Midnight Sun Cohoho Imperial IPA

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Dark amber/brown with a small, frothy, tan head. Aroma of pungent, venomous hop resin, cannabis, pine, and grapefruit rind. Flavor adds a strong toasty caramel malt base and a subtle, but sharp, herbal/vegetal aftertaste. Medium/full body, smooth. Excellent.

From a 22oz. brown bomber bottle with a notched bottled date, Dec/third week. Made a good appearance, poured a chill hazy reddish bronze with a fluffy pale tannish head that settled into a thin foamy lacing, good carbonation. Had a caramel malty and piney, citric hoppy nose, grapefruit rind and dry hops. A crisp, hop textured and smooth lightish medium bodied mouth feel, good drinkability. Piney, citric and leafy dry hop taste, a smooth rolling bitterness in the palate, a balancing caramel maltiness, a sweet sugariness from the malts and a dry, caramel and hoppy finish with a lingering dry hoppiness in the palate. The alcohol warmth is very subtle through out the taste. I, personally, enjoyed this D/IPA from Midnight Sun, I found it tasty and balanced, well worth trying.

Thanks to LP for this one, This has been on my wish list for some time. Amber to copper color with a moderate off-white head. Earthy malt and citric hops mix well in the nasal passages with a touch of fresh bread and light herb. Flavors of eating a biscuit while on the shores of a remote lake and having a drink of grapefruit juice. Earthy as in the nose. Linger of strong green hops. A nice, more traditional, IPA.

Sampled at Dark Lord Day 06. I found this beer incredibly underwhelming. The aroma almost completely lacked hops. Very malty. Very watery thin with low head. Reds yellow and oranges for colors. The flavor was just a mish mash of whops an malt with no distinguishing character. Pretty disappointing.

Bottle, probably aged a bit. Dark mahagony brown pour, huge head. Smelled old and oxidized, with some cirtus hops, but not a lot. Caramel malty flavors, some hops, but not a lot, and a hard bitter bite to finish. Tart and acidic. I’ll want another bottle to rerate at some point.

smells of dates and candy and malt and hops. I list hops last because its not as extreme as I might have hoped. This pours very dark with a small, small head. Tastes like caramel and is almost as thick. I feel like I could chew this beer. Aftertaste is tremendous. Not very harsh and evaporates quickly off the palate, just as I like it. Bravo!

This was kind of a disappointment, I really had much higher hopes than what I tasted. Initial aroma is similar to pine-sol, lots of citrus, but also some burnt toasted maltiness. Flavors are subdued, overly malty with lots of stale fruit rinds, but the flavors just never really seem to come together and remain unbalanced throughout the entire session.

Bottle. Pours red and brown, with an initial fluffy off white head that diminishes to thin. Different looking from the IIPAs that I am used to. Good lacing all the way down. Aromas of pine, citrus, caramel, plastic. My first taste impression is of the citrus, grapefruit, oranges and some Christmas tree. There is somewhat of a metallic taste in there as well and some caramel at the end. This is sweet up front and bitter at the end. Slightly oily and carbonated. The alcohol chimes in, especially as it warms.