Imperial Red Ale
Epic Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.30
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This beer is very popular! Extremely complex and strong at 7.1% ABV. This beer is well balanced between the caramel-malt driven profile and the dry, supporting hops. Look for hints of dark bread and a slight fig or raisin taste all backed by a strong resin, but not overwhelming hop presence.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle - Amber with a slight haze. Pine, raisins and grapefruit in the aroma. Hoppy, fruity and tangy taste with notes of raisins, toffee and grapefruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2013
at 14:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at a tasting at Systembolaget, April 2013. (Release #22 ) Hazy amber/orange with a white head. Aroma and taste of toffee, light hops, grape and malt. Also light notes of licorice and "medicine". The finish was dry.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2013
at 10:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Christers. Pours hazy amber with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, grass, fruity hops, citrus. Flavor is malt, grass, fruity hops, grapefruit, light pine. Medium body, soft carbonation, lightly bitter finish. 040213
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2013
at 11:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Release #18. Hazt dark amber/brown with medium beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, hops, grapefruit and citrus. Flavour is malt, caramel, grapefruit, pine, citrus, hops, little dark fruits and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2013
at 12:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Hazy reddish amber with a lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and rather hoppy - grapefruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 040213
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2013
at 12:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, hops, flowers and has a nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2013
at 12:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle [Release #18 -7.5% abv]. Hazy reddish dark amber colour with avrage, frothy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, off-white head. Fruity hoppy aroma has notes of peach, grapefruit, resin, a grassy touch. Taste is dry to bitter hoppy, minimally herbal and grassy, underlying caramel malty note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2012
at 10:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
65 cl bottle (7,5%) @ Timo A. Release #18
Aroma has vegetables, some bready nalt and resiny hops. Flavour has bready malt, some resiny hops, vegetables typical to danish ales and licorice. Some lingering hops in the aftertaste. Generates nice hoppy burps.
Aroma has vegetables, some bready nalt and resiny hops. Flavour has bready malt, some resiny hops, vegetables typical to danish ales and licorice. Some lingering hops in the aftertaste. Generates nice hoppy burps.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2012
at 10:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy piney aroma. Fruity malty hoppy piney bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter piney finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2012
at 07:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber bought @ Bierkompass.de. Pours hazy deep reddish brown with a frothy beige head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is slightly sweet, malty and hoppy with sweet dark bread, caramel, oily pine, resinous wood, grapefruit juice, moist soil, orange peal, bergamot, strawberries, alcohol and cereal. Taste is sweet, bitter, malty and hoppy with sweet bread, frozen strawberries, grapefruit juice, lemon zest, alcohol, cereal, orange peal, oily pine, resinous wood, wild strawberries, freshly cut grass and lemon peal. Mouthfeel is round, smooth, tiny boozy and medium bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with sweet bread, grapefruit juice, lemon peal, resinous wood, oily pine and freshly cut grass. Good stuff...
Tried
on 09 Nov 2012
at 14:14