Imperial Pale
St. George Brewing Company in Hampton, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Regular|
Score
6.56
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maniac (11822) reviewed Imperial Pale from St. George Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Tarrants on 06/06/2011. Clear copper amber body with a small frothy white head. Sweet caramel and light fruit aroma. Sweet caramel, light fruit and a dry finish. Medium body with moderately low carbonation.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Imperial Pale from St. George Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample at the Willoughby PBCCP tasting on 11/17/2013: The beer pours a clear orange-copper color with a medium foamy off-white head that diminishes gradually. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, malt and caramel. Medium-bodied and slightly syrupy with flavors of resiny hops, earthy malt and grain. The finish is moderately bitter with a piney hops aftertaste. Hard to believe this is double digit ABV Double IPA the way it drinks. Slightly above average overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On cask at Mad Fox Cask Beer Festival. Pours cloudy gold with a bubbly off white head. Aroma of alfalfa. Malt forward with caramel notes. Sweet slightly boozy finish.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Imperial Pale from St. George Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Tap. Pours clear light amber with a large off-white head and nice lacing. Aroma is floral, pine, caramel. Flavor is about the same, lightly sweet, lightly bitter with bitterness increasing to the finish. Medium body, creamy in the mouth. Not a bad beer at all, and masks its ABV well.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Imperial Pale from St. George Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at the source. This is a nice subtle, balanced ale with floral and fruity notes. Refreshing.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Imperial Pale from St. George Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Location: 22 oz bottle from Norm's, 6/15/12
Aroma: The nose has some malts, bread/toast, caramel, toffee, orange fruity notes, and spice
Appearance: It pours an unclear dark orange color with a small off-white head and minimal lace
Flavor: The taste is medium sweet, with a lot of malts, breads, and spice, and not a lot of hoppy goodness
Palate: It is medium-full bodied, with a thick feel, a sticky/syrupy texture, and a slightly hot/alcoholic finish
Overall Impression: I certainly wouldn't have classified this beer as a Double IPA. It is missing all that resiny/pine/citrus sweet-hoppy goodness that makes this style so wonderful. Anyway, this wasn't a bad beer by any means, but it just wasn't rounded out at all either. I don't know. I changed my mind on this one multiple times as I was drinking it. I'm not going to hold the style category against it, since I certainly don't know that is the style they were attempting for, and my assumption is that they were not. It felt much more like a British style Barleywine (well not exactly, but something of that nature).
Drake (22934) reviewed Imperial Pale from St. George Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA opened 5/21/11. Pours a clear amber color with a thin fizzy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of toasted malts, floral hops and apple. The taste is toasted malts and herbal and floral hop notes. Medium bodied. Lingering bitterness. Nicely balanced.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22oz bottle. Poured a copper color with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, caramel notes, light fruit, alcohol, and a touch of hops. Flavor is mostly malt, with a sweet alcohol mouth throughout. Caramel notes, fruits.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Imperial Pale from St. George Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Draft at VABF 2011: Weak dark hay nose. Clear dark amber, no head. Full body, sweet corn syrup flavor. Very malt liquor like. No hop flavor. alcohol noticeable, bad idea.