Big Skyrocket - Cold IPA
Main Street Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.11
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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.
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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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hazy and pale, but just a thin head. There's some piney hop notes on the aroma. The flavour has more of those, some light orange, and a bit of sweetness. The motueka, I feel, makes the hop blend pop here. The fermentation is interesting - it has that light fruitiness even from a lager yeast.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2026
at 01:50
7.4/10
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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
7.4/10
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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
7.6/10
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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