Return to Space
Great Notion Brewing
- From:
- Great Notion Brewing
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,750 - ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #17,299 - Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 6.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 24, 2024
- Added:
- May 25, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Return to Space was inspired by two of our favorite beers, Space Invader and Return to Innocence. This IPA is blasting off with Southern hemisphere hop fuel. The Galaxy and Enigma hops provide a bit of dankness and loads of cosmic fruit flavor. Our advice... let go of gravity and Return to Space!
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Ratings by NickThePyro:
Rated by NickThePyro from Washington
4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 15, 2023
4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 15, 2023
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mushroomcloud from Texas
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
16oz canned 2-8-24, opened 3-23-24.
3 finger white foam with excellent retention and sticky lace. Pale, white gold and fully opaque body.
Tropical nose with a flash of zesty citrus on a creamy malt base. Doughy as it warms slightly.
Mango, blueberry and doughy malt flavor.
Everything starts out really good and then it falls a little flat shortly after.
Full body, soft mouthfeel and low bitterness. Medium length finish full of hop flavor.
Good to almost Very Good.
Mar 24, 20243 finger white foam with excellent retention and sticky lace. Pale, white gold and fully opaque body.
Tropical nose with a flash of zesty citrus on a creamy malt base. Doughy as it warms slightly.
Mango, blueberry and doughy malt flavor.
Everything starts out really good and then it falls a little flat shortly after.
Full body, soft mouthfeel and low bitterness. Medium length finish full of hop flavor.
Good to almost Very Good.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.5/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Crowler from Jeremy. Normal NEIPA pour, hazy, frothy head. Fruity aroma, tropical, papaya, guava. Taste is more of the fruity tropical flavors, very mild bitterness, sweet.
Dec 08, 2023
Reviewed by Scotchboy from Idaho
3.85/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.85/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Milky golden pour with a large off-white head. Not explosively hoppy, but dripping with a fine ripe tropical fruit character. Orange, papaya, mango, green grape, resin, grapefruit pith, dry finish. Good stuff overall.
Jul 17, 2023
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
4.03/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
2022-02-13
16oz can served in a footed pilsner. Dated either 01/12/22 or 02/12/22.
Pours a hazy light yellow with a fairly large head that collapses into a thick skin that crawls a centimeter up the side of the glass. Smell is screaming citrus pith, lots of tropical juiciness.
Taste is dryer than I expected from the smell. Citrus pith and grapefruit rind.
Mouthfeel is fluffy and dry. Overall, very nice.
Feb 14, 202216oz can served in a footed pilsner. Dated either 01/12/22 or 02/12/22.
Pours a hazy light yellow with a fairly large head that collapses into a thick skin that crawls a centimeter up the side of the glass. Smell is screaming citrus pith, lots of tropical juiciness.
Taste is dryer than I expected from the smell. Citrus pith and grapefruit rind.
Mouthfeel is fluffy and dry. Overall, very nice.
Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon
4.06/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Golden haze. Nice pine and resin, caramel, good citrus sweetness and a bit of sugar. Nicely balanced, not over the top at all. Almost restrained for GN. Medium body, good carbonation. Mild spicy fruity bite with a touch of herbal butter on the finish.
Jan 02, 2022
Reviewed by Bshaw22 from Wisconsin
4.18/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours hazy orange with small white head that dissipates quickly.
hazy, but not super dense.
Spell is vegetal and tropical all at the same time. Definitely get something other than galaxy hops in here. It finishes slightly citrusy - makes me want to go back for more. Also makes it somewhat refreshing. I like this one.
Jun 24, 2019hazy, but not super dense.
Spell is vegetal and tropical all at the same time. Definitely get something other than galaxy hops in here. It finishes slightly citrusy - makes me want to go back for more. Also makes it somewhat refreshing. I like this one.
Rated by 5toutman75 from Illinois
4.42/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I like the slightly dryer and butter flavor than other NEIPAs from them. Nice to have a unique beer.
Feb 27, 2019
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