose. Taste is surprisingly malt-driven, with some deep caramel flavours dominating up front. The hops kick in after that, with passionfruit, lemon and pine resin coming through. Not as aggressively bitter as I was expecting, but shows good hop characters. Good body with an oily texture. Nice long palate. Decent English-style IPA.