Ground Control
Ninkasi Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.56
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Special Release Series. Seven years after we started brewing in Oregon, we decided the sky was not the limit. One year, two rockets and countless lab hours later, we successfully launched a payload of brewer’s yeast into outer space with the help of rocket scientists. After a much awaited return to Earth, the mission of creating space beer is now complete. Ground Control boldly combines local and out-of-this-world ingredients. This rich, complex Imperial Stout is brewed with Oregon hazelnuts, star anise and cocoa nibs, and fermented with an Ale yeast that survived a trip to space and back. Mankind will enjoy the sweet finesse of this beer that only fares better with time.
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8/10
Tried
on 30 Nov 2015
at 09:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The University of Beer, Sacramento. Black colour. Aroma and flavour of chocolate / cocoa and roast malts, also hazelnuts. Only a hint of star anise. An unusual beer, but very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2015
at 19:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sweet malty hazelnut nose with chocolate and caramel. Low carbonation sweet mouth, alcohol well hidden. Sweet and smooth
Tried
on 14 Nov 2015
at 01:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at a tasting. Dark brown, thin fizzy tan head, good retention. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, vanilla, nuts, mild peppers. The taste is roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla, cherries, nuts. Full bodied, low carbonation, mild booze.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2015
at 22:41
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draft @ Alibi Room. Dark brown. Has a light aroma, vaguely nutty and that thin chocolate sort of character. Sweet, little chocolate syrup character and even a bit fruity. Not really doing it for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2015
at 16:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Boxed bomber. Aroma is chocolaty, nutty, licorice, leather, tobacco, earthy, spacey, hints of Yog-Sothoth possibly. Pours black with ruby red highlights when held up to the light; has a finger of tan foam that lasts for a minute before collapsing into a ring. Taste is bittersweet with flavors of cocoa, bread, licorice, a light nutty character, slightly reminiscent of Nyarlathotep perhaps. Velvety texture, thinner than usual for style, but definitely not thin. Pretty good, but maybe not out of this world. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go shave my Shub-Niggurath.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2015
at 02:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver
dark brown color, almost black, with small beige head. Mild comforting aroma of dark oven baked bread. Full bodied, but not too sweet; the dark malts provide a good harmony of roastiness and dark chocolate, roasted nuts; even more roasted nuts and rye in the final, and bread crust, quite bitter too, with warming alcohol.
Excellent beer, would easily pass for a rich Baltic Porter.
dark brown color, almost black, with small beige head. Mild comforting aroma of dark oven baked bread. Full bodied, but not too sweet; the dark malts provide a good harmony of roastiness and dark chocolate, roasted nuts; even more roasted nuts and rye in the final, and bread crust, quite bitter too, with warming alcohol.
Excellent beer, would easily pass for a rich Baltic Porter.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2015
at 02:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Green Dragon, pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma brings out hazelnuts and light roast. Flavour is robust, with lots of hazelnuts, candied sugar and roast. Quite complex and robust. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2015
at 22:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Imperial. Pours a very dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is roast and cocoa. Medium mouth, rich malt, cocoa, cracker, very sweet, light dryness, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2015
at 22:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - Nice chocolate notes and a touch of spice. Jet black with a rich light brown head. Dark chocolate, light spice and a nice sweetness. Not sure about the nuts, but nice, not our of this world.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2015
at 22:35