Sampled at Brew at the Zoo at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. Pours a transparent, golden orange with a frothy, sudsy white head. Smells great, the aroma reminded me of Bells Hopslam, citrus candies, sweet caramel chews, grapefruits, and pine cones. Flavor was nice too, sweet and sugary, lemon candies, oranges and tangerines. Finish is bitter, but not as bitter as a normal IIPA. I liked this quite a bit, it doesn’t pack the punch of other double IPAs, but it’s drinkable and sweet.

Pours a really nice red/orange color with a minimal but long lasting white head. Aroma is huge pine hops, but there’s a really funky alcohol/acetone undercurrent which kind of takes away from the smell. Flavor is huge bitter pine hops, almost no citrus. It’s funny that his says it was brewed with 10 different malts, because the hallmark of a really good Imperial IPA is a malt backbone strong enough to support all those juicy hops, but it really isn’t here with this one. Way to bitter, way to much alcohol burn and just a little too funky overall. Look elsewhere for a good Imperial IPA experience.

12 oz bottle from premier gourmet in buffalo. pours orange with a lsting tan head. aromas of a lot of hopsbut they are mostly grassy, some malt structure but it isnt as solid as id like. the flavours are ok for an IIPA but this seems to lack in the quality of some of the better IIPA’s. this brew does have some redeeming qualities. its 8.5% abv and has a hell of a hop punch but it suffers from tasting a bit muddled. id buy it again if i could get it locally for the price i paid.

Bottle from a local harris teeter in greensboro. Thanks to J-tiki. Pours a clear amber with a thin orangish head. hoppy aroma with a hoppy citrus taste. great clean taste, pretty good

Pretty beer: refined amber color and excellent lacing. Rounded, mellow, and balanced throughout but also potent, alcoholic, and strong. An excellent hoppy sipper.