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Lagunitas Imperial Red

Lagunitas Imperial Red - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale

Petaluma, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6263.71/5.03.7/5.0Special7.6%78.6Snifter, Trappist glass
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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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 skoisirius (570), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Dec 16, 2006  
12 oz bottle into a Trappist style glass. Pours a lovely rich looking copper with a fair amount of viewable carbonation and a fairly white, dimly tanned head. The aroma bursts of heavy malt and citrusy hops, tossed with a small pine and grassy note. The flavor is huge on the nose starting with a boasting sweet citrus hop note, moving into a nice bittery pine hop covered with sweet and semi-carameled malts. The progressive pine hop note kicks through all this with a big bitter finish that is huge, but not overly done. Big in the mouth, decent carbonation. I really do love this beer!!


 redlem (1155), Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 15, 2006  
A typical high standard beer from this brewer. Good hop profile, citrus. A thick malt mouthfeel, lingering aftertaste. Mild sweetness.


 scraff (1921), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Dec 13, 2006  
12 oz - Dark shiny copper, lightly tanned thin foamy head (great lacing). Nose has deep citric hop swirls, light florals, pine, and earth, with soft undertones of toasty sweet caramel. Slightly bready to boot. Flavor is similar, bitter up front, with a light sweet malt backbone rounding it out. Medium bodied with light carbonation, drying, bittersweet finish. This would make a nice regular in the firdge if Lagunitas ever chose MD for distribution....hint hint.....


 ogglethorp (882), Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 12, 2006  
Bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a medium sized beige head, moderate lacing. Aroma of malt, caramel, floral, pine, and citrus hops. Flavor is citrus, hops, caramel, malt, touch of alcohol. Palate is medium with a moderate amount of carbonation, IPA like finish. Pretty darn good.


 shigadeyo (2210), Harrison, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/514/20
Dec 9, 2006  
O.G. 1.072, 40.63 IBU, 7.6% ABV... Lagunitas Imperial Red Ale pours a hazy dark copper color with a large foamy and puffy light orange head. The head slowly collapses and leaves a thin off-white crown that lastes until the very last drink. There is also a decent amount of lacing. The aroma is malty and dominated by aged candied orange and pineapple. There is a stong orange and pine hoppiness up front and then the flavor reveals some caramel malt and alcohol. The finish is piney, grassy, moderately bitter, and slightly dry. This beer has a medium body and is very creamy. Overall I thought that this was a solid beer with a controlled bitterness. Good, but not quite as good as some of the other Lagunitas offerings that I’ve tried recently. 22 oz bottle from Belmont Party Supply.


 hopscotch (5441), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Dec 6, 2006  
Bottle... Clear orange ale with a mid-sized, frothy, off-white head. Hoppy nose with notes of grapefruit, pine, leather and an afterthought of gooey caramel. The flavor pretty well matches the nose. The fruit and candy are there along with medium to heavy bitterness and a pinch of salt. Full-bodied and astringent with moderate carbonation. Lengthy, bitter-sweet, dry finish. Thanks to jimbowood for shipping me this bottle!


 oldno7 (135), Spokane, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/514/20
Dec 3, 2006  
Pours copper with a thin beige head. Has a pleasant aroma of fruits, caramel, vanilla and malts. Flavor and palate both were flat. Seems to be missing that smooth, creamy palate. Noticable flavors of malts, hop, citrus and pine.


 MrRomero (1934), Nolanville, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Dec 1, 2006  
Courtesy of TBC2. 12 oz bottle: poured dark orange with virtually no head even after a semi-aggressive pour. The beer is too cold presently. After warming up, it pours a medium sized off white head. Moderate caramel and fairly big hop aroma. Massive bitterness in the finish with mild metallic notes. Decent but I need some sweet malts.



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