Pours a clear amber in color with about an inch of head forming on the pour. Smell is just a slight bit hoppy. I think this bottle may have just a bit of time on it. Flavor is mostly malty without any big, juicy hops. Very smooth and drinkable. I’ll have to revisit.

2007 bottle. This pours a glowing orange color with a medium, foamy white head that slowly recedes to a thin film. Rings of lacing hang around the glass. The aroma shows some citrus and piney hops with a huge amount of sweet toffee and caramel malts that overpowers the hops. A hint of vanilla cream adds some smoothness as well. The flavor follows with the toffee and caramel malts shining through with some hops bitterness on the backend trying to balance things out. The vanilla cream and orange hops blend really well to make a great, sweet flavor. Medium-full bodied with a creamy mouthfeel with a long, bitter-sweet finish. The hops seemed to have been toned down a bit from the age, but this is still very good. i would love to try a fresh bottle of this stuff. Really nice stuff.

Pours hazy brownish orange with a smallish white head. Nose is cookie dough and powerful floral and citrus hops. Flavor of very strong floral hops, slightly less citrus hops, and tons of malt. Rather bitter. Very heavy, velvety mouthfeel. Lingering malty finish. Quite sweet. Very very good.

Copper orange color, murky in look with a light white head. Smell is grapefruit, citrus, hops, and pine. Taste is medium bitterness with more sweetness than I expected as citrus, caramel, and pine.

Pours a thick cloudy burnt orange with a nice foamy white head - Looks great. Aroma is sweet malt and honey, grapefruit, pine/grassy hops. Flavor is sweet honey malt with a nice balance of piney hops at the finish. Full-body and sticky on the palate. Very nice imperial IPA even if overpriced.