Avery The Maharaja Imperial India Pale Ale

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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UPDATED: NOV 7, 2009
Name: Maharaja
Date: June 02, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: dark amber, scant head
Aroma: sweet malty aroma with a touch of piney character
Flavor: big sweet malt flavor with a tongue scraping bitterness, no mid hop flavor

Name: Maharaja
Date: April 19, 2006
Mode: bottle
Appearance: clear copper, big frothy dirty cream head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet peppery grapefruit aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet carmel malt flavor, touch of sweet pine, long bitter finish, bitterness continues to grow

Name: Maharaja
Date: April 15, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: summits
big sweet grapefruit aroma and flavor, very special but not worth a f*cking $10 per 8oz no matter how good it is, f*ckin summits, but still great creamy citrus IPA, f*ckin Summits

Name: Maharaja
Date: April 15, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
such a wonderful creamy sweet grapefruit beer and so much better at $6/pint,

Name: Maharaja
Date: May 18, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: charlie mopps
picking up a lot of tangerine as well, another place serving a full pint and $8 here but sadly in a frozen glass,

Name: Maharaja
Date: August 27, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: Green’s
picking up some catty simcoe in this $8 bottle from Green’s,

Name: Maharaja
Date: October 10, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
very peppery with a bit of fusel alcohols, does not stand up the the other IPAs in the IPA fest

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Bottle. Appearance: very clear, amber orange with fluffy white head. Aroma: very floral, tropical fruits, pineapple, caramel. Taste: touch of bitterness up front then floral, grapefruit, and that sweet caramel malt and piney hop coming in at the middle thru the finish lingering sugar sweet and pith bitter. Perfect balance. Mouthfeel: oily slick with little carbonation. Overall: this is one of my very favorite DIPAs especially when I've had it on tap. Very well balanced, that perfect fruity bitter hop with a sweet caramely malt backbone. Hides the alcohol dangerously well. I've had this bottle a little bit so the hops could've faded just a touch. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

tap @ abbey (Miami Beach). White head on a clear, dark golden beer. Fruity hops in the aroma: grapefruit, orange, apricot, a hint of pine; nice! Very (hop)bitter in taste, with again grapefruit, citrus and orange, but not to sharp. Alcohol is well hidden, good drinkable imperial IPA.

Older Bottle. Pours a golden orange color with a white head. Aroma is very caramel like and syrupy, I get subtle grapefruit and pineapple along with pine and earth, but its dominated by caramel and toffee. Flavor follows the nose, I get solid bitterness, but it is also quite syrupy, I get subtle grapefruit and earthy notes, caramel and toffee and sugar notes. The body is on the fuller side of medium with a dry mouth feel. Overall kind of disappointing, its good, but I would have preferred to try it fresher.

Bottle. Pours a little darker than some other iipas. Aroma is a little muted and not tons of hops. Taste is good, but not the pleasant hop taste I am accustomed to. Not on the top of my short list of great iipas. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Amber color, less then a finger of head. Huge alcohol legs on the glass. Very fruity smelling. Hop aroma is very strong. Malty and bread aromas. Still very pleasant. Very smooth taste, hop presence right up front and a ton of it. Towards the end the alcohol burn is there, being 10.5% I would hope it was. As it warmed up a little alcohol was kicked up. Overall a very good DIPA. I think with the alcohol the balance with everything was very very good. Highly recommend this. Cheers

Mild hoppiness balanced by sweet citrus. The alcohol doesn’t bite, but sneaks up on you as you finish it. Excellent IIPA!

Aroma: Flower shop, with pines, with citrus fruit sprinkled every square meter. You can observe the bouquet from a meters distance. Quite amazing, I really can’t state how much I enjoyed the scent this brew put off, and how it filled such a large area like a kitchen. Appearance: Typical IPA, pale gold with quick fading head in this case. Taste: BITTER!!! ALCOHOL!! Palate: I only had a sip. Overall: A quality brew, but I only recommend it to that special hop-head who has grown immune to all those "regular" IPA’s out there and just can’t get their fix. To the lager drinker, a pale ale will seem bitter, but to a hop-head, lager tends to have a "tea" taste, and regular IPA resembles a light ale. I only include this because the experience of this brew is so relative to your personal preference. If you haven’t quite adapted to the extreme bitterness and alcohol taste, you can surely enjoy the bouquet.

Pours dark orange .. Aroma grapefruit hopps ... thick white head ...taste is a very sstrong powerfull flavors ..carmel..grapefruit creamy hopps .awesome!

On Draught. Amazing aroma of Piney citrus hops, Very sweet on the palate with complex hops coming through on the palate, I feel like the alcohol is masking some hop flavour, I get malt in the middle followed by a sweet finish. There’s no denying the hop profile but just a little too sweet for my liking.

coper color, aroma of grapefruit and other citrus fruits, caramel, bread, flavors of grapefruit, pine, caramel, toast, alcohol spice on the finish, nice amount of bitterness, good balance, dry finish, slightly more mild than i was expecting for a 10.5% but still a very good brew