11th Anniversary Imperial IPA
Carolina Brewing Company in Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.98
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From May 2007
This pours from 12oz bottle(bottled on 06/28/06) a very cloudy peach colour with a huge head of foam. After a few minutes, it settles down to a solid layer with lots of sticky lacing.
The smell is complex. I'm getting a lot of caramel malt, citrus hoppiness, and spice.
The taste on first sip has caramel malt up front with a huge hop bitterness that catches up and takes control. As I swish it in my mouth, I get an intensification of the caramel along with a big burst of floral hoppiness and those 2 working together almost overwhelm my palate but...in a good way. Very nice sipper and sip I must. The alcohol, though not intrusive for the style, is definitely there and since there's about 6" of snow on the ground right now, it's also most welcome.
Further sips in and I begin to notice the citrus, mainly grapefruit and some lemon, and it reaches its high point mostly near and through the finish. Long lingering aftertaste there. Good stuff.
Bottom line: This DIPA is, pretty much, nothing like any other I've tried so far but being different, in this case, translates to very tasty
and something that is worth seeking out.
Thanks go out to brentk56 for including this one in our trade!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
This beer is all about the hops, and the hop aroma and flavor are powerful well done. There is a good malt base to the beer, which contains sugar and some fruit, but the hops shine through with lots of bitterness and some floral, citrus flavors. Cloudy and full bodied.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle provided by WillBlake at the NYRBG, thanks Jon. 12oz bottle poured cloudy yellow with some lacing. Strong hop aroma (Amarillo?), citrus. Taste is citrus hop. No real malt profile.