Nosferatu
Great Lakes Brewing in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Red Autumn|
Score
7.23
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Imperial Red IPA
Don’t be afraid of things that go hop in the night! Rich roasted malt flavors haunt the shadows of our Imperial Red Ale’s bitter teeth.
Don’t be afraid of things that go hop in the night! Rich roasted malt flavors haunt the shadows of our Imperial Red Ale’s bitter teeth.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Paid $8.99 for a 4-pack. I left Cleveland right before this stuff started to be bottled. So beer goal #1 on my first trip home was to seek this one out. Turned out to be quite an easy task. Anyway, popping the cap now. Pours a deep reddish brown, clear, with a small tan head. Heavily hopped, notes of thick pine, grapefruit, and passionfruit. Flavors of passionfruit, grapefruit, hearty pine, and other hops... hops all over the place, nearing the end especially before finishing with a light malt. Very floral, very bitter. Worth seeking this one out, for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2006
at 19:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pour is a amber with a white head. Aroma is a nice deep hop smell with lots of fruit showing up. Flavor is hoppy and dark malts. Lots of dark fruit and caramel are in this one. Very tasty and one of the better brews from great lakes.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2005
at 20:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reddish amber color with a large head (maybe a little sudsy, though) that laces nicely as it diminishes. Smells of spice and hops, which dominate the flavor after the initial, mild sweetness of the malt gives way to the hops. It comes off as a bit unbalanced near the end, though, which is a bit of a shame since it promises so much right up to that point. It’s really nicely put together, but falls apart a little at the end as the hops overpower.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2005
at 21:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft, at GLBC. I should save this for rating #666, but who knows if I can hold on to the notes that long. Orangey brown color, light lacing still in the sampler glass after I’ve been throught the other samples. Smells of honey and a touch of cinnamon. Still has a big hop bouquet to go along. Despite its ABV’s, not much of an alcohol burn. A fine finish to a great sampler tray at Great Lakes.
Extra note, 11/20/06: Five weeks ago I was pouring beer at the Balmoral Park Oktoberfest, and I took a growler of this beer home from the tap at the end. As of now I’m still pulling off it, and even from a jug of dubious sanitation, this is still a burly beer, with lots of malt and lots of hop. Strong enough to survive some very beer-unfriendly conditions! And still very yummy!
Extra note, 11/20/06: Five weeks ago I was pouring beer at the Balmoral Park Oktoberfest, and I took a growler of this beer home from the tap at the end. As of now I’m still pulling off it, and even from a jug of dubious sanitation, this is still a burly beer, with lots of malt and lots of hop. Strong enough to survive some very beer-unfriendly conditions! And still very yummy!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2005
at 23:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Amber colour. Caramel aroma. Sweet with dense mouthfeel. Intense grapefruity hoppiness over a lovely malt character and a lingering very bitter finish. Like with almost every Great Lakes beer this is perfect quality.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2005
at 07:41
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
A hazy amber beer with a disappearing orange head. The aroma is sweet, very hoppy, with notes of caramel. The flavor is very sweet with notes of alcohol, caramel and a lovely bitter dry end.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2005
at 17:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle pours a dark caramel golden hazy golden color with a modest liight tan head. Coarse lacing. Aromas are sweet malty and some caramel and hops...like barlywine. Dry astringent flavor. Malt and caramel and spice. average carbonation.Significant hops character and a bitter hoppy finish. Not bad. Thanks to HerFtyDork for sharing this one
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2004
at 23:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Herbal aromatic hops. Amber, creamy head, Nice flowery and citric hops in good balance to the body. Very nice.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2004
at 02:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rich shining clear copper color with a dense, coating, off white head. Caramel malt in the aroma that repeats in the flavor. Starts sweet then becomes bitter on the tongue. Very nice. Highly carbonated, acidic start that quickly becomes malty caramel then turning bitter, finishing dry. Where’s the 8% abv??
Tried
on 03 Nov 2004
at 06:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Love the label (somebody get that baby scanned!). Isn’t blood red as the description suggests, pouring with a lighter orange-red and topped by a thick light tan head. Grapefruit and other citrus notes dominate the aroma. The body is high on grapefruit and lemon, balanced by sweet, thin caramels and toast, finishing with piney bitter hops. Alcohol shows up at the end of the sip after the brown sugar flavors fade. Not thick-bodied but the flavors are dense and rich. Glad this finally arrived in Michigan.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2004
at 20:36