Lagunitas Imperial Red

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Pours a dark orange red with about a finger head. Aroma is sweet with cherries and what seems to be a hint of brown sugar followed by mild hops. Taste is also on the sweet fruit side and mild hops. Can taste the malt in a postive way. Very smooth, a perfect fall beer. Light to medium body.

12 ounce bottle purchased at Bine & Vine ($2.09). Pours a nice auburn color with two fingers of fluffy off-white foam. Aroma of equal parts hops (pine, grapefruit) and malt (caramel, toasted wheat bread). Flavor of sticky resiny hops, sticky grapefruit, caramel, and a tinge of alcohol. Some sweetness in the finish but the bitterness slightly trumps the sweetness. Pretty good impy red. (865, 745)

12 oz. bottle served in a FFF 15th Anniversary pint glass. A: Pours a clear amber color with a one finger, bone white head that recedes quickly to a thick collar. Sheets of lace are left behind. S: Very hoppy. Up front there is a solid piney and citrus rind hop presence with a strong caramel malt backbone. There is a mild bitterness to the nose as well. T: The bitter and resinous hops are there upfront, and the mild bitterness lingers from start to finish. There is a mild sweetness from the malts the comes into play in the middle, and the hops pop back up on the finish in a grassy and very mild citrus style. A solid bitter caramel malt backbone stays steady throughout giving a nice contrast to the hops. M: Medium bodied with a strong flavor presence. The carbonation is spot on and there is a solid drinkability to it. O: I think an imperial red is a perfect description for this beer. The hops and malts are amped up to give a burst of flavor that doesn’t come with other normal red/amber ales. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 02-16-2012

Bottle from Yamaichi. Rich, malty nose: caramel, chocolate, raisins, good hops too, earthy and peppery. bright deep red with a low, lacy head. Malty, sweet, chocolate and caramel with big hop bitterness behind it. Full, silky body. Very nice. Lots of dried fruits, some cherry. Very bitter finish.

354 ml. (12 fl. oz) bottle poured in to a snifter. Deep copper colour with a creamy, white head. Malty aroma with caramel, bread, chocolate and citrus hops, some exotic fruit. Taste is sweet. Full body with a creamy texture. Long lasting finish with heavy malts and citrus hops. Rather good...

Pours deep and shiny red with a decent head, aroma of orange marmalade with some mango notes, flavor is bitter and crisp with some grapefruit skin and orange juice, medium to full bodied, tasty

Awesome beer. The aroma is caramel, bread, toffee. The appearance is clear red, off-white head. The flavor is caramel, bread, nice. Medium/thick in bosy. The finish is caramel sweetness, followed by light pine hop bitterness. Excellent. Malt forward all the way. Like a really good Irish Ale.

35 cl bottle @ home. Pours clear reddish amber with an off-white head that leaves a little lacing. Aroma is very malty with a little fruity hops as well. Flavour follows the aroma with a fairly bitter finish.

Taste, for me is all in the balance. I got some hops in the aroma, hops up front with the malt, and heavy hop flavor and bitterness on the back end. Not a beer I enjoyed, nor would I drink again.

Pours deep and shiny red with a decent head, aroma of orange marmalade with some mango notes, flavor is bitter and crisp with some grapefruit skin and orange juice, medium to full bodied, tasty