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Lagunitas Imperial Red

Lagunitas Imperial Red

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An American Strong Ale brewed by
Lagunitas Brewing Company

Petaluma, California USA

bottled
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4663.72/5.03.71/5.0Special7.6%71.6 Trappist glass P  Stats

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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 ekstedt (1792), Göteborg, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20

Jul 9, 2008  
Bottle (35 cl) from Ølbutikken. Hazy lcopper with medium tan head. Caramelly malt aroma with some prunes, along with floral, citric, and piney hops. Medium bodied and smooth. Very well balanced, long bitter finish.

 Adenila (630), Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 24, 2008  
Bottle from Beerbiker! Deep red in color with a dense light brown head. Loads of sweet grainy malt aromas along with soaked bread and as in every other Lagunital i’ve had, lots of flowery hops. Sweet caramel and nutty flavor again with plenty of bitterhops. Great!


 SilkTork (3865), Rochester, Kent, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/515/20
Aug 21, 2008  
Chris_o’s GBBF Shindig 08. American IPA aroma. Quite thick and intense. Sweet clean malt and lots of hops. Some pleasant fruit in the finish. Not my thing, but OK. No big objections.


 cgarvieuk (2350), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Aug 20, 2008  
Bottle at Chris o’s…bright red,huge american hops banana,sweet juicy very hoppy lots of resins. little bitter. quite suger sweet but hop hop hops


 Glouglouburp (1935), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 12, 2008  
In short: A well malted juicy fruity tasty sweet kind-of-IPA. Excellent.
How: Bottle 12oz, drank fresh
The look: Clear redish-copper body topped by a medium beige leaving good lacing
In long: Lots of fruity hops on the nose. Super satisfying mouthfeel, a bunch of red fruits (including strawberries!) wrapped in luscious caramel. Malt bill kind of reminded me of rye-based beers. Plenty of juicy fruity hops for a smooth but tasty bitterness. Never harsh, somewhat sweet, like a fruity dessert. The type of beer I’d like to drink more often, if I wasn’t so damn busy drinking other beers.


t4h2c0 (63), seattle, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 8, 2008  
Pours light red with a moderate white head. Very hoppy and malty, a very good balance between the two. A liitle more malty upfront with a good lingering hop flavor in the aftertaste. This beer tatse stronger than it is and does not go down very easy due to high maltieness. Very well rounded solid beer!!




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