Imperial IPA
Old Schoolhouse Brewery in Winthrop, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.32
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Our Imperial IPA is bigger and more balanced than its little brother, Ruud Awakening IPA, with a stronger malt presence and increased hopping rate. Mild caramel malt character and plenty of Pacific Northwest hops. The Imperial IPA is part of our Brewer’s Reserve Series.
Malt: 2 Row Pale, English Crystal, Munich
Hops: Columbus, Warrior, Centennial, Cascade, Amarillo, Simcoe, Citra
Malt: 2 Row Pale, English Crystal, Munich
Hops: Columbus, Warrior, Centennial, Cascade, Amarillo, Simcoe, Citra
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle - Earthy hops, pine, grapefruit and nice malts to balance. Clear dark amber with thick white head. Rich pine, orange peel, resin and a smooth bitterness that lasts well pas the finish. Lives up to the "imperial’ standard, and definitely a beer to wreck your palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2012
at 19:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Tropical fruit nose, pineapple and grass. shimmering amber, medium yellow head. Whole overripe orange flavor. Grassy and bitter finish. Good.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2012
at 10:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bomber shared by tia and HopTsing at the 18th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a medium sized frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of citrus, herbal and peppery hops with pale malts. The taste is tea, citrus, bitter hops and candied citrus. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2012
at 21:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 3/24/12
Aroma: The nose has some grassy hops, pine, fruity notes, some caramel, and a bit of bread
Appearance: It pours orange with a fairly thick white head and fairly heavy lacing on the glass
Flavor: The taste is light-medium sweet, fruit and caramel, with a mid-full piney hop bitterness
Palate: The body is medium-full, it feels somewhat sticky, with average carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: I actually found this one to be a really solid IIPA, and I'm actually surprised it isn't a little higher in the style. It isn't a top of style offering, but I still found it to be very solid.
Aroma: The nose has some grassy hops, pine, fruity notes, some caramel, and a bit of bread
Appearance: It pours orange with a fairly thick white head and fairly heavy lacing on the glass
Flavor: The taste is light-medium sweet, fruit and caramel, with a mid-full piney hop bitterness
Palate: The body is medium-full, it feels somewhat sticky, with average carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: I actually found this one to be a really solid IIPA, and I'm actually surprised it isn't a little higher in the style. It isn't a top of style offering, but I still found it to be very solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2012
at 18:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz bottle-pours copper with a big retaining offwhite head. Aroma is pine/ciitrus, some medium malt. Taste is biting/harsh resin/pine/herbal hops, some medium malt, alcohol. Slightly slick. 3.3 Better cold. Aroma has some orange. Taste has some bready/caramel. 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2012
at 15:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Malt & Vine. Pours light amber with a large foamy beige head. Aroma is heavily floral over light caramel. Flavor is piney/citrus/floral with pine seeming to come on predominately. Certainly true to the NW traditions of hop/hop/hop. Nice long smooth bitter finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2011
at 18:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle. Cloudy variegated amber color, tiny white head with poor retention. Aroma of citrus, pineapple. Taste is bitter start to finish, citrus and pine, chewy, dry finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2011
at 16:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 oz. bottle, split with manuchampions, pours a cloudy copper / amber with a small white head. Very herbal hop aroma with secondary characteristics of grass, grapefruit and caramel. Flavour of surprisingly complex hop flavours, lots of spicy notes and potent hemp. Absolutely fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2010
at 23:00