3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This beer looks gorgeous. It pours amber/red with a thick foamy head that coats the glass. Caramel malt and clean citrus hop aromas. Sweet caramel, toffee, and vanilla flavors lead the way toward a grapefruit finish. Carbonation tickles the front of the tongue while the grapefruit aftertaste travels down the back of the tongue and fades away. The 9.3% abv is well hidden with no alcohol burn or flavors. Enjoyable beer, I would definitely recommend giving this one a try.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
GABF 2010. Pours a nice clear deep amber with a thin head. Aroma is pretty hoppy- grapefruit, citrus, orange, pine with good clean caramel, not too sharp crystal malts. FLavor is toast, caramel, toffee, nuts, big citrus, pine mint- good hoppiness all around- kind of just an imperial red, west coast style. Nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A: The pour is a dark copper color with a fluffy off-white head and plenty of visible carbonation bubbles in the glass.
S: A nice balance of sweet, caramel malts and citrus hop notes. Just a touch of pine is in there as well. Perhaps some vanilla and fruit.
T: The hop flavor is solid and nicely compliments the maltiness. A bit of brown sugar, caramel, and vanilla. Grapefruit comes through from the hops as does a mild bitterness.
M: The body is medium with a fairly substantial carbonation for a barleywine/imperial red.
D: There’s nothing bad to say about this one, really. Good balanced flavors, nicely bittered and enjoyable all around.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour is a dark red with a small white head. Aroma is of toffee and of roasted malts. Flavor is a decent roasted malt with with a bit of caramel and a nice helping of chocolate toward the end. I don’t know if this style needs an "imperial" version but this is tasty and the alcohol is hidden well.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy amber bronze with some suspended yeast and a clingy-lacing froth of off-white head. Aroma of fresh resiny piny hops and rich sweet toasty caramel malt with a touch of honey. Starts with good fullness and sweet toasty caramel maltiness with a smooth bittering hop balance and resiny flavor before a drier bittersweet finish. Very drinkable with decent complexity which hides the alcohol well.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle pours cloudy amber/red with thin tan head which stays. Aroma is very sweet, caramel, butterscotch, floral, earthy. Taste nutty, butterscotch, slightly metallic, toffee aftertaste. Nice thick body. Enjoyable.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a brownish, reddish with a medium bubbly off white head. Aroma of sweet molasses, toffee, nuts and hops. Flavor of the same.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brown red color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of caramel malts, citrus fruits, some toffee, and floral hops. Taste of citrus, grass, pine, caramel, nuts, and light alcohol in the finish.
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