 beerbill (1917), Laurel, New York, USA
Apr 21, 2009 Growler filled at Black Forest. Pours a hazy gold with a moderate linen white head that lasted until mid-glass and left partial lace. The aroma is pleasant with spice, orange, and doughy malt. The flavor is very nice with a solid dose of bready malt with some spicy hops and just a bit of orange. The mouthfeel is somewhat creamy, somewhat resinous. Medium-full bodied. The alcohol is very well hidden with no sign of it whatsoever. A very enjoyable imperial pils.
tgncc (796), Bellmore, New York, USA
Apr 19, 2009 The aroma is very pleasant, bicuity, malty, grassy, and spicy. The appearance is like a pilsener, straw gold with a white head, but has a slightly more reddish and greenish tint, common to imperialized pilseners. The flavor is lemon, biscuit, grass, moderate hops. Sharp hop residue left upon finish, mostly spicy, earthy hops. Medium mouthfeel, slightly too much carbonation. The alcohol in this is well hidden. Very drinkable beer, the alcohol could sneak up on you with this one. Excellent for this style.
fredandboboflo (1392), East Setauket, New York, USA
Apr 17, 2009 Tap at the brewpub. Aroma of lemon, floral hops, biscuit malt. Flavor has heaps of that biscuit malt with a nectar-like quality, maybe some honey, increasingly leafy, almost herbal bitterness leading to some resin in the finish. Full-bodied, but remains nearly as drinkable as a regular pils. Out of a small sample size, the first so-called "Imperial Pilsner" I’ve had that actually tasted like a Pilsner made bigger, as opposed to a completely different style of lager. Nice stuff.
LilBeerDoctor (1479), East Setauket, New York, USA
Apr 16, 2009 On tap at the brewpub. Pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma of citrusy hops, orange peel, and light fruits. Flavor of sweat, hoppy bitterness, and a spicy kick. This is full bodied, crisp, and very drinkable. I enjoyed this one a lot. Quite a nice imperial pilsener.
8/4/8/4/15 (3.9/5)
Rciesla (3500), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
May 26, 2008 Draft at blind tiger. Pours a golden body with a thin white head. Aroma is pine, grassy, and floral hops the nose is complex. The flavor is bitter and heavily hopped with a friendly light flavors of flower, pine, and grass. A light flavor of etoh in this but dominated by hops in all directions.
Dickinsonbeer (3434), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Mar 20, 2008 Pours a nice yellowish gold with a decent lasting white head. You can tell there is a shitload of hops because the beer almost looks like it has a green tint. Aroma is very herbal and grassy- lots of green continental earthy and floral hops- clean and just refreshign with a lot of pilsner dougy malts as well. Good doughy malt flavor with a nice clean hop flaovr and bitterness, lightly minty, floral and lgiht grassiness- good clean spicy bitterness in the end with more earth and some dirty yeasty character. Great impy pils.
hophead75 (1945), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
Mar 16, 2008 Updated: Mar 17, 2008Growler from the brewpub. Golden in color with a long lasting white head- spritzy, active carbonation. Aroma is a good deal of spicy, earth hops with some light grain and fresh pils malt in the back. Taste is alot of fresh pils malt- nice and bready, with a light honey sweetness and a nice full earthy hop character. Taste is very drinkable yet not watery at all- a nice medium body. Alcohol very well hidden. Finishes crisp.
Chapel (327), Levittown, New York, USA
Mar 1, 2008 Updated: Apr 5, 2008Pours a solid golden with a bit of white head. Aroma is spicy and citrus with quite a bit of lemon. Flavor is similar with a bit heavier emphasis on the orange and much more spice. There is a finishing level of bitterness which manages to give it a great amount of balance. It is very, very hard to believe that this is 8.5 ABV. If you haven’t had this yet, go get it now because it won’t last long.
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