Great Dane Imperial IPA

Brewed by Great Dane Pub & Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Tap at the Wausau location. Dark coper witha clingy off-white head. Nice aroma, piney with a good maltiness too it, Nicehop bite to it, very smooth and very well balanced, very good.

Growler courtesy of BDR! Didn’t get this open for about a month, so fair notice. Dark copper color with a medium head. Danky hop aroma, light citrus notes. Maybe caramel after warming. Moderate to strong bitterness with some dank hop flavor. A bit vegetal. Caramel and toasty/biscuity taste. Almost full bodied. Pretty tasty.

Reviewed from notes. On tap in Madison - August 2009. Pours a golden-orange color with a white head and a bit of lacing. The nose brings some pine, floral hops, and some citrus rind. A light malt backing. The taste is a bit more plain and while there is a bit of pine needle flavoring, the hops aren’t nearly what they were in the nose. The hops come roaring back in the feel, with a really pleasant spruce and rind bitterness. Drinks well in the end and is a pretty solid brew. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 11-13-2010

On tap at brewpub, pours a hazy orange with a decent amount of head and lacing through out the entire glass, aroma is of juicy hops and citrus, the flavor is nice and crisp with a decent hop bite but is fairly sweet in the finish, not bad.

10th October 2008. GABF. Hazy brown beer. One of those lovely IPAs that manages to be hoppy but isn’t bitter and is fact a quite sweet. Dry spicy finish.

Hazy orange-red with an inch of beige head, leaves abundant lasting lace. Strongly aromatic, piney, floral aroma, balanced in the nose by a cream-soda caramel malt sweetness. Flavor is led first by sweet malts, nearly balanced by hops bitterness. The only real nod to hops aromatics in the flavor is a bit of orange character. Warm and zesty on the palate. A nice malt heavy double.

9/05/2009: Great Dane Imperial IPA... Aroma: Juicy tangerine! Appearance: Copper orange color, hazy complexion; frothy light off-white crown. Flavor: Floral with a good level of citrusy (Cascade hops?) bitterness; good underlying tofee maltiness. Palate: Medium-bodied and smooth. Overall: Balanced and good, but not as good as the Texas Speedbump IPA!

Draught at The Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. in Madison (Hilldale), Wisconsin. Rating #10 for this beer.

Pours a bright cloudy orange colour with a huge creamy white head. Aroma is beautiful- vibrant, fresh citrus fruits- grapefruit, lemon- dank hops, and soft pine. Taste is chewy-like, very full on the palate, mildly acidic, well carbonated. Flavors of firm hops, peach and pineapple.

Date: 08/10/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Hilldale

Appearance: hazy gold, fine white head, sheets of lace,
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma with the sweet crystal malt blending with fruity and citrus hops,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of tangerine, light bitterness adds some balance but remains sweet, light peppery alcohol lingers on the tongue,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

On tap at Great Dane – Hilldale. Poured almost clear medium (or slightly deeper) orange with a sticky cap of off-white head. The aroma was quite delightful.. juicy pine, pineapple, and pear notes leapt out of the glass with grapefruit meat and caramel sweetness backing ‘em up.. nicely balanced and decidedly succulent! The flavor had sticky, sweeter pear and pineapple notes at the core with heavy bitterness surrounding (pine, pineapple, and perfume).. finished with bracing juicy bitterness and warm alcohol.. tasty, but a bit rough at times. Heavier-bodied and almost syrupy on the palate with high bitterness.. spicy, warm finish.. again, a bit rough at times.