Lagunitas Imperial Red

Poured brownish amber, roasted caramel, roasted malts, nutty, little herbal hops.

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.

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.

Central Market-Plano: Pours a clear deep amber/red with nice beige head. Aroma is filled with hoppy citrus, very aromatic. Flavor pine, a little sweetness, very light caramel, malty, nice clean bitter. Mouth feel is medium body with high carbonation. Overall, this beer has some liveliness to it, I very much enjoyed and would recommend.

12oz bottle courtesy of Nick3 poured into a tulip. Pours a deep, clear reddish amber with a creamy beige two-inch head that shows exceptional retention and lots of lacing. A really good looking beer. The aroma has an initial grassy hop aroma with some citrus coming through as well before the toasted caramel malts start to dominate. A well-balanced combination of hops and malts in the nose. The taste is almost as good as the aroma with the citrus hops starting things out with a juicy bitterness with the healthy toasted caramel malts forming a big backbone. The finish brings a little bit of spicy pine resin stickiness. The mouthfeel is sticky with hops and medium to full bodied with plenty of carbonation. I love hoppy reds and this one is no exception, though I’d probably put it a notch below the best in the style. Nonetheless, it’s very drinkable and a very good beer.

bottle, reddish amber with tan foam, aroma is malty , citrus, flavors have good bready, fruit with refined bitterness, lasting finish

Piny bitterness, dark caramel, cabernet aromas.Clear burnt sienna w/ sufficient tan head. Real smoth in the mouth. I taste pine, dried plum; bitter and sweet almost too well balanced. Has a dark finish.

A pretty fruity aroma, some hops. Some lime and orange maybe. Now this is tasty. A great hop flavor, some sweetness, a bit of caramel malt. Overall awesome.