When I picked this up, I was sure that I had already tried this. I checked, and I had something called Florida Man that was from Cigar City, but that was the double IPA. You can only see the "to the moon" part of Florida Man if you look really hard. As soon as I saw the moonscape, I assumed that this was going to have Galaxy hops, but I have been fooled before. Well, I'm not fooled this time. This has Galaxy hops. This should be entertaining.
This beer pours an absolutely hazy orange with a thick and sticky white head of mixed bubbles that leaves copious lacing in its wake. This looks like a fantastic beer. The aroma seeps out of the top of the glass to the point that I don't even need to lean in to know what this smells like. Tropical fruits abound, and their tartness is palpable. I enjoy the very act of smelling this beer from afar, and I fully expect to enjoy tasting it.
First sip is thick and rich with sweetness from the fruits dazzling the tongue before a tartness takes hold well after the beer is gone from the mouth. It's not a harsh tartness, and it's not a sickly sweetness. The combination of the two sensations along with the tropical fruits in the hops make the sip an adventure, and for some reason the sip feels heavy like a swig. I'm not sure what magic they're using, but I'm hoping it comes out even better in a full swig.
Tip-in is mild carbonation with tangerine and nectarine up front above a smooth candied malt. The middle is suspiciously smooth with the heavy fruits and restraining malt doing a fantastic job of balancing each other out while the heaviness that I detected in the sip transfers itself to an even heavier feeling in the gulp. This isn't just a thirst quenching beer, this is a filling beer. The finish is more tropical fruits as they turn slightly tart toward the trail off.
4.0/5