3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Appearance: Cloudy amber color with a thick tan head. Ok lacing.
Aroma: Deep malty, rich hoppy and some fruity.
Palate: Full body. A bit sweet and a rich bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Deep malty, tropical fruity and rich (grape) hoppy. Well hidden alcohol.
Overall impression: Power beer. Maybe a bit too sweet. Anyway a lovely evening sipper.
Personal stats: Bottle from a trade with Nisse666
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
A - Golden-amber with a finger of frothy off-white head. Fades fairly slowly.
S - Sweet caramel and bready malts, grapefruit, citrus, pine, and grassy hops.
T - Sweet caramel, bready, and biscuit malts, grapefruit, orange, citrus, pine, and grassy hops, resiny bitterness.
M - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Smooth with a dry, bitter, lightly sweet finish.
D - Good hoppy red ale. Good hop profile and bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Smak och doft av humle, malt, karamell, torkad frukt, farinsocker. Välbalanserad men alldeles för söt som förstör helheten.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle thanks to a trade. Pours a clear deep caramel amber with a caramel head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice combination of sweet grains and caramel cut by a nice pine and resin note. Flavor is similar with a combination of caramel and pine with some sweet grains and a touch of resin.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle shared by derek, thanks! pours hazy chestnut amber with a creamy white head that dissipates quickly leaving a spotty film and minimal lacing- not particularly ’pretty.’ nose is tons of malts with sweet hop to cut the heavy malts. taste is similar with a ton of malts and fruity hops. loads of flavor with a very nice balance and high drinkability.
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours a clear classic amber with a light taupe head. Aromas of caramel and grapefruit. Mouthfeel is full-bodied and creamy. Sweet caramel cut by the tart (sweet) grapefruit. Perhaps a little eggplant. This is an amazing beer. Despite very limited cooler space, I took a bottle home.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tasted in 2009 (backlog). Brown in color with an average off-white head. Aroma is of caramel, malt, spicy hops, and light pine. Taste is the same.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
65 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20100319.
Pours copper color with a medium sized head. Aroma of caramel malts, fruits, some hops and hay. Flavor of hay, caramel malts, hops, fruits and some wooden notes. Decent.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottled:
Dark amber in colour with large head. Hoppy shampoo nose with fruit and caramel. Big hop flavor with fresh saw dust and licorice. Long bitterness.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 oz bottle poured into a tulip (this bottle says 8.5% abv). Pours reddish amber with thick off-white colored head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt with a hint of hop spice. Taste is big bitter caramel malt with notes of pine and grapefruit hops and faint burnt notes on the finish. Rich, and slightly thick, although not syrupy. Very tasty, although lacking the malty sweetness that most other big Imperial Reds have. A big winter beer nonetheless, and delicious.
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