UPDATED: APR 6, 2019 Bottle. Color hazy orange with medium orange head. Aroma hoppy, sweet, malt, some wood. Taste sweet, hoppy, wood, bitter.

UPDATED: MAR 21, 2019 Bottle - pours orange white head - nose/taste of oxidation, booze, earth, caramel - medium bodied

UPDATED: MAR 12, 2019 Borderline Top 10 barleywine, but solid nonetheless. Has some hop to it....not quite as bitter and citrusy as a DIPA. For 9.2% (lower end of barleywines), would expect to be slightly smoother with less alcohol bite. Nice to try new samples in this style, but tough to beat a good Old Stock.

12-ounce can pours clear copper-amber with a tiny tan head and residual lacing. Aroma: brown sugar, almond butter. Flavor: caramel, caramelized sugar, brown bread, raisins, pine. Mouthfeel: medium- to full-bodied. The bottle says this is an "imperial IPA," but I think it's more like a barley wine, which is what it's listed as on this site.

UPDATED: JUL 9, 2018 One of the most beautiful foamy heads I've seen, tan and thick like marshmallows; stays for a while but after a few minutes it mostly disappears. Its high alcohol is upfront since first taste, but it does not overpower others. This is a very bitter beer, but drinkable. It's malty, hoppy, and obviously some pine resin and tropical fruits way back. Wet grass and alcohol once it warms a little. This is a very good beer, not red but caramel in color.

Bottle at Hopyard, february 10th 2017.Amber brown body with a smalloffwhite head.Aromais boozy with malt,caramel,grapefruit. Taste is sweet and thick,warm,toffee,raspberry, mild toast. Bittersweet warm finish.

A thickly laced off white head on an appealing orange/amber body. Nose has a touch of booze, sweet malt and candied fruit. This is a smooth taste profile. Sweet malt, raspberry jam, citrus hops, and caramel blend together nicely. Slightly slick and sticky mouth feel. A superior, easy drink

Pretty beer... medium brown.. some hazy, some head... a touch of reddish color. Great aroma.. clean, somewhat sweet, hops, malty.. touch of citrus. Taste is great.. sweet malt, hops, not much alcohol... clean, palate very balanced for the ABV. Not an all-time great, but a great beer.

Sumptuous. Witty. Unforgiving. Tempting. Wicked. I pour my test beers NOT into snifters, but rather 24oz schupper mugs. I have always loved red IPAs. Those of you touting this as a barley wine, get a new hobby. I had a rough day at work. My wife tells me rhe kids are working tonight, let's have a great meal with great drinks. I respond, "ok!" We head to Whole Foods for, what else, dry-aged steaks and some premium beer. After the steaks and beets (yes, we love beets) are in the basket, it's BEER AISLE TIME!! Hmmmm, local beers, sour beers (yukk), i see a pink can with PIGS on the label. This is me!! But, at 12.99 a sixer, i tell my wife I'll go with the old stand-by, and quite a delicious beer, Sam Adams Cherry Wheat (i love cherry anything). My wife STOPS ME IN MY TRACKS. "If you're going to overspend 9.99 on cherry wheat, you may as well get the pig cans for 12.99!! God, I love my wife!!! At home, my wife has her Chardonnay poured, now it's time for the pigs to squeal. Great pour. Nice deep red/orange. Aroma of deep tropical fruits. This, gentlemen, and ladies, is the epitome of red IPAs everywhere. Tongue-tickling carbonation. Deep piney flavors, but not like you are chewing on pine tree bark! Alcohol is warming, but subtle enough TO LURE YOU INTO A 24 OUNCER!!! This is a MUST TRY red IPA. Please do so and let us know.

Can at home. Pours hazy medium amber with pillowy white head. Sharp hoppy aroma with rich malt background. Notes of caramel, toffee, grapefruit. Opens with strong malt profile, which balances well against the resin-y hop bitterness. Malt character is rich and somewhat toasty, with subtle dark, sweet fruit. Full body and luxurious mouthfeel. Very pleasing, warming finish with notes of citrus. All in all, quite excellent.