No-Li Brewhouse Jet Star Imperial IPA

Jet Star Imperial IPA

 

No-Li Brewhouse in Spokane, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
6.99
ABV: 8.1% IBU: 115 Ticks: 28
Remember that first thrill ride and mind altering experience? Jet Star Imperial IPA shatters your senses in a way that has not been seen since Spokane’s ’74 World Expo. Jet Star is a roller-coaster ride of double dosed hops, packing 115 IBUs and 8.1% alc/vol. One heck of a flash-back.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Poured from 1 pint 6 fl oz bottle. Clear gold with white head. Aroma of sweet biscuity malt and musty funk with subtle hops. Very much the same taste with the hops coming out a bit more at the end.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2014 at 22:42


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Hops dominate, as expected. Nice amber body with creamy head. Hops are smooth, piney, some buttery taste. Dry bitter finish.

Tried on 12 Apr 2014 at 20:26


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a slightly hazy semi orange/somewhat amber colored body with yellow highlights to help to make it fairly clear, thin white half finger foamy head that dies immediately leaving some adequate foamy sticky lacing in its wake.
The smell had some coconut in the beginning (not sure where I’m gettin’ that, but that’s what I truly got) and after it warms a bit toasted piney caramel plays in my nose.
The taste was somewhat bitter but still sweet through the malty bill that comes through, sticky caramel aftertaste, dry caramel finish.
On the palate, it sat about a medium in body, fairly sessionable - pretty much as any DIPA could be, carbonated very well for the style.
Overall, I say a pretty well done DIPA from No-Li, shout out to Breeze - In for gettin’ this in growler fills.

Tried from Growler on 02 Apr 2014 at 13:57


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

From a 12 oz bottle shared at home. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Grassy, smoky nose. Flavors of pine resin and citrus. Medium bodied, bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2014 at 14:51


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours lightly cloudy golden amber color with a 2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big lemon/lime zest, grapefruit, orange peel, floral, grass, pine, herbal, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good complexity of bright citrus/pine hops and light-moderate malt balance; with great strength. Taste of lemon/lime zest, orange peel, grapefruit, floral, grass, pine resin, herbal, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of earthy pine/floral bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon/lime zest, orange peel, grapefruit, floral, grass, pine resin, herbal, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity of bright citrus/pine hops with light-moderate malt presence; with a very crisp malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and resinous sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice DIPA. All around good balance and complexity of resinous citrus/pine hops and light-moderate malt balance; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2014 at 20:33


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 oz bottle. This label says 115 IBUs. Aroma is juicy grapefruit, a little catty, pine. Pours hazy orange with a one finger off-white head with decent retention; leaves some lace. Taste is extremely bitter with only a hint of sweetness. It’s so bitter, it’s hard to pick out any flavors. Body is medium to full, prickly mouthfeel. Not bad; definitely the bitterest beer I’ve had in a long time.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2013 at 17:43


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bomber from the Tin Bucket. Pours a dark copper color with a large off-white head. A sweet lemon, biscuit and yeasty nose. The flavor is odd, maybe off: citrus, big sweetness, almost to DMS corn levels or even perhaps light diacetal, it’s hard to say next to big sweet citrus and malts. Bitterness is medium. Again, it’s a very round odd sweetness, something almost like plastic or corn. I strongly suspect some quality problem here. I’ll happily re-rate. Not too good as is.

Tried on 23 Oct 2013 at 23:08


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Crisp, very nice copper and bronze coloured body with a slight haze and a perfect 3 centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of malt, alcohol, oranges, lemons and a lot of bright piney and citrus hops - very nice smell. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong hoppy flavour with pine and citrus (especially) dominating the flavour, some good malt back notes, a little earthiness and a lot of bitterness from pine and resin. Aftertaste has a great balance of the malt and hops with more of a dominance on the hops - but in a very good way. Overall, a great Imperial IPA, perfectly balanced and showing a ton of flavour, but not too much - great to sample and my only flaw is the large format bottle, but that’s standard here on the West Coast. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased a few minutes ago from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 27-September-2013 for US$8.23 sampled in my hotel room here in Portland on 27-September-2013.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2013 at 16:31


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Hazy dark yellow with a tall, off white head. Big hop aroma of citrus and pine resin. The flavor is firmly bitter from start to the finish with malt sweetness that supports but doesn’t become sticky sweet like some IIPAs. Nice one.

Tried on 03 Jul 2013 at 15:45


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft: Poured a orange color with off white fluffy head. Aroma was a strong nice floral. Taste was sweet sticky pine and floral very bitter bite, but balanced very well.

Tried from Draft on 16 Jun 2013 at 21:27