Cerveza Imperial
Florida Ice and Farm Company (FIFCO) in Heredia, Heredia, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
4.41
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Costa Ricans have been enjoying this beer since 1924. Imperial is created from a balanced formula combining malts, grains and hops, without a pronounced overtone in its taste. It is what is known as a “centralized” beer. Adapted to a warm and spring-like climate, Imperial is Florida’s most popular and widely accepted beer, both nationally and internationally, and has thus become the favorite beer of Costa Rica.
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3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Pale golden with a white head - Some malt in the aroma - Thin malt body with hints of hops to balance - Thin malt finish - This was boring
Tried
on 12 Sep 2018
at 15:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330 ml bottle into lager glass, best before 4/30/2018. Pours crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. A touch of fruity/skunky aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with pale malt/corn and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness of pale malt/corn and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal fruity/yeasty notes present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is good. A bit thin, but not watery feeling. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a good pale adjunct lager. All around good robustness of pale malt/corn and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Very flavorful for the low ABV. Clean pale malt/grains and solid earthy hop presence for the style. Not overdone on corn adjuncts. A nicely enjoyable and well made offering for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2018
at 22:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can shared by Dr Rob last night. Brilliantly clear deep golden color with a moussey white head that persists. Grainy lightly honey sweet maltiness with some faint earth and floral hopiness. No diacetyl no green apple. Not horribly exciting but clean and well made and would go down quite easily in a tropical environment.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2018
at 00:32
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Thanks to CH-303. Country #106
33cl bottle
Pale goldn color, white head with short retention. Aroma is light corny with light sweet malts. Flavor is slightly sweet, light maltiness. Watery final with corny mouthfeel.
33cl bottle
Pale goldn color, white head with short retention. Aroma is light corny with light sweet malts. Flavor is slightly sweet, light maltiness. Watery final with corny mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2018
at 21:16
5/10
Tried
on 18 Apr 2018
at 21:32
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
At a tasting, thanks, small bubbly head, clear deepish yellow color, light malty biscuity aroma with some cardboard, light malty aroma, light bitterness. Drinkable.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2018
at 13:18
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
330ml bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Feb 18, courtesy of myself. ours clear gold, small white head. Aroma is grassy, pale malts, light lemon. Taste continues along similar lines, clean, inoffensive. Not bad considering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2018
at 20:49
6/10
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Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2017
at 19:48
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Light golden color with a thin head. Light earthy musty skunk lager smell... tastes ok though. Sweet and malty. A little grass.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Aug 2017
at 20:44
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz can pours out a pale straw topped with a white head. Nose is sweet corn and some grass. Taste is more of the sweet corn notes and a light spice.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Aug 2017
at 20:20