The Libertine Imperial Red Ale
Fulton Beer Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Speciality Grain Regular|
Score
6.80
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Orange brown color. Strong aroma. Sweet, fruit, alcohol. Light cherry astringency, lightly aged malts. It's s big smelling but not too big. Flavor loses a lot of bigness. More fruit yeastiness with some bitterness at the end that maybe a mix of malts and hops. Really fruity and light astringency is the key here. Send more like an olde ale than a cleaner American Impy Red.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2018
at 02:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
8 oz tulip draft at Rock and Brews in Overland Park, Kansas. The pour is murky brown copper with a thin tan head head. Splotchy lace on the glass. The aroma is raisin, toffee, maybe a hint of cherry sweetness. The taste is big sweet malt - toffee, raisin fruit, caramel, spice floral herbal, and a bit of roast behind. Alcohol is evident. The palate is medium to heavy bodied with soft carbonation and the sweet herbal lingering. Not really my thing.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2017
at 15:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Minnesota Trip Beer #92. Keg at the brewery, 5/9/16. Clear dark red, thin creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of caramel, citrus, bits of coffee. The taste is caramel, toffee, Twizzler candy. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Oct 2016
at 00:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle. Pretty a much a style I never desire, the Imperial Red. Cherry, vanilla, big amber malt notes, not enough hops to balance it out. The rye really oversweetens an already sweet beer. Very malt forward, pretty drinkable for the ABV. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2016
at 23:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample in Sioux Falls. Clear ruby color, off white head. Aroma of caramel and molasses. Taste is malty with light spice. Nice.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2015
at 18:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear red with a touch of amber and a near white head that dissipates it the edges. Aroma has lots of sweet grains with hints of caramel and light fruits underlying. Flavor is similar with sweet grains and bread up front with a touch of light fruit in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2014
at 12:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750 bottle-thanks Jim-retaining tight tan head with trailing lace-dk copper. A-pine/orange, sweet med malt-caramel, yeast. T-orange/pine/spice hops, sweet med malt-caramel/roast, med fruit, yeast. Maybe some homebrew character, but not strong enough to detract.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2013
at 07:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Capped 750 from Guerde. What trading is all about! Thanks Andy! Pours almost cherry red with a slight beige head. Aroma is heavy malt - sort of like a rye wee heavy? Full bodied. Boy it is malty. There’s some roast malt, something a little nutty perhaps, and there are rye spice notes. It doesn’t finish exactly dry, but it is pretty close considering how malty it starts.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2013
at 18:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a reddish-yellow/orange with smallish head. Aroma is dominated by malt and grain. Flavor is malty, a bit sweet (though not too much), with a rather unpleasant aftertaste, almost like paper or cardboard. There’s a "boozy" undercurrent to the flavor as well. It’s interesting, but not something I’d want to buy another bottle of.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2012
at 14:08
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Tap @ Northbound. Pours a clear, dark orange with a cream colored head. Toasty caramel, a bit sugary, toffee, herbal hoppy nose. Strong, somewhat boozy, caramel, grassy, herbal, sugary flavor. Pretty strong and sugary.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Oct 2012
at 21:52