Rating 90
Style NEIPA
Produced In United States
ABV 5.4%
Availability Year Round
Reviewed By
Reviewed 2020-12-17

River Rat Astronaut Sauce Review

As recently as a decade ago, a NEIPA from South Carolina would have been an anomaly, even an impossibility. But like Elon Musk sending men to space in less time than we could say “International Space Station,” the NEIPA has proven itself untethered by geographical boundaries. And like humans making video calls from space, Astronaut Sauce momentarily amazed us with its spot-on hazy and juicy qualities. Citrus and peach aromas (Amarillo, Citra, Bitter Gold, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops) spin in orbit around the pale and pilsner malt base, as well as flaked wheat and oat.

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River Rat Astronaut Sauce
As recently as a decade ago, a NEIPA from South Carolina would have been an anomaly, even an impossibility. But like Elon Musk sending men to space in less time than we could say “International Space Station,” the NEIPA has proven itself untethered by geographical boundaries. And like humans making video calls from space, Astronaut Sauce momentarily amazed us with its spot-on hazy and juicy qualities. Citrus and peach aromas (Amarillo, Citra, Bitter Gold, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops) spin in orbit around the pale and pilsner malt base, as well as flaked wheat and oat.

Reviewed On: 12-17-2020
90
POINTS
River Rat Astronaut Sauce
As recently as a decade ago, a NEIPA from South Carolina would have been an anomaly, even an impossibility. But like Elon Musk sending men to space in less time than we could say “International Space Station,” the NEIPA has proven itself untethered by geographical boundaries. And like humans making video calls from space, Astronaut Sauce momentarily amazed us with its spot-on hazy and juicy qualities. Citrus and peach aromas (Amarillo, Citra, Bitter Gold, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops) spin in orbit around the pale and pilsner malt base, as well as flaked wheat and oat.

Reviewed On: 12-17-2020