Imperial IPA
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - Triple Regular|
Score
7.45
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Made popular by the craft brewers of America, Imperial IPA is a revived style of beer that pushes the boundaries of well-hopped, high-strength ales. Imperial IPA's are traditionally brewed with a high proportion of crystal malt. Our unique take sees UK hop varieties Target, Goldings and Fuggles added to the copper at multiple points during the brew, delivering a piney, earthy aroma and a distinct edge of bitterness. For extra intrigue, we've also added a hint of black pepper - giving the beer a unique spicy twist. Bottle conditioned.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml brown bottle in a Fuller's box that pours a clean dark amber colour with a copper hue. The frothy head is a nice side, frothy, light-beige with good retention and great splashy lacing. Crazy rich malty scent with caramel and butterscotch. The taste takes a curve with mostly raisin flavours. Not as rich, thankfully, with the well-balanced hops to create a dry and bitter finish. Make this one easier to drink than smell, even though everything here is not bad at all. Some decent nuttiness comes out to calm the rich nose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2020
at 02:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Creamy tan head stayed on an unclear reddish brown still body. Heavy malt, stewed fruit & spice aroma. Full bodied, smooth, oily & clean on the back. Sweet stewed fruit, malt, syrup & red berry tastes with a long tangy finish of pine, pith & resin.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2020
at 17:13
8.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
From a 500ml bottle on 17/1/2020 (Christmas present from Desmond). Pours a really deep cloudy amber with small head which dissipates quickly. The nose features toffee, caramel, cake, spice and dried fruit. Flavour wise, it's huge and impressive. Again, there's caramel, toffee, and Christmas cake, but also butterscotch, as well as dates, prunes and raisins. There are some firm piney slightly spicy hops at the back, which finish of proceedings beautifully. The mouthfeel is sticky and syrupy, the carbonation moderate. Goddamn this is a magnificent, complex, rich and sumptuous treat. Seems more like a hoppy barley wine than IIPA, but who cares when it's this good? The 10.5% doesn't necessarily surprise, yet it's extremely approachable. Just outstanding.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2020
at 10:41
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle: Hazy, ruby-amber coloured, medium-sized stable and creamy off-white head, solid sweet-bitter fruity, toasty and caramelly nose, not too distinctive peppery British hops underneath; solid sweet-bitter flavour, surely full bodied; slightly drier bitter-sweet lingering finish of caramelly-toasty malt, raisins and herbal-british hops in the aftertaste. Great brew! A Double IPA of its own right! The right drop for those, who are not keen on odd craft-beer creations...
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2019
at 20:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml bottle in cardboard box, from Best of Beers, Denmark. ABV is 10.5%. Cloudy and very dark brown colour, probably the darkest IPA I've seen (except black IPAs, of course). Moderate to small off-white to beige head. Aroma of over-ripe red berries, jam, piney and earthy hops. The flavour is medium sweet and distinctly hoppy, notes of jam / marmalade, piney and earthy hops again. Slightly warming mouthfeel. Impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2019
at 16:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with moderate head. Aromas of caramel malts, sugary raisins and bread crusts. Flavors of dark toffee, bready malts, dark fruit, and little pine and a little spice. More malty that hoppy by a long shot, but really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2019
at 03:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Clear dark brown, big beige head. Aroma of malts, toffee, dark fruits. Taste is sweet, malty, toffee, caramel, raisins, plum, boozy, mildly spicy (the black pepper?), earthy hop bitterness. Medium-full bodied, soft carbonation. A proper old school English IIPA. Not really my thing but I can appreciate this being a well made beer, made a nice change from intense hop bombs I've had lately.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2019
at 21:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dag 2 i Lokomotivværkstedet (maj-19): jeg tar en pause fra Amagers stand og satser på en engelsk klassiker. Fra flaske. Klar kobberød med kort skum. Forfinet, vinøs aroma og smag med figen, svisker, korinter og urter, sviskeplommer og portvin. Antakelig sterkt vanedannende.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2019
at 17:09