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RATINGS: 17   MEAN: 3.69/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.44   SEASONAL: Autumn   EST. CALORIES: 195   ABV: 6.5%
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Perception. According to Webster's dictionary perception is: Recognition and interpretation of sensory stimuli based chiefly on memory. Drake's Imperial Harvest Ale wiil test your perception of beer. The malt base of this beer is 95% Crisp 2-row and 5% Durst Munich malt. The brew was allowed to simmer at 200ºF overnight to caramelize the sugars and create the perception of being a darker and therefore, maltier beer. We then came to the brewery the next morning and added hops throughout the boil, ending in the addition of 100 pounds of "wet" hops that were picked the previous day, and flown overnight to the brewery. What we ended up with is a brew that weighs in at 8.5% ABV, with an insane amount of hop aroma and very little malt flavor to take away the hop dominance.


3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
SDbruboy (1864) - San Diego, California, USA - NOV 4, 2006
On draft at O’Briens. Medium chestnut-amber color with a slight haze and a small off white head with stringy lace. Toasy and fresh fruity aromas, not surprisingly with a huge hop bouquet - citrus, fresh rosemary and pine needles. Stunnign hop flavor, grapefruit, lemon peel, acidic aroange and bitter hers in the finish. Mediujm body and tingly carbonation. Another nice brew from Drakes!

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
AgentSteve (1609) - SF Bay Area, California, USA - NOV 16, 2007
On tap @ the brewery. What I remember most about this brew was the extremely dry and slightly bitter finish. You could taste the malt and sugars, so it was a bit sweeter in the middle and the beginning of the sip Quite an interesting beer.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
aspidites (1273) - manteca, California, USA - MAR 10, 2005
Some one needs to make this into a cologne. nor beer lover could say no. great "wet" hops nose with some sweet malt notes to balance al that resin. oily appearance and mouthfeel. nice peppery body with huge hopping just wonderful treat.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
papajohn (1238) - San Diego (Mira Mesa), California, USA - SEP 15, 2005
On tap@O’brien’s: Orange-amber color with a wisp (bar pour) of eggshell head. Perfumy, fruity (citrus) aroma. Light sweet start followed by a sharp grapefruit bitterness and a light, dry zest finish. Smooth, tangy palate.

3.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
ChillCoat (1030) - Concord, California, USA - OCT 16, 2006
Draft. Hazy, dark copper color with an ivory head. Faint hop aroma. Hop forward and bitter with grapefruit flavors. Dry and somewhat chalky finish.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
HopheadHans (794) - Bay Area, California, USA - OCT 17, 2006
Draft. Pours hazy, amber to copper color, with a medium head. Aromas of citrus and hops, the flvaor is hoppy, bitter, a hint of grape, but also some yeastiness. Almost seems like a Belgian yeast strain was used? A fairly bitter finish to it.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
joshpiledean (313) - Seattle, Washington, USA - NOV 21, 2004
Dark gold, chunky head. All hops in the nose. Flavor was hops, a very strange hop character emerged. Kinda strange.


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