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Mighty Gorgon
Our Rating: 3.31 / 5
Mighty Gorgon from Pulfer Brewery is a 5.6% pale ale built around dry-hopping with Krush, Ekuanot, and Citra. Expect pale colour, quick-fading foam, visible carbonation, and a hop profile led by citrus peel, pine, and soft tropical notes, with moderate bitterness, light body, and high drinkability across a full 500 ml can.
Beer Name: Mighty Gorgon
Brewery: Pulfer Brewery
Beer Style: American Pale Ale (New England Pale Ale)
Alcohol: 5.6%
Taste Notes: Citrus peel, pine, light tropical fruit, soft sweetness, clean bitterness
Serving: Can
Serving Size: 500 ml (16.9 fl. oz.)
Hop on the Gorgon Train
Mighty Gorgon is Pulfer doing fantasy with a straight face. The name goes hard, the typography leans even harder into jagged monster lettering, and the label art shows an armoured creature venting acid-green breath like it’s mid-attack. Beneath that, the can is pretty blunt: New England Pale Ale, 5.6%, 500 ml. That combination sets a very practical frame. At this strength and volume, the beer needs to stay coherent over time.
Pulfer also give us the lever that’s meant to do the heavy lifting: dry-hopping with Krush, Ekuanot, and Citra. Dry-hopping means the hops go in late, after the boil, so the point is aroma and flavour oils rather than extracting loads of bitterness. Citra tends to throw citrus peel and mango; Ekuanot often brings lime, green herbal edges, and a bit of piney snap; Krush commonly leans tropical and stone-fruit, think soft guava and peach vibes. Put together, that’s a pretty clear theoretical target: bright citrus up front, some green grip in the middle, and a rounded tropical cushion underneath.
In our glasses, the beer pours very pale, edging toward straw, with haze settling in as the liquid rests. Foam climbs quickly, very loose and bright, then drops just as fast, leaving light lacing before sliding away. Carbonation is immediately visible, with large bubbles marching up through the glass.
Aroma comes through clean and direct. Pine and citrus lead, with the citrus sharpening slightly as the head recedes. Nothing jumps out of line; it smells exactly as a dry-hopped pale at this stage. The first sip follows suit. Citrus rind and soft pine set the structure, bitterness stays controlled, and the mouthfeel opens creamy before thinning out quickly. It drinks easily, almost too easily, setting a calm, steady baseline for what follows in the rest of the glass.
Krushable Gorgon
As the glass empties, Mighty Gorgon stays remarkably steady. The hop expression doesn’t stack new layers, but it does hold its shape. Citrus remains the most legible element, reading as peel and lightly zesty rather than full-on juice, with pine and herbal notes sitting underneath as a structural frame. That’s probably Ekuanot doing its thing, adding a green, slightly resinous edge that firms up the middle of the palate without tasting heavy. Krush contributes more quietly, rounding the flavour with soft tropical suggestions that stop the beer from feeling sharp or skeletal, playing well together with Citra.
Carbonation plays a bigger role than the hops once the beer warms a few degrees. The bubbles feel smooth on contact but arrive in relatively large bursts, which keeps the beer moving quickly across the tongue. In plain terms, it’s refreshing, crisp and chuggable. As the temperature rises, a mild sweetness becomes more apparent, not sugary, but enough to soften the bitterness and make the finish feel shorter, as it shortens the lingering aftertaste a bit too much. Bitterness quality stays clean and moderate throughout; it never grips or drags, being very on point for style.
Talking about style, from a BJCP perspective, the most appropriate existing reference is 2021 BJCP Style 18B: American Pale Ale. That style covers hop-forward pale ales at moderate strength, typically in the mid-5% range, where aroma and flavour are driven by modern hop varieties while bitterness remains controlled and drinkability stays central. Mighty Gorgon aligns with that framework in both strength and structure: citrus and pine sit at the core of the flavour profile, bitterness stays smooth and approachable, and the beer prioritises late and dry-hop expression over kettle bite. Where it diverges from classic 18B expectations is in presentation rather than balance. BJCP 18B generally assumes clarity, while this beer pours pale and settles hazy in the glass, and the mouthfeel is lighter and faster than many textbook examples. Even so, in terms of how it drinks, how the hops are used, and how the bitterness behaves, 18B remains the most accurate judging anchor that actually exists within the current BJCP guidelines.
Untappd shows an average of 3.87, placing this comfortably above “fine.” Our scores landed lower, clustering around 3.25–3.5, reflecting how well-made and drinkable this is without offering much evolution. It’s a Mighty fine, chuggable Gorgon.
Texturally, the beer keeps the creamy entry but remains thin throughout the remainder of the tasting. That thinness works in the 500ml format’s advantage: there’s nothing here that tires the mouth. Fermentation stays neutral, with no esters or yeast character pulling focus, which keeps the hops readable all the way through.
- Viktor: 3.25 / 5
- Jesper: 3.25 / 5
- Casper: 3.25 / 5
- Laurits: 3.50 / 5
Our Average Score: 3.31 / 5
