OliverG (83), montreal, Quebec, Canada
Apr 20, 2009 Imperial IPA aux arômes boisé dû à son vieillissement en fût de chêne. Saveurs intéressantes de houblon et de bois. Fait changement des IPA classique, mais il me semble qu’elle se cherche un peu une identité.
 tarheels86 (704), Washington DC, USA
Apr 19, 2009 Updated: Jul 16, 2009330 mL. Pours a clear, deep amber with a very small yellowish head that has great retention. Spotty lacing. Big resiny hops aroma with spiced rum, cherry CapriSun, fruit punch, and vanilla. Taste is nicely balanced. The caramel, maple syrup, and tropical fruit notes are mitigated by wonderful Glacier hops and spicy alcohol. Almost no warming from the 10% abv. Dry finish with hints of vanilla ice cream. This was a very nice surprise. Very different and delicious. Excellent.
KnN (712), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Apr 17, 2009 Poured a really nice deep copper color with a thin off white head. Aroma is huge floral hops, big juicy citrus and just a hint of pine. Some nice malt backbone there too. Flavor is more of the same. A good juicy hop character on the forefront and some nice malt balance, some barely there vanilla notes from the oak, but it adds a nice layer of depth. Really tasty Imperial.
CheersMate1 (770), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Apr 17, 2009 Nice floral hop aroma. Very nice malt/hop aroma. DEEP copper color. Very nice thin head sitting on top. A very aromatic beer indeed. Nice smooth flavor. Very nice for an imperial/double IPA. There is a bit of an alcohol burn. Nice focus on the bitter flavor(s). Nice deep bittering hop taste. Overall, damn good beer, but too much presence of alcohol. I wouldn’t say that the oak had much of a presence.
HonkeyBra (1270), Lemont, Illinois, USA
Apr 17, 2009 Deep amber pour with sticky white head. Big hoppy aroma with light oak and and earth notes. Caramel, some perfume. Flavor is spruce, pine, citrus. Definitely not overwhelmingly sweet, in fact the oak subdues the sweetness and it balances well with the hops. I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. Pretty nice.
HOPSHUNTER (376), Tampa, Florida, USA
Apr 14, 2009 Bottle. Poured a deep copper color with a light beige head. Aroma is very earthy, lots of hops, pine. Flavor is hoppy but not aggressive, sweet caramel and malt are also present. Finish is a little sweet. Very nice.
NDbeerdrinker (164), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Apr 13, 2009 Aroma is big hops, bitter grapefruit, earthy. Taste is those same hops, a little nutty and earthy which is probably from the oak. Liked this one.
zizzybalubba (338), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
Apr 12, 2009 12 oz. bottle from Grape and Gourmet. Big grapefruit aroma and smells much like the 90 Minute IPA. Color is darker than most IIPAs. Flavor is even more balanced than the 90 Minute and more complex. Grapefruit and oak dominate. Very sticky mouthfeel. Outstanding beer.
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