Peak Organic Brewing Company King Crimson

King Crimson

 

Peak Organic Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

Brewed at/by: Shipyard Brewing Company
  Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.85
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 90 Ticks: 20
King Crimson is an Imperial Red Ale that delivers a royal bounty of luscious, fruity American hops on top of a sturdy, deep red malt backbone. This beer is lavishly dry-hopped with Simcoe, adding a citrusy and piney flavor and aroma to the toasty, sweet malt notes. This special treat is a very limited Winter release, so enjoy it while you can!
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Pours reddish brownish from draft at waterfront Manhattan. Caramel malts, hops. Pretty decent.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2025 at 01:15


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft. Cloudy deep amber color, very thick cream colored head. Aroma of toasted caramel. Taste is fruity burnt caramel, extremely bitter and resiny. Too bitter for me.

Tried from Draft on 04 Jan 2015 at 18:31


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Drought. Reddish amber with creamy beige head, hops aroma, slightly bitter hoppy taste, medium carbonation, long finish. Nothing special.

Tried on 05 Mar 2014 at 19:09


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

A nice fruity bitterness with a warm sweetness. Reddish brown in color with a light brown head.

Tried on 20 Apr 2013 at 13:51


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Location: 22 oz bottle from State Line, 1/29/13

Aroma: The nose is hoppy and resiny, with caramel, toast, some earth, and some orange/grapefruit
Appearance: Pours an unclear dark reddish color with a beige head and some sticky lacework
Flavor: The taste is sweet and malty, with plenty of lasting hop bitterness on the finish
Palate: The body is medium-plus, it is sticky and chewy, a little astringent, with a dry finish
Overall Impression: I thought this was a pretty solid one. The flavor doesn't quite live up to the really nice promise of the nose, but it is still a good beer. This is the most interesting thing I've tried from Peak Organic.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2013 at 13:59


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

22oz bottle-tight foamy lt tan-copper/amber. A-sweet resin/orange, caramel-med malt. Sweet resin/earthy hops, caramel-med malt. Carbonation not quite there.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2012 at 19:12


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared by John. Pours reddish amber with off white head. Nose of nectarine, pine/resin, caramel malt and sea salt. Taste is mostly caramel and resin/pine. Finishes slightly abrasive resin. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2012 at 17:01


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

22oz bomber split with Anndiesel. Unfiltered burgundy-red-orange, glowing. Foamy off-white/beige head. Interesting balance of an aroma, from cherry wood amber malt tones to a menthol citrus hop edge. A pretty decent and enjoyable beer, but the choice of hops maybe just doesn’t work here...or something. Cooling and tropical essence of the Simcoe hop interacts awkwardly with the big caramel and amber malt tones. You could call this an English Barleywine maybe. Interesting and unique, but not that well executed.

Tried on 05 Aug 2012 at 22:32


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A reddish copper ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, a smooth caramel malt with pungent floral hops, light sulfur notes, not bad. In mouth, a sweet caramel malt with piney hops, grass and clovers, nice and smooth. Tasted at Raquette River Beer and Wine Fest, July 13 2012.

Tried on 17 Jul 2012 at 18:58


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Ruby beer with a light tan head. Rich malt and light grapefruit aroma with light summer fruit. Malt and light toffee flavor with grapefruit and pine. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and pine linger with light cocoa and toffee.

Tried from Draft on 02 Jul 2012 at 13:58