Tectonic Event IPA
Great Basin Brewing Company in Sparks, Nevada, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.98
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled from the tap at the Reno location. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of dry pine and some earthy grass with a touch of bread backing. Flavor has pine and light resin with a bit of grass and a bread backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2023
at 19:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a pint can. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Aromas are of hay and pineapple. Flavors are bitter pine and citrus.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2021
at 20:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
16oz can from Brewers Haven. Dark golden, hazy, sparse head, thin, foamy ring. Aroma features notes of caramel and citrus. Taste is a nice blend of old school hops, caramel malts, sweet, bitter, earthy. A little bit hazy, a little bit NW.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2021
at 03:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Grapefruit and a decent dose of booze. Golden pours with great head and lacing. Bitter end. Some candied apple, caramel. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2019
at 20:01
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ 2018 Great Vegas Festival Of Beer. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Sep 2018
at 14:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap pours out amber copper topped with a sand head. Nose is pine hops sweet malt notes. Taste is more of the nice pine hops some citrus and sweet caramal malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2017
at 19:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Great Basin, Reno. Clear golden color with a modest white head. Aromatic with citrus and pine, some caramel malt. Hop flavor delivers nicely with citrus and tropical fruits, a little more pine. Malt base is sturdy, but this is a hops forward beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jul 2017
at 23:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and summer fruit aroma. Grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and grapefruit linger with light malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 May 2016
at 09:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of citrus and earthy. Taste is grassy, citrus and herbal
Decent
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of citrus and earthy. Taste is grassy, citrus and herbal
Decent
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2016
at 12:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the Reno source. Clear golden yellow color. Aroma of mixed citrus. Taste is bitter pineapple and grapefruit. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2016
at 12:44