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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
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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.
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johnykat (65), Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 2, 2007  
My least favorite of the sample case. The beer is amber/dark brown. Taste is ok, and includes some malt and spice. Within my first couple of sips though, I thought that I got it wrong, and this was an IPA. I felt that the hops come in and dominate the taste of the beer with citrus/pine of an IPA. Over-all it was kind of an interesting beer for me.


 JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 1, 2007  
Poured a deep copper color with a moderate white head. Biscuity malt flavors dominate the aroma, but a nice hop aroma lingers in the background. Medium-bodied. The imperial ESB is an nteresting concept, since you start leaning towards strong pale ale territory, but they stick with the ESB concept here - the hops are in the background but play a supporting role (I can see hopheads thinking "Why not just crack an IPA?"). If nothing else, this is a very nice strong session brew.


tih20 (3), Maryland, USA
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3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Jan 1, 2007  
Dark clear beautiful amber with a big off-white head. Aroma is citrusy and sweet, while taste is rather dry and bitter with hops outweighing the malt. $2/12oz


 jcr (1137), Jasper, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Dec 29, 2006  
Dark and clear copper pour. Off-white, diminishing head. Big hop aroma — grapefruit, citrus, pine, flowers. Moderate nose of sweet caramel and a slight earthiness. The flavor is heavily bitter with some sweetness underneath. Full body and plenty of carbonation. Thick texture, sticky for a moedrately long, dry finish. Very enjoyable.


 KUEric (632), Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Dec 28, 2006  
A beautiful pour. A little bit too malty. Usualy a beer seems to get hoppier as it warms, this one somehow seemed to get maltier as it warmed. Maple syrup, brown sugar, and some overall lackluster flavors. i wasn’t impressed with this brew. A nice deep orange-brown color with a fluffy white head that goes away pretty quickly.


 TURDFERGUSON (1594), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Dec 27, 2006  
Bottle from Sam’s Blue Light. Pours a deep amber with a half inch thick off-white head. Fresh, fruity and earthy hoppy aroma. Taste is similar, almost like an ipa, but it ends with a sweet malt that balances it out very nicely. Alcohol is evident but not highly noticeable. A fine beer from an up and coming brewery.


 brownaler (379), Topsail Beach, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 24, 2006  
Has a dark orange amber appearance with a small off white head. Has a candy-like english hop aroma. Flavor is syrupy citrus hops with a bitter finish. Has a slight alchol taste.


 cbrixius (136), Newberrytown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 24, 2006  
Poured a clear brownish amber. The nose was hoppier than I expected, as was the other Clip City ale I had (loose cannon). Woh, a lot more bittr than I expected, too. Not very smooth, but that’s OK. Medium character. Sweet maltiness is pretty subtle. Overall, a slightly better than average brew.



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