Lagunitas Imperial Red

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Petaluma, California USA

Its a really large beer. Smells like pine but the hops are citrus and present. Ends with malty sweetness.

Pours a nice dark copper color with a thin beige head. Smell is pine and citrus hops with some maltiness. Sweet smelling too. Taste is sweet, bready, some dark fruit and some piney hops. Well done and balanced.

12 oz bottle. Pours dark coppery red. Nice thick beige head. Smells of pine, flowers, and some citrus. Tastes malty sweet, hop bitter, but a nice blend of a slight citrus, perfume, and lots of pine. A little toast in the mix as well. Nice honey thickness keeps the aftertaste around for a while.

12oz bottle. Pours deep dark copper, finger of off-white head and nice lacing. Basically, this is the same exact beer as Ithaca Cascazilla, just a little pricier. In fact, if you bottled this in the Cascazilla bottles, nobody would know the difference. Check that- Ithacans would probably notice that Cascazilla has a bit more... ZING to it. Pretty good beer though...

poured from a 12oz twist off into wide mouthed glass. pours a deep redy with minimal head. aroma is a nice balance of hops and malt backbone. Lots of american hop character - very citrus-like. taste is immediately bitter, but quickly sweetens from the malt, finishes bitter and floral. lacking some biscuit and toasted character that I prefer in my hoppy beers, but still drinkable. Overall, a nice beer. I’d like to compare this to the Lucky13 side by side, but i don’t think I would be able to stand much after that.

Bottled. Pours a red/orangish color with a small white head. Very hoppy for a red ale which i like... alot. Not too over carbonated, and the hops were not as astringent as most lagunitas beers are usually. great beer.

Bottle ca. 33cl from ølbutikken. no best before so i’ve got no idea if it is fresh or not. clear orange/red, thick small offwhite head. aroma is quite hoppy, very nicely hopped, underneath the hops i sense red fruits. marzipan, slight pine, slight flowers. supe aroma. as it warms up i get a slight dose of aged beer. flavor is hoppy, dark fruits. totally tasty and refreshing.

Picked up single 12-oz bottle from Cellars Wine & Spirits in St. Paul, MN. Pours a clear reddish amber brew with a tin off-white head that quickly dissipates to a thin ring. Aroma of caramel malt, some light toffee, citrus zest and some light apple. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with flavors of caramel malt, citrus and flowery hops, a hint of toasted biscuit and some honey. Finish is semi-sweet with a caramel malt and light citrus/apple aftertaste.