Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 6/21/2018. Pours moderately hazy deep ruby red/orange/copper color with a 1 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, nuttiness, toasted biscuit, brown bread dough/crust, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. A bit too malty/muddy aromas. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn, pine, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, nuttiness, toasted biscuit, brown bread dough/crust, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn, pine, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, nuttiness, toasted biscuit, brown bread dough/crust, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, fairly sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.4%. Overall this is a very nice imperial red ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Nice Falconers Flight profile. Very juicy and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a great rich malt backbone. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Held up well considering the age of the can.