Dirty Hippie Imperial Red Ale
Kern River Brewing in Kernville, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.11
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An Imperial Red Ale dry hopped with Summit and Simcoe. What are we calling it? You guessed it, Dirty Hippie. It weighs in at 8%, 95 IBU and has a whole lot of hoppy goodness balanced with a nice malt backbone that you would expect out of an Imperial Red. Does it really smell like a dirty hippie? Come on in, grab a pint and decide for yourself.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Intense hoppy and sweet caramel notes. Clearish Amber with a small white head. Sweet and barleywine esq with a hoppy backbone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2018
at 03:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark red with a small beige head. Nose smells like this is too old, with cardboard, resinous hops, and caramel malt. Flavour reveals resinous hops, caramel malt and light oxidation. Would be nice to try this fresher, but as is, it's decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2018
at 03:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy amberish-brown. No head. Woody, chewy aroma. Big chewy hops, some sweet malts - actually a nice sweetness, it's just the hops that seem stale. Alcohol is muted. I think this isn't at its freshest, and if it was, you have to think it would be better.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2018
at 03:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Amber-brown beer with a dark cream head. Tropical fruit aroma. Tropical fruit and caramel flavor with light citrus. Medium bodied. Tropical fruit and light caramel lingers with light citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2017
at 12:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Toronado San Diego, San Diego, CA. Pours an amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy piney aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2017
at 03:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Bottlecraft Little Italy, San Diego. Amber with a white head. Aroma and taste of hops, fruit, caramel and some malt. The body was medium as was the bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2017
at 00:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City. Found the hops restrained and the malt a little cloying with the alcohol showing slightly through residual sugars.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jan 2017
at 01:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. It pours a reddish orange color with an off white head. The aroma is mostly peaches with some hints of grapefruit. Very fruity with some notes of rich caramel and pine. The flavor has more toasted malt, light sweet caramel, grape, peaches with hints of lightly floral/piney bitterness. Toasted malt in the finish lingers with the bitterness. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2016
at 21:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Draught @ OBriens. Rated on 25.08.2015. Aroma is sweet with fruit candy, resin and some caramel. Flavour has fruit juice, some herbal bitterness and mild resiny malt. A bit flat palate. Juicy and good.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2015
at 22:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ O’Briens, San Diego, CA
Pours dark orange with a smooth foamy head. Aroma of caramely malts, toffee, hops, grass and resin. Taste is caramely malts, hoppy and resinous with loads of grassy hops. Finish is hoppy, malty and crisp. Tasty.
Pours dark orange with a smooth foamy head. Aroma of caramely malts, toffee, hops, grass and resin. Taste is caramely malts, hoppy and resinous with loads of grassy hops. Finish is hoppy, malty and crisp. Tasty.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2015
at 20:33