Avery The Maharaja Imperial India Pale Ale

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Boulder, Colorado USA

On tap at Julian’s in Providence. Pours clear amber with a white head. Strong grapefuit/hop aroma. Hop taste presents very strong up front. Very strong grapefruit and pine notes. Bitter finish slides into citrus notes. Nice hoppy character, and flavorful. The malts get a little dominated here.

Tap at Blind Tiger. This had a very hoppy nose, and yes a very hoppy flavor followed. I found the mouthful thinner than some other imperial ipa’s. Nice bitter finish with strong hints of pine and grapefruit. Very good beer.

Batch 7 bottle. Pours amber with white head. Aroma is citrus and pine with a hint of alcohol. Flavor is fruity hops with a bit of grass on the finish. Decent bitterness and fantastic mouthfeel. Hides its alcohol very well.

Hazy tangerine color with luscious cream head. Passionfruity aroma joined by grapefruit with a dryness to the air. Excellent hoppiness to the body and one of the most estery, frutier IPA’s I have tasted to tate. Full of passionfruit, grapefruit and pineapple followed by the late appearance of peach. Dry, parching body that detracts to an extent. Defintely on the sweet side, but falls short of cloying. Super fruity, with smooth, clean bitterness. This one definitely throws some hefty hop punches.

This beer is big. When they say Imperial IPA they are not joking. It is the biggest and boldest IPA I have had yet.

a darn good IIPA smells like great grapefruit.....tastes like it but with a bitter background lots...not overly bitter as most good IIPA should be...as in balanced by the malt the mouthfeels is a bit sticky and oily...... good stuff

Pours cloudy orange with big off white head. Strong aromas of grapefruit and pine. This beer is all about the hops. Flavor is over the top grapefruit. It is sweet initially with a bitter finish and a slight alcohol taste. Decent, but too grapefruity for me. Medium body, average carbonation and oily, sticky mouthfeel.

A hop-bomb to say the least. Appearance is a slightly cloudy amber, with a nice creamy white head. Some double IPAs increase crystal malts to balance the high hopping rates, but this one just increases base malt; this pevents it from being too sweet and really puts the focus on the hops. The aroma is like raw hops, unadulterated, dank and a touch citrusy/lemony/fruity. Start to finish, the flavor is an intense hoppiness of the prior description. Bitterness is high, though doesn’t finish biting or astringent thanks to the hefty malt bill. Although the malt is definitely there, it’s not overwhelming as one would imagine in an 11%abv beer. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Very little alcohol warmth; also very decieving. Finishes dry with a nice soft hoppy finish. This is a great beer, though I’d like it to present it’s maltiness with a little more authority. Might be good to pop in a bit of specialty malt, lower the flavor and/or aroma hops a bit or just let age for 6 mos or more. Though all of these recommendations might prevent it from being an Imperial IPA and turn it into an American Barleywine. Regardless, this could be really fabulous with some age on it.