Caesar's Gimp
Perrin Brewing Company in Comstock Park, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Rotating|
Score
7.01
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deyholla (22727) reviewed Caesar's Gimp from Perrin Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at The Map Room. Pours a clear deep amber with a ruby hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of red wine with sweet grains, toffee and a hint of grass supporting. Flavor has lots of sweet grains and red wine with grass and a hint of toffee.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Shared bomber in tulip snifters. Brown color that shines red with sunlight behind it. Wine is mellow present on the nose, palate and finish--but not so dominant to be bad. Wine and beer nicely balanced. The "beer" character Is surprisingly smooth for the high ABV.
superspak (10160) reviewed Caesar's Gimp from Perrin Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 1/2016. Pours crystal clear dark ruby red/light purple color with a 1-2 finger dense light pink head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge raisin, plum, cherry, fig, date, blackberry, raspberry, currant, red grape, pepper, toasted oak, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, nuttiness, light vanilla/coconut, and oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, grapes, and wine barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, plum, cherry, fig, date, blackberry, raspberry, currant, red grape, pepper, toasted oak, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, nuttiness, light vanilla/coconut, and oak/toasted earthiness. Light tannic wine/oak spiciness and fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark fruit, blackberry, cherry, currant, red grape, pepper, toasted oak, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, nuttiness, and oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, grapes, and wine barrel flavors; with a great malt/oak/spiciness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light dryness from tartness and wine/tannic oak spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky, and lightly acidic/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden; a mild warmth with zero booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding fruited imperial red ale! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, grapes, and wine barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV. Very rich and complex with pretty much perfect balance of red wine and imperial red flavors. Never overly sweet despite the intense malt presence, thanks to the tannic wine barrel notes that are never overpowering. A highly enjoyable offering.