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Clipper City Heavy Seas Winter Storm (2005+ -- Imperial ESB)

Clipper City Heavy Seas Winter Storm (2005+ -- Imperial ESB) - American Strong Ale

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87
overall
Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale

Baltimore, Maryland USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3553.5/5.03.49/5.0Winter7.3%49.1Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Our "winter warmer" ale, brewed with copious helpings of English malts and US and English hops, a ruddy hued "Imperial ESB" in style. Full malty flavors dancing with powerful hop aromas and a lingering, firm hop bitterness. Seasonally available from mid October to February.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
HoPPyToNy (16), USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
Jan 16, 2008  
Pours a gold to amber color with not much head. The aroma is overpowering, with a very fruity scent. Sweet, with a lot of hops evident in the taste. one of my favorites


 heemer77 (4294), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 15, 2008  
Deep amber body with a light khaki head that lasts. The aroma has some rich toffee and grapefruit. Some almonds and fresh baked bread are nice complements. The taste has good amaretto with some booze in the finish. Nice grapefruit tartness comes out as it warms. Good stuff.


 BrewDad (2363), Olympia, Washington, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/59/20
Jan 10, 2008  
12oz Bottle – mwelsh13 - Trade
Aroma – Dark malt with a light bitter hops aroma.
Appearance – Deep Amber brown in color, clear with a thin head.
Flavor – A decent winter ale flavor with some god hops and lingering spice flavors. Light to the taste not over the top high winter alcohol beer.
Palate – Good Mouthfeel, dry and light finish.
Overall – A nice beer this was not over the top came across very light. I was hoping for more. Needed mre flavor and more hops and higher alochol.


 edden (927), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 5, 2008  
1/5/08: Bottle.
Hoppy aroma with some caramel malts. Body is reddish brown with an almond colored lacing. Fresh Christmas tree- like hops which are balanced out with a nice amount of malt. Fresh, bitter finish.


 MoDog (909), Griffith, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Jan 1, 2008  
Poured from a 12oz bottle and served in a shaker. This beer poured a dark reddish/brown color with a quickly fading head of beige foam. A small amount of light lacing was left behind. The aroma of the beer was made up of strong grassy hops, pine, toffee, and also some notes of grapefruit and peach. The flavor included earthy, herbal hops, followed by a light tea-like bitterness, and some mildly sweet notes of caramel and toffee. The mouthfeel was slightly resiny and medium to full-bodied with a moderate amount of carbonation. Decent, but not all that interesting.


 AmazonMatt (284), Panama
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Dec 31, 2007  
Typical american strong ale. With West Coast hops, but a bit too sweet/malty and cloying. Not my favorite. Looks and smells good though.


 RiverHorse (454), New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/511/20
Dec 31, 2007  
Pours a deep amber color into the lager glass with a big, off-white head. Scents of hops, flowers and some spices. Flavor was over the top bitter. I thought that this beer was lacking in balance with almost no malt backbone decectable. I see what they were going for here, but this wasn’t very enjoyable to me.


 screigh (253), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/514/20
Dec 30, 2007  
Pours a nice clear dark copper color. This off white head that went away pretty quick. Aroma is sweet and matly and smells like an English ale. Mostly sweet malty flavor. Just the correct amount of bitteness to finish it off. I rather like it.



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