Lagunitas Imperial Red

Appearance: Pours a marvelously clear copper body with a white, diminishing head. The lacing was thin and uneven. Smell: Caramel malts in the nose with a nice bit of toastiness. The hops are piney with fruity undertones. Taste: Light bready caramel malts joined by crisp, hoppy flavors of pine resins and grapefruit. Very tea-like at times. Herbaceous hops round out the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied, with a pleasingly smooth mouthfeel. Drinkability: Though the hops can be a little cutting at times its a rather likeable red ale, and quite quaffable.

Bottle. Copper colour with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, hop,, fruit, malt. Flavour is sweet, hop, fruit, malt, alcohol. Bitter finish. Too much bitterness.

Deep reddish color - pretty lively level of carbonation. mmmm, I like this one - big and hoppy, nice lingering bitter finish - pretty dense mouthfeel. Makes me want to lick my lips - much more enjoyable for me than most of their other beers I’ve tried.

Bottle from Saarlander. Lots of caramel malt--heavy aroma. Dark golden brown with red highlights. Medium to full palate. Hoppy up front, but that quickly fades into a malt flavor that is strong. Nice caramel flavor with hints of vanilla.

Bottle. Bomber. Clear, copper-colored beer with a beige head. Hoppy flavor with beef-stock, malt, some sweetness and caramel. There’s hops, alcohol, malt, sweetness and beefstock in the flavor. Quite bitter in the mouth, with malt and hops to finish it off. A nice beer, but there’s too much hops to balance it. (070413)

Very heavy malt in the aroma.Pours a deep copper with a medium off white head.The flavor is big malt,vanilla and some nice hops as well.Full mouthfeel with a huge malt finish.

I like this beer but I suppose I was expecting something with a bit more malt. Very strongly hopped on the finish with a fairly medium body. Slight carmel right at the beginning.

Honey-like alcohol sweetness and a moderate citrus hop aroma. Copper in color with a long-lasting off-white head. Initial taste was aggressively bitter, but upon second taste the hop bitterness blended very nicely with the low caramel malt flavor and citrusy hop bouquet. A piney hop bitterness lingers in the aftertaste. Nice Red. Medium-bodied and hopped like it should.