Space Needle Golden IPA
Pike Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.96
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Assertive hoppy & floral west coast style IPA. Pike Space Needle Golden IPA is generously brewed with five varieties of Yakima Valley aroma and flavoring hops. We then dry hop it with whole-cone Columbus, Summit and Centennial hops, which impart a floral aroma that has catapulted this beer to one of Pike Brewing customer’s favorite IPA’s.
This beer won a blind tasting competition to be the commemorative beer for the Space Needle’s 50th anniversary in 2012. It was so well received that it has been added to Pike’s year round collection.
It was 1962 and the world came to Seattle for the World’s Fair and its futuristic symbol, the Space Needle. The beer served at the ‘62 World’s Fair? Likely nothing at all like this west coast style IPA, generously brewed with five varieties of Yakima Valley aroma and flavoring hops. We then dry hop it with whole-cone Columbus, Summit and Centennial hops, which impart a floral aroma that has catapulted this beer to one of Pike Brewing customer’s favorite IPA’s.
MALT VARIETIES: Munich, Cara-Pils, Malted Wheat
HOP VARIETIES: Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, Columbus, Summit
This beer won a blind tasting competition to be the commemorative beer for the Space Needle’s 50th anniversary in 2012. It was so well received that it has been added to Pike’s year round collection.
It was 1962 and the world came to Seattle for the World’s Fair and its futuristic symbol, the Space Needle. The beer served at the ‘62 World’s Fair? Likely nothing at all like this west coast style IPA, generously brewed with five varieties of Yakima Valley aroma and flavoring hops. We then dry hop it with whole-cone Columbus, Summit and Centennial hops, which impart a floral aroma that has catapulted this beer to one of Pike Brewing customer’s favorite IPA’s.
MALT VARIETIES: Munich, Cara-Pils, Malted Wheat
HOP VARIETIES: Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, Columbus, Summit
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Pike Brewing, Seattle. Colour is cloudy murky orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, hops and malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2015
at 20:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampler at brewpub. Dark golden color, sticky lacing. Aroma has a good tropical fruit hop character but also a hint of vegetal character. Flavor is a dusty malt character. Hops die down a lot and the vegetal character is more prevalent. Meh.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2015
at 17:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ The Pike Brewing Co, Seattle, WA
Pours dark orange with a smooth head. Aroma of crisp malts, grassy hops, pine and resin. Taste is grassy, crisp and hoppy with some citrus and pine. Finish is crisp and bitter with some hoppiness. Okay.
Pours dark orange with a smooth head. Aroma of crisp malts, grassy hops, pine and resin. Taste is grassy, crisp and hoppy with some citrus and pine. Finish is crisp and bitter with some hoppiness. Okay.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2014
at 13:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tonight’s live beer review.
Obviously, its an AIPA, guess what glass. Good guess - yes a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice golden amber color with a decent one finger white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace leaving a decent amount of lacing sticking to the glass.
The smell was a nice balance of bitter piney hops to some malts.
The taste was slightly bitter but also slightly sweet - it tried to combine, but honestly it didn’t for the most part. There was a slight bitter aftertaste but there wasn’t any finish.
On the palate, it sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionable aspect to it. The carbonation actually finished a bit smoother than most AIPA’s I’ve had, but honestly, I didn’t mind that so much.
Overall, I say this was a good AIPA for the most part. I’m glad I had it and would certainly pick it up again most likely for pizza night.
Obviously, its an AIPA, guess what glass. Good guess - yes a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice golden amber color with a decent one finger white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace leaving a decent amount of lacing sticking to the glass.
The smell was a nice balance of bitter piney hops to some malts.
The taste was slightly bitter but also slightly sweet - it tried to combine, but honestly it didn’t for the most part. There was a slight bitter aftertaste but there wasn’t any finish.
On the palate, it sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionable aspect to it. The carbonation actually finished a bit smoother than most AIPA’s I’ve had, but honestly, I didn’t mind that so much.
Overall, I say this was a good AIPA for the most part. I’m glad I had it and would certainly pick it up again most likely for pizza night.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2014
at 04:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bomber pours with a clear copper body that supports a nice looking bright white head. The aroma offers up some mango, resiny pine and faint sweet citrus like gummy bear candy flowing into a bit of caramel to an almost buttery diacetyl note. The taste begins with a pleasing hop bitterness from pine and grapefruit like hops and some mango like fruitiness in the background. There is a mild caramel malt note that distracts a bit from the experience. Overall this is pretty good and it has a firm degree of hop resiny bitterness that is working pretty well with the sweeter juicy hop flavor notes.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2014
at 17:15
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Golden orange Pilsner malts on the nose. Taste is pretty plain. Minor Vienna qualities with Munich malts almost no bitterness or at least it’s blended in well. I can’t believe this one is 58 ibus
Tried
from Can
on 13 Oct 2013
at 10:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a 22 oz bottle shared at home. 2013 vintage. Pours a hazy gold with a thick white head. pine aroma. Flavors of spruce, some citrus peel. Moderately bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2013
at 17:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rich amber coloured body with a bright copper glow and a nice thick three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of light hops, alcohol, metal and a hint of pine. Medium-bodied; Sharp pungent hop flavour of grapefruit and pine with a bit of malt, some light sugars and some mild metallic notes. Aftertaste shows a good balance of malt and hops with a bit of pungent floral and resinous hop notes and a good sweetness. Overall, a good beer that’s well balanced and nice to try! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Brown Jug in Anchorage (Northern Lights Blvd), Alaska on 22-May-2013 for US$9.99 sampled in my hotel room here in Anchorage, Alaska on 25-May-2013.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2013
at 00:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz bottle-tight rich offwhite head with trailing lace-gold. A-pine/orange/perfumy, some lt malt. T-perfumy/pine/orange/herbal hops with some bite, 2nd lt malt-doughy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2013
at 07:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
22oz bottle picked up at Total Wine
Appearance: Clear golden with a big frothy white head and sticky lacing
Aroma: Grapefruit and oranges
Taste: Grapefruit, bready, citrus with a herbal bitterness in the finish
A nice solid IPA
Appearance: Clear golden with a big frothy white head and sticky lacing
Aroma: Grapefruit and oranges
Taste: Grapefruit, bready, citrus with a herbal bitterness in the finish
A nice solid IPA
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2013
at 13:50