Granny's Raisin Red

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 7/2016. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep ruby red and light brownish/copper with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, raisin, plum, date, light chocolate/vanilla, cream, light herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, lactose, moderate dark fruit, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, raisin, plum, date, light chocolate/vanilla, cream, light herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal bitterness and fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, dark fruit, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, lactose, moderate dark fruit, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/silky, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Well hidden alcohol with a mild warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very nice fruited imperial red ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, lactose, moderate dark fruit, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Very rich and complex on malt flavors, and not overdone on the dark fruit presence. A very enjoyable offering.