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Lagunitas Imperial Red

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6313.71/5.03.7/5.0Special7.6%77.7Snifter, Trappist glass
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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 steview (901), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Sep 18, 2008  
Imperial Red? Mmm, okay. But I’m not the expert thus I dig. Mmm... Yes, "hoppy sweet nerve sack." That and it’s pretty malty and sweet. It has a grapefruit and caramel flavor; pine essence. It’s full. Yeaup.


 thomat (666), Göteborg, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 6, 2008  
Dark amber with medium white head. Fruity and sweet aroma. Caramel, malt and hops. Full body with a well balanced finish.


 Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 6, 2008  
Bottle, 2008 Pre-GBBF Chris_o Shindig. Orange, bit of white head. Sweet caramel aroma, toasty biscuit, ripe grapefruit. Caramel-sweet flavor, spicy grapefruit hops. A touch sweet for drinking in volume, but very pleasant in a small dose.


 Magicdave6 (5429), London, Greater London, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 4, 2008  
Bottle at chris_o’s like the fist of an angry ronnie tasting. Alround rating: Typically american awsome hops, citrus and lychee, pine too, tonnes of caramalt, easy drinking too. Good stuff.


 carruthm (1123), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 1, 2008  
copper red color with some cherry bits to the aroma. A somewhat creamy palate and some decent amount of hops. Good.


 Adenila (936), Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 24, 2008  
Bottle from Beerbiker! Deep red in color with a dense light brown head. Loads of sweet grainy malt aromas along with soaked bread and as in every other Lagunital i’ve had, lots of flowery hops. Sweet caramel and nutty flavor again with plenty of bitterhops. Great!


 SilkTork (4167), Rochester, Kent, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/515/20
Aug 21, 2008  
Chris_o’s GBBF Shindig 08. American IPA aroma. Quite thick and intense. Sweet clean malt and lots of hops. Some pleasant fruit in the finish. Not my thing, but OK. No big objections.


 cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Aug 20, 2008  
Bottle at Chris o’s…bright red,huge american hops banana,sweet juicy very hoppy lots of resins. little bitter. quite suger sweet but hop hop hops



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