Viking Space Probe
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.30
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In the spirit of all the exploratory missions deployed across the galaxy — be they spacecraft, Viking or other — we’re constantly probing the world of beer back here on Earth. That quest has brought us to this latest creation, which comes from our brewing team at Stone Brewing – Napa. With a subtle haze reminiscent of some far-off nebula, and further complimented with the juicy flavors of Ella and Citra hops, this beer is most definitely out of this world. Crafted to be enjoyed on Earth, but if intelligent life does exist out there, we’re pretty sure they’ll like it too.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
4-27-20
Tried
on 28 Apr 2020
at 01:24
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 15 Apr 2020
at 21:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy orange with a lingering two finger head. It smells of citrus, mango, and hop resin. The flavor is moderately bitter with the mango and citrus and a big, sweet, malt backing. It's medium to full bodied and very good.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2020
at 12:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Light hazy orange-amber beer with a cream head. Summer Fruit and grapefruit aroma. Orange and summer fruit flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Orange and summer fruit linger with light pine and backing malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Apr 2020
at 21:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very slightly hazy, deep and dark copper coloured body with a thick three to four centimetre tall rich tan head. Aroma of alcohol, resin, pine, cleanser, flowers, deep alpha acid bitterness and way more pine - quite pungent! Medium-bodied; Rich, very sweet pineapple, mango and yes - pure resin flavours dominate, with a good deal of alcohol and malt as support as well, but the grass and herbal flavours show through a swell, with a little herbal and perfumey hops coming out at the very end, with a good deal of caster sugar and even tropical fruity notes which hit nicely at the tail end. Aftertaste shows the resin, alcohol and pine notes, but also a good amount of malt, sweetness and dry floral notes and yes - fruit. Overall, an IPA that borders on being a West Coast IPA or a New England IPA, but spreads the wealth nicely and shows as a pure good IPA. Whatever style you choose it to be, this one is slightly surprising as a good IPA from the brewery without too much hype, but this was nice and very refreshing! Great to try fresh! I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Harris Teeter in Pentagon Row (Arlington), Virginia on 01-February-2020 for US$1,87 sampled at my house here in Washington on 28-March-2020 just a few blocks away.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2020
at 06:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 2/29/20. Murky orange, almost looke like mud. Dense white foamy head, good retention. Aroma of toasted grain, earthy hops, tropical fruit. Taste is mango, papaya, orange, lemon, pale malt. Medium bodied, juicy, moderate bitterness. Is this a NEIIPA? Good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2020
at 02:56
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can/Fest. A- Dank, citrus. A- Yellow color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Dank, citrus, slightly soapy. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, dank finish. O- Typical Stone IPA. Rather dank but shockingly low bitterness profile. Not bad. Exactly what you would expect.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Feb 2020
at 21:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned on January 10th, enjoy by May 9th.
Pours a hazy, unfiltered, orange with the usual excellence with the head of foam and lacing.
It smells very tropical and dank. Melon, mango, grapefruit, little bit of onion.
Taste is tropical with melon, mango, guava, dank with the onion, slightly sweet, finish is bitter and dank.
Excellent mouthfeel.
One at a sitting is all I can handle but it's very enjoyable.
Pours a hazy, unfiltered, orange with the usual excellence with the head of foam and lacing.
It smells very tropical and dank. Melon, mango, grapefruit, little bit of onion.
Taste is tropical with melon, mango, guava, dank with the onion, slightly sweet, finish is bitter and dank.
Excellent mouthfeel.
One at a sitting is all I can handle but it's very enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2020
at 23:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cloudy yellow body and modest foam, full pineapple hops on the nose. Flavour is more full citrusy hops. Mouthfeel is a little chewy but otherwise it's a serviceable double IPA.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2020
at 20:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a hazy orange gold color with a full two fingers of off-white foam that dissipates slowly. Big aromas of peach, honey and overripe citrus. Honeydew melon, stone fruit and slight durian notes on the palate. Smooth at the front of the palate with some scratchy carbonation mid-palate to finish. Lingering pine and pith. Like a west coast / NEIPA hybrid.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 31 Jan 2020
at 02:15