Midnight Sun Cohoho Imperial IPA

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

On tap. Aroma of citrus, juniper berries, molasses, and dried fruit. Deep amber with a thick off white head. You can actually taste all of the main ingredients; bitter northwest hops, sweetness from the malt and brown sugar, and spiciness from the juniper berries. Medium bodied with average carbonation, and a long bitter finish. This is a different twist on an Imperial IPA and I think they pulled it off nicely, a bit thicker and slightly syrupy than most but it works.

Bottle... Poured reddish-amber with a white head. Floral hop flavors with a strong malted balance that lent to a smooth finish.

Bottle from Liquid Solutions. Pours a dark filtered amber with a fizzy head. Nose is awesome C-hops and Simcoe. A touch catty, but super resiny with a touch of citrus. Taste is pretty robust, a little caramel malt at first and some roastiness and a superclean bitterness. This is a pretty tasty beer, definitely impresssed. Nice change for a double Red. Good.

22oz bottle poured into a tulip. Pours a deep, deep clear amber with a big creamy off-white head that lingers as a cap for ages and leaves really good lacing. Aroma is dominated by a huge citrus hop presence up front with lots of mangos, oranges and pineapples. There is a definite sweet malt base though not much sugar in the nose. Fantastic smell on this one. The taste has some citrus burn up front but has a much bigger sugary malt base than the aroma suggests. The floral hops come back with a big bitterness that lingers in the finish. Definitely more malt base in the taste to balance the aggressive hop profile. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with good carbonation and sticky with hop juice. Another good brew from Midnight Sun though the aroma is the standout with tons of citrus fruit and pine hops with a decent malt backbone. Tasty.

22 oz bottle from Market of Choice. Deep amber pour with a big white head and solid lacing. Very nice smelling brew with brown sugar, juniper berry and some spicy hop aroma. Equally nice flavor with some big honey and juniper tastes, almost tastes like gin at some points. Also a huge hop backdrop with some potent grapefruit. Could use to pick up another one of these actually.

Bottle. Pours a deep copper with a nice off white to tan head. Loads of tight bubbles too. Nose is sweet and hoppy with some berry tone to it. Flavors of honey predominate (with the initial thickness of honey feel too) as well as the juniper berries. Hop flavors build as you drink and a nice grapefruit flavor comes out that blends nicely with juniper. Mouth is fairly full with a nice bite at the end that leads to a long medium bitter finish.

bottle, chestnut colored with strong tan foam, aroma is piney with good caramel and hoppy grapefruit

Bonus bottle from AmErican brew. Thanks Eric! Pours auburn with a big, foamy off white head. Aroma is big pine and grapefruit...very nice. Very bitter with a nice touch of malt on the finish. Very smooth and easy to drink. Dry finish.