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Lagunitas Imperial Red 3.7 642

Lagunitas Imperial Red

Percentile
95
overall

bottled
common

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6423.71/5.03.7/5.0Special7.6%78Snifter, 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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 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.


 swoopjones (1933), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 4, 2007  
22oz bomber @ Coles, Buffalo NY. Reddish-copper. caramel malts well balanced with hops. Well done red


 ucusty (1923), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/514/20
Dec 13, 2007  
Dark copper with short lived thin head and some spotty lacing. Very apparent sweet malt aroma with a twist of hops(floral). Carmel, toffee, and malts. peach and hops on the finish.


 Shag (1923), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/519/20
Apr 22, 2005  
A copper color with a moderate head. The aroma is very pronounced citrus and alcohol. I can smell it 6 inches away from the glass. The flavor is strawberry, grapefruit, orange peel. Very IIPAish to me. Its very hoppy yet malty it acheives excellent balance. I love it!


 marcus (1918), Sacramento, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 26, 2007  
This red ale poured with a modest tan head, eliciting a floral aroma. Malty and slightly sweet at the start, with a sharp hop bite at the finish.


 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Mar 28, 2006  
Thanks to gputty for bringing this by to share. Reddish amber, beige head. Citrusy grapfruit nose. Flavor is more grapefruity hops, rather bitter, with a mildly sweet malt background. Peppery citrus finish.


 frankenkitty (1903), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/515/20
Feb 21, 2007  
Let me first comment that I love the commercial description... "malty thorax... hoppy sweet nerve sack..." good stuff. Pours a vermillion amber with a frothy, cream-colored head that leaves some chunky lace on its slow way down. Huge malts vs. big hops in the aroma, I first guessed the style to be a double-IPA. Sweet citrus-caramel-candy rolled in white pepper and Lipton instant iced-tea mix. Flavor is weak compared to the nose, but there is a nice APA quality to it, and the ABV seems fairly well-hidden. Finishes a bit on the "too-sweet" side, but a grapefruity bitterness lingers.

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 pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/105/514/20
Aug 29, 2005  
Nice hoppy aroma, with some caramel. Taste is a bit of alcohol sweetness, caramel, and that’s it. Body is lovely and smooth.



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