 aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA
Nov 1, 2008 2008. 12oz bottle. Pours a hazy yellow with a 1 inch head and very little lacing. Aromas of hops, hops, hops, and a bit of sweet malt. Flavor is all hops but not overly intense like IIPA. Decent beer, from from the macro producer.
mcjay (301), Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
Nov 1, 2008 Updated: Nov 28, 2008Hazy golden color with a thin off white head. Bottle says an intense hop experience. This beer is all hops but it’s not nearly as intense as I thought it would be. A slight malty sweetness makes it a little more mild. The after taste is a bit bitter but all in all this brew is pretty good.
Beardface (977), Eugene, Oregon, USA
Oct 29, 2008 Surprisingly huge hop presence for the style, they promise intensity on the label and they certainly deliver. Pours a nice golden amber with a large but quick evaporating head and good lacing. Smells exactly like the walkway to the Rogue brewpub, hops, hops and yeast. Bitter but tasty flavor and a lager aftertaste. Good effort, let’s get more of these different Sam Adams out west.
WillieV (191), Maryland, USA
Oct 28, 2008 Bottle: Much as the bottle states.. INTENSE hop.. They live up to it. Poured a very clear dark golden brown color with a very small off white head. Scent is pure hop.. Taste is pure hop. Came in a 4pack.
BMan1113VR (2752), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
Oct 28, 2008 Listed as Samuel Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner. Pours with a large, creamy white head and a glowing hazy gold body. Very good lacing, and some alcohol legs. Aroma of hallertau everywhere, some orange, mango, and spice hops aswell, some bread and caramel too. Aroma of imperial Boston Lager...very nice. Taste is bitter but with the malt back bone of a DIPA. There is a bit of an odd lagery aftertaste, and a bit of astringent, nearly yeasty taste. Creamy with light bubbles. Very nice.
BeerBunker (594), Burbank, Illinois, USA
Oct 28, 2008 Pours a very dark orange with a minimal white fizzy head. Aroma is of earthy hops, spice, hints of caramel, and citrus. Taste was a bitter hop bite, strong burning alcohol, and citrus. Some very tasty malt balances it all out. After the alcohol settles, a mellow sweetness presents it self to make this very drinkable. Not as strong as I remembered it.
gpekar (221), Maryland, USA
Oct 28, 2008 Poured a clear dark golden amber color with a creamy off-white head. There were loads of carbonation bubbles in the glass. The head slowly disappated to just a light film, but left decent lacing. The aroma was of some citrus and pine. The beer had a creamy texture and a good hop bitter bite that grew in its bitterness on the finish. The longer drinking the glass there was a nice undertone of sweetness that developed and bit of a tart citrus flavor as well on the finish. The taste was strong and the flavor lasted on the palate a long time. Excellent strong beer!!
crowderm (275), Recklinghausen, Germany
Oct 28, 2008 Deep copper pour with a thin white head. Aroma of apricots, iced tea, grass and pine hops. Flavor begins very sweet, like nestea with liquid caramel mixed in. Then, mid sip an awesome hop bitterness meets and balances the sweetness with notes of pepper, ash, pine,and grass. Throughout all this the bitterness remains intense, but restrained and elegant, drifting off into a very nice spicy hop finish. Medium-full bodied palate with some lively carbonation and an alcohol tingle. Good brew.
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