Redwood Curtain Imperial Golden Ale

Brewed by Redwood Curtain Brewing Company
Style: English Strong Ale
Arcata, California USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Bottle. Golden-orange colour with a beige head. Aroma is herbs, malt, alcohol, fruit, peaches. Flavour is herbs, malt, alcohol, hop, peaches, fruit. Bitter finish. OK/Nice beer.

Bottle 12fl.oz.

[ Trade by Pinball ]. Clear medium orange colour with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, wood, tobaccoo, light to moderate hoppy, fruity. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120622]

Had this on tap at a festival. The beers were six dollars per cup and this was the only one that was somewhat worth the outrageous price. I found it enjoyable, but the flavors were a little bold and jumbled for my taste. Then again, I’m not usually the biggest fan of anything that starts with I and ends with A.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Small head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, peach, malt and hops.

Bottle@Ulfborg. Pours cloudy amber with a tiny off-white head. Aroma of fruitiness, malt, some fresh cut grass and yeast. Flavor is sweet and malty with some spicy yeast and caramel. Medium body, average carbonaiton.

Bottle 355ml @ fonefan
Pours clear deep golden with a small off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, herbs and floral hops. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long caramel, floral finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Bottle. Hazy amber/orange with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, caramel, little toffee and hops. Flavour is malt, medium sweet, caramel, toasted, hops and medium bitter.

Bottle. It pours an almost clear body, orange-golden in color and with a minimal-sized off-white head on top. Rather fruity nose with peaches, some orange zest and some grassy, resiny hints. Pale malts and caramel notes too. It’s full-bodied, lightly sugary, a bit flat and quite fruity in the mouth, with some bitterness chiming in towards the end. Well, a decent one indeed, but I’m not impressed in any way. 120622

Bottle.Amber coloured. Unclear. Dense light beige ehad. ARoma of fruits, spice, caramel, flowers. Flavour of caramel, herbs, sweetness, cocoa and some grass. Medium bodied. Ends on a caramelly and fruity note.

Bottle at yespr. Hazy orange coloured with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma of caramel, spices and ascorbic acid with notes of berries. Fruity flavour of caramel, bread and berries. Fruity finish.