Avery The Maharaja Imperial India Pale Ale

On tap at Tustin Brewing Company.. I looked for reasons not to give this a 5 but I really couldn’t find any. On tap this was the perfect beer... Pours copper with a creamy white head that leaves a nice lacing.. Aroma was amazingly floral and piney with a nice malt sweetness.. Flavor was piney with hop resin and a nice caramel sweetness.. Medium bodied with medium carbonation.. I would have probably drank myself stupid on this one if I didn’t have to drive.

On tap at Zeno’s Pub. Dank, resiny aroma, starting to turn lemon rind. Pours a darker orange-tined golden. Hazy. Flavor is rich and hop stinky. A nice balance of bitterness and body. But, the residual sweetness gets a little heavy for me, with a few too many residual esters. There’s an extra level of expressive hop juiciness. Solid, of course.

(on tap at the brewery). Copper color with some cloudiness. Medium off white head. Hoppy aroma. Hoppy/pine flavor. Avg duration. Oily texture. Moderate carbonation. Fair lacing.

Great looking, strong red ale with a good thick head. Sort of fuddy hops to the nose with a deep caramel sweetness. Loads of hops with a not unpleasant lightness to it. Darned sweet and puly all round, the hops slowly fade as you drink it. It has a lovely mouthfeel and is very, very drinkable for its percentage. It sort of tastes dumb though you know? It lacks a real sophistication.

Tap at Bistro. Smells of red apple, alcohol, sweet hops and sugary malt. Flavored the same though the hops shine through more. Tastes kind of typical as far as DIPAs go.

Hops and alcohol prickle the nose while surveying this pale monster. Thick old-gold clear pour with light gold highlights supports a creamy head that settles to just a ring. Fruity grassy and piney hops express good aroma, some lemon rind centennial hops. Taste really nice rich fruity sweet malts, piney bitter hops, citrus aroma and pith. Creamy feel and warming alcohol. And that’s before I cool it down a bit more... then the centennial dry citrus comes up a bit, the alcohol hides a little, and the creaminess is really astounding.Its the carbonation against the viscosity, combined with the alcohol and the careful shaping of the hop profile. Good stuff.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, like whoa. I may be a girl but I like my beers bitter as my heart, this is ridiculous. Amazingly good, just a complex hop profile that lasts for a long time. Starts with a citrus profile but eases into a pine and ends with resin.