SKA Decadent Imperial IPA

Brewed by SKA Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Durango, Colorado USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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This beer is brilliantly clear with a good persistent head. Nice citrus and floral hops in the aroma and taste. Nice bitterness throughout to balance with the malt but not overly bitter. Very drinkable for a 10% beer. Don’t make this the last beer right before bed because it will knock you on you ass. I wanted another one the next night.

Aroma is citrus, malts and grassy hops. The flavor is citrus, grapefruit, hop resin, berries, slightly off malts and a bitter finish.

Clear light copper almost peachy,short head,some lace. ARoma is mild ripe fruit kind of berry,slight floral,some breadiness.Possibly some butteryness with the caramel. Taste is smooth,slick,ripe fruit, dark berry like,with pine,some mildish carmel malty sweetness.Clean.Minty pine finish and linger.Alcohol hidden well,seems like smaller abv,dangerously drinkable you could say. Some dryness in finish.Really good drinkabilty for a 10%er.

Bomber bought @ Systembolaget. Pours very cloudy bright orange with a small frothy offwhite head that quickly dissipates while leaving a small sticky trace on the glass. Smell is sweet, malty and fruity with sweet bread, alcohol, overripe tropical fruits, lemon zest, grapefruit rinds, biscuits, cookie dough, pine needles, resinous wood and orange zest. Taste is sweet, malty and tiny fruity with sweet bread, alcohol, cereal, pine needles, black tea, resinous wood, grapefruit rinds, orange peal, lemon zest, biscuits, dried apricots and overripe mango and pineapple. Mouthfeel is sticky, tiny round, tiny boozy and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with sweet bread, biscuits, grapefruit rinds, overripe mango, alcohol and lemon zest. I must confess I kept on to this for too long and would love to try it fresh.

Bomber pours an almost clear orange/amber with practically no head but good lacing. Aroma is strong citrus and floral hops with a touch of honey and some leaves/grass. Taste is bitter but not over the top, with some sweet malts coming out in the middle. Body is medium to full with slight carbonation. Alcohol is well hidden. A very enjoyable IIPA I’ll be sure to try again, and one of the best I’ve had from this brewery in any style.

bottle from Wilmington. Very pungent and spicy hops, light honey color slightly cloudy no head but some lacing, almost over the top

The beer pours copper in color, dark, with a really nice, frothy off-white head. The aroma is almost yeasty, with a light, biscuity malt aroma that delivers a touch of English ale or winter warmer to the nose. Once it’s in the mouth you wouldn’t guess that this is as high as it is in alcohol. It’s a little thick o n There’s something in the mouth that you eventually realize is in the nose, too, that seems very much like an American Barleywine - a dark, hoppy, malty strength with a distinctive effect on the tongue. The finish is also much like a Barleywine and so much less like a double IPA than what you’d expect, with a lingering flavor of delicious caramel malt and alcohol. Even the lips ends up a little sticky in the end.

Drank from 22oz bottle poured into tulip glass. Aroma - wonderful blend of citrus and hops. Appearance - golden orange with light carbonation and froth. Taste - bold grapefruit and hops taste. Very enjoyable! Palate - more dry hops on palate. Overall - very nice IPA.

Poured from bomber into snifter, a golden orange, lots of lacing, exceptionally smooth, can't believe this is a 10% IIPA. Very impressive. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Thoroughly enjoyed this double IPA offering from SKA brewing. shared this bomber bottle with my girlfriend and we were both big fans. Bittersweet and slightly spicy hop flavor on a heavily carbonated, high gravity hop smash of decadent brew. Great beer.