Main Street Brewing Big Skyrocket - Cold IPA

Big Skyrocket - Cold IPA

 

Main Street Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.08
ABV: 8.4% IBU: 65 Ticks: 3
A more west than westcoast IPA, Cold IPA brings a dry fermentation style with a westcoast steam beer fermentation profile combined with an American adjunct lager malt base and a new world hop blend of NZ and Cascadian hops, all kept in balance with some sweetness from the ABV.

This is a crisp deceptively crushable IPA

Can description:
Skyrocket takes flight from a launchpad of American Pilsner malt and Flying Horse extra fancy rice and Swiss Lager yeast, creating a platform for a nuanced hops combo of Motueka Cryo, Cascade T-90, Mosaic Dynaboost and Motueka SubZero Hopkief to shine.

Combining a dry fermentation style with a West Coast steam beer fermentation profile, Skyrocket's balanced blend of Cascadian and New Zealand hops bring forth a subtle sweetness and a vapour trail of pineapple and bright citrus for a crisp, deceptively crushable IPA that soars to new heights.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Stupid big can. Pours gold with moderate head. Aromas of limes, pine, resin, and biscuity malts. Flavors follow same with slight bitter finish. Quite nice but the big can for a a rather high ABV DIPA is stupid; minus points.

Tried from Can on 05 Jun 2025 at 23:03


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 568mL can (pkg Feb 13, 2025). Clear gold with small white head. Soft resin hops with feint underlying tropical notes, simple biscuit malt and rice base. Everything blends nicely.

Tried from Can from The Gull Liquor Store on 17 Apr 2025 at 08:32


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

568mL can, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has bright piney and grassy hops, with light biscuity malt. Flavour has a nice resinous hop oiliness, light pine, and just enough sweet biscuity to back. Oily, resinous finish. Good balance and construction. Very good.

Tried from Can from The Gull Liquor Store on 11 Apr 2025 at 03:05