Hallertau Imperial Pilsner
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
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Samuel Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner is a celebration of the extraordinary Hallertau Mittelfrueh hop variety. This rare Noble Bavarian hop, considered to be one of the best in the world, is prized for its quality and aromatic characteristics.
The beer, which is a deep golden color with a rich, creamy head, gives off an intense and complex Noble hop aroma unlike any other brew. With the first sip, beer enthusiasts will experience an explosion of hop flavor. The intensity of deep citrus, spicy Noble hop flavor is balanced with the slight sweetness from the malt. Due to the quality of the hops, this beer remains balanced and smoothly drinkable from beginning to end. The lingering \hop signature\" is an amazing treat for hops lovers."
The beer, which is a deep golden color with a rich, creamy head, gives off an intense and complex Noble hop aroma unlike any other brew. With the first sip, beer enthusiasts will experience an explosion of hop flavor. The intensity of deep citrus, spicy Noble hop flavor is balanced with the slight sweetness from the malt. Due to the quality of the hops, this beer remains balanced and smoothly drinkable from beginning to end. The lingering \hop signature\" is an amazing treat for hops lovers."
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[BOTTLED] Pours hazy amber with a firm head. Aroma is fruity apricots and hops. Thick, sweet and oily mouthfeel. Loads of hops in this one. Long intense bitterness with some notes of alcohol and salty liquorice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2008
at 13:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a nice, white head that leaves pretty lacing. Light amber color. At first it is hard to distinguish from an IPA. It kind of smells like one too. But there is something different about it. Hoppy and bready taste. Some fruitiness. Leaves an aftertaste. Medium body, but has a pleasant thickness. Rather good.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2008
at 16:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Systembolaget (temporary) It realy delivers what it promise, a lot of hopps! However its not your average hoppy american but an Imperial german taste or America goes German. All togheter I think its a bit to bitter and not very balanced, but still an interesting beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2008
at 08:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
8.1% bottle. Pours hazy orange, with white head. Aroma is hoppy, fruity (citrus) and floral. Taste is sweet/honey and light bitter hops. Alcohol is well present with nice citrus touch. Very hoppy for a pilsner. Drinkable, with the Sam Adams signature.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2008
at 00:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Golden colour. Lot´s of hops makes this one smell caramel and citrus. The flavor is intensely hoppy. But it´s hoppy in another way compared to a standard IPA. It dosen’t taste citrus at all. Very bitter.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2008
at 17:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Listed as Samuel Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner. Pours with a large, creamy white head and a glowing hazy gold body. Very good lacing, and some alcohol legs. Aroma of hallertau everywhere, some orange, mango, and spice hops aswell, some bread and caramel too. Aroma of imperial Boston Lager...very nice. Taste is bitter but with the malt back bone of a DIPA. There is a bit of an odd lagery aftertaste, and a bit of astringent, nearly yeasty taste. Creamy with light bubbles. Very nice.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2008
at 16:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from a trade with someone off RB. Very hazy orange gold with thick cream head. Big heavy sherbert green hop aroma. Big leafy hop aroma. I mean, wow. That is an intense hop experience. Difficult to say what the base beer is as it is just so strangled and dominated by the hop. Yeah, a really interesting beer. But seriously, just too many hops. It is a pilsner? No. I don’t know what to say. Yes, I love tons of hop, so yes, it brings a massive smile to my face. But as a balanced, well made beer? Just too much. Too hoppy? Yes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2008
at 06:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle at Salhojankadun Pub on 2008-07-26) Pale amber. Hazy. Big bubbly lightly tan head. Hops and alcohol in nose. Full-bodied dryish palate with some alcohol, quite little carbonation. Hops,resin, alcohol and salty liquorice. Long-lasting taste. The bitterness isn’t too overwhelming. Very strong-bodied. Impressive pils.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2008
at 08:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from In Vino Veritas in Keswick, VA. Pours a hazy orange with a huge head. Great lacing. Spicy and woody hop aroma with some grain. Taste is spicy, ctirusy and woody hops. Some grainy sweetness. Very woody, spicy, almost like thyme has been added. This is an older bottle and I like it right now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2008
at 00:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 2007 release
Hazy orange color, very small white head. Bready hoppy aroma with hints of flowerness. Starts malty, then some bready pine needle hoppy flavors leading to bursts of hop juice in the finish. Long piney, hoppy aftertaste. Ok, it is technically pils, but flavor is more like the crossover of APA and IPA.
Hazy orange color, very small white head. Bready hoppy aroma with hints of flowerness. Starts malty, then some bready pine needle hoppy flavors leading to bursts of hop juice in the finish. Long piney, hoppy aftertaste. Ok, it is technically pils, but flavor is more like the crossover of APA and IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2008
at 09:50