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Lagunitas Imperial Red

Lagunitas Imperial Red - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale

Petaluma, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6263.71/5.03.7/5.0Special7.6%78.6Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
This Special Ale is, in reality, a reconstructed exhumation of the very first ale that we ever brewed way, way back, in 1993. Brewed with a big head, a muscular malty thorax, a silky texture & all strung together with a hoppy sweet nerve sack... yum. O.G. 1.072 84.2 IBU
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 joeneugs (289), Livermore, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Oct 22, 2009  
Very herbal, hoppy aroma. Pours red/amber with a tan head. Flavor is very hoppy, herbal, a touch nutty, and with caramel. Kind of like a super charged amber ale.


billdrinksbeer (18), Washington DC, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/514/20
Oct 20, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a deep red, almost brown. Frothy white head. Resiny floral aroma. Has none of the malty backbone that a red should have. Tastes mostly like a typical west coast IPA think Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo but dark red. Not bad for what it is, but there isn’t much of a red ale here if that’s what you’re looking for.


 ansermadide (496), Kyle, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 17, 2009  
Sample at Beer Club Meeting on September 16, 2009. Great carbonation! Nice, thick head. God, I love Lagunitas. Brown color. Hoppy, perfumy dark aroma. Flavor is hoppy! Sincerely dark and hoppy... wow, I love it. A great Strong Ale!


 abcfan (247), New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 10, 2009  
Pours deep red with creamy off white head. Aroma is mostly bitter pine hops and malt. Very creamy and smooth drinking. Bitter finish. Would drink again.


 djd07 (724), Houston, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/518/20
Oct 8, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear amber with a small creamy off white head that leaves good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a sweet fruity malt with pine and light hops. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet fruit taste with a light hop and pine and nice bitter finish. Easy to drink a very good American strong ale from Lagunitas.


skraus708 (8), oak park, Illinois, USA
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 5, 2009  
dark red mahogany body with creamy white head. sweet smells of malt, hops and pine. bitter taste lingers with every breath. Big taste


 sinkr (212), Lusby, Maryland, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/519/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Bottle->snifter: Pours an average, off-white, diminishing head that exhibits fair lacing atop a dark brown body. Heavy malt aroma with an average aroma of hops. The body is full, texture gritty, and the carbonation average, finishing astringently. The flavor’s duration is short, moderately acidic, and heavily bitter. Yes, I’m a fan.


 pintbypint (1002), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 1, 2009  
12 oz borwn bottle. Label states 7.5% abv. Pours with a nice tight beaded, creamy head. The beer is predictably reddish coloured, good lacing is left on the glass. Nose is grapefruity hops. In the mouth there is some malt, caramel sweetness, hop flavours quickly take over - grapefruit and some orange fruitiness. Finish is long and bitter, with lingering grapefruit, some pine. Medium body and carbonation, very drinkable for a beer it’s strength.



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