Deuchars Imperial
Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.81
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India Pale Ales, using local mineral rich water and the world’s best brewing barley have been brewed for over 170 years in Edinburgh– a city renowned as one of the foremost brewing centres in the world.
Artisanal brewers such as Robert Deuchar were highly skilled in keeping beers stable for storage and long voyages across the ocean. Late and dry hopping further enhanced a variety of strengths of Pale Ale for celebrating home and abroad.
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Downender (11275) reviewed Deuchars Imperial from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol October 2016. Deep gold in colour with a moderately sized, off-white, head. Sweet aroma of orange fruit and floral hops. Flavour was also sweet with caramel, yeasty fruit, earthy malts and a moderately bitter finish. So so.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Deuchars Imperial from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
22nd October 2016
Playhouse Spoons. Cask. Imperial IPA - very funny! Clear gold beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Trace of bubbpegum esters amid the mildly sweet malts. Tangy fruits. Dry floral, mildly bitter. Light dry finish. Estery linger. Marvelous IIPA.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Deuchars Imperial from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Queen Hotel (JDW), Aldershot. A slightly hazy straw coloured pour with a thick white head; floral aroma with some honey; sweet and grainy taste to start, but becoming sour and earthy; then a touch of spicy bitterness to finish and some warmth.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Deuchars Imperial from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at the foot of the walk. Pours clear amber, nose is floral, cereal, toffee, vegetive, taste is hugely sweet, floral, toffee.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Deuchars Imperial from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at The Counting House. It pours clear amber with a medium white head. The aroma is brown bread, wholemeal cracker, rivita, all-bran and weetabix. The taste is bitter - sweet, brown bread, tangy orange marmalade, candied lemon, apricot, toasty grain, muffin and cereal with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Not bad for a malt-forward bitter.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Deuchars Imperial from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask handpull at The Liberty Bounds JDW London. Clear deep gold colour thin white head. Some decent almost whiskyish malt. Some hop on the finish. Does show its abv. Bit unsubtle. Decent enough. Juicy. Bit boozy. Malty strong bitter.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Deuchars Imperial from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask hand pull at the. Moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear amber copper coloured pour with a lasting thin white head. Aroma is woody bark, twig and nut, some hot alcohol. Flavour is composed of tangy green apple, warming solvent alcohol, nutty malts twig, brown sugars. Unrefined. Palate is semi sweet, thin, moderate carbonation. Pretty bad. Headache inducing alcohol.
ianwelby (4686) reviewed Deuchars Imperial from Caledonian Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Lively, clear golden beer with a thick frothy head which quickly dissipates. There’s citrus in the aroma but also a sour, almost metallic twang to it. Flavour has a zesty hit with a touch of light grapefruit. The same slightly unpleasant bitterness from the aroma is there as well. Aftertaste is light with a very slight touch of lemon and a sort of biscuity mouthfeel. Not very nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle from Home Bargains - Pours a deep amber colour with a huge, foamy white head. Sweet aroma, with a mix of butterscotch and vanilla and a hint of fruit. Quite sweet and buttery in the taste with some sweet malts, toffee and some light hops as well. Thick palate with a dry and creamy feel with a low to mild carbonation and a mildly bitter finish. Quite okay I suppose.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Vino Wines. Clear amber body with a thick white head. Steady carbonation. Nice lacing. Aroma of earth, biscuit and sorrel. Flavour of grass, earthy hops, butterscotch and a dull floral quality. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily texture. Soft fizz. There’s nothing imperial about this whatsoever. Although it’s not as bad as I thought it might be, I couldn’t finish the bottle.