Lagunitas Imperial Red

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

orange, reddish colour with a white head. Hoppy fruity aroma with a note of pine needles. Light malty sweet flavor with some fruity and piney notes. Hoppy, bitter finish.

12 oz. Bottle. Coppery colored with a medium off white head. Aroma has a bit of pine and some toasted crystal malt character. Flavor emphasizes the bittering hops, but has a solid malt profile to keep it from being harsh. Some toasted biscuit flavor and mild sweetness are detectable through the hops. Mouthfeel is well done, beer doesn’t feel too thin or heavy on the tongue. Finish is largely bitter and lingering. Another solid brew from Lagunitas.

pours a cloudy chunky brown red with full white thick head. sweet sugar malt aroma. milky smooth palate with dry hop bitter finish. malty front to middle. wet aftertaste.

Pours a clear deep mahoganny with a thick wjhite head. Medium bodied with an even flavor balance, mellow dry/sweet balance. slight hop bitterness into finish.

Xmas Eve 2007 - Reddish amber pour, clear with one finger head and some decent lacing. The aroma smells like pine cleaner. The flavor was caramel, pine and citrus...kind of reminding me of cleaning a kitchen floor. The mouthfeel was creamy and smooth. The alcohol presence was noticeable, but not bad. Not bad, for a soapy beer.

Pours a mostly clear, mahogany color with notable sediment and a creamy, rocky, off-white, fairly large head which sticks around for a while and leaves some nice lace. Nose is moderatel hoppy with pine, grapefruit, and grass and moderately malty with some nutty toffee and cookie. Flavor is similar with lightly toasted sweet breads, light nutty toffee, grapefruit, pine, and light grassy notes; bitterness is solid and balancing with a more than moderate bitterness. Palate is medium to full, silky, lightly sticky, and lively. Finishes fairly long with increasing bitterness with the toffee and bready notes giving way to the dryer notes of pine and grass and lingering grapefruit. Not incredibly complex but solid in every aspect and well put together. Somewhat like a winterwarmer with a nice malt backbone, strong and balancing hops, and a moderately high ABV. Wonderfully drinkable with a nice, mild warmth; it’s hard to find that combination.

Bottle. [Tasting @ Ølbaren, Copenhagen]. Clear medium amber color with a large, frothy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, grass, pine, grape. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (110308)

A reddish beer with a ok head. Aroma is hoppy with a delicious malt background. The flavour is quite malty with some hoppy sweetness. Ends bitter. A drinkable and wellbrewed beer, but not it doesn’t really stand out...