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Lagunitas Imperial Red

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95
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bottled
common

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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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crisp500 (14), New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 24, 2009  
from memory of last weekend- it smells sweet, fruity, friendly. it has alot of head that lingers. color is of a reddish tone. it tastes rather light for the amount of alcohol in it, but don’t let that fool you. personally not my style, as i don’t aim to get wasted. i will have one once in a while. it went good with keegan old capital.


 Hopper (302), San Antonio, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Sep 22, 2009  
A dark red beer with little head. Aroma is sweet, fruity hops. The taste is the same as the aroma that is like a fruit-hop-candy. Definitely another nice one by Lagunitas. I sure do love their Limited Releases.


 JoeZasada (135), Beaumont, Alberta, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/105/515/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a dark reddish amber with a thick frothy pearl head. Spicy hop aroma with sweet notes. Tastes of malt and caramel with lots of pine and spicy hops. Finishes with warming crispness. Absolutely brilliant! Something with lots of hops that isn’t an IPA or Bareleywine!


dnlsartin (68), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Dark amber pour. Aroma of roasted peanuts. Notes of raisin, peach, oak, and caramel with burnt malts and a hoppy bite.


 walrussell (105), , Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/512/20
Sep 16, 2009  
Caramel hop explosion - way darker in color and roastier in flavor than expected - tastes a little like a hoppy scotch ale. The hop flavor reminds me of Sumpin’ Sumpin’ with its oranginess. Nice, different than expected, pretty intense, better than a scotch ale with a little bit of a hint of one.


 fidel (920), Livermore, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 16, 2009  
Poured brownish amber, roasted caramel, roasted malts, nutty, little herbal hops.


tastybeer (33), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 15, 2009  
Pours a dark ruby brown with a thick creamy beige head. Flavor is roasted malts/caramel/hoppy with sweet red taste. Leaves a pleasant burnt caramel aftertaste. Would drink again.


 tarheels86 (732), Washington DC, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/104/512/20
Sep 14, 2009  
355 mL. Pours more of a dark, transparent ruby/brown with a beautiful three-finger, rocky, dense, beige cap with excellent retention. Leaves sheets and sheets of lacing. Aroma is that strange Lagunitas strawberry cheesecake with herbal hops and stale, nutty flavors reminiscent of a DIPA past its prime. Taste is similar- stale DIPA with lots of spicy hops, herbal hops, a bit medicinal. Drying, bitter finish. Not bad.



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