High Peaks Imperial IPA
F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) in Utica, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.67
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The First in our series, Saranac Imperial IPA, is brewed with ten different malts and ten different hops to make a delectably flavored and complex Imperial IPA. AT 85 IBU’s and 8.5% alc/vol This is a beer that is truly meant to be savored.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 0,33ltr: Orange coloured brew with some intense hoppy taste, with an slightly sweet appearance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber color. Red berries, grapefruit, melon and hopoil in the aroma. Slightly alcoholic firm hopbitter flavor with melon notes. Almost full bodied. Long earthy oily hopbitter aftertaste. Well brewed DIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle: Nearly clear amber with a thick, off-white head. Sweet baked bread and orange scent. Taste is sweet, sort of powdery grains.... Caramel malt, candied orange. Light orange-peel bitter. Creamy and soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2017
at 17:26
7.5/10
Tried
on 22 Oct 2016
at 08:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from Cigarette City. Aroma is malty backbone with tropical fruity hops, light resin and slightly metallic smell. Appearance is light hazy orange-yellow with nice sparkle, 3 finger-width frothy head with good retention and soapy lacing. Taste is sweet malty base with tropical fruits and bitter ending. Palate is medium to full bodied with creamy texture, soft carbonation and dry, lightly bitter finish. Overall, all those malts and hops may just serve to cancel each other out as this is pretty nondescript in terms of aroma and taste. Appearance and palate are nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2016
at 21:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Lightly funky orange malt and grapefruit peel aroma. Golden yellow with large white head. Sweet over-ripe orange malt and moderately bitter herbal orange peel flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 15:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a 12 oz bottle at home. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Grassy nose. Flavors of Malt and some citrus. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2015
at 15:26
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
This is the same beer as Saranac imperial IPA> So this is one of the better Saranac beers according to the straight ratings. Darker than average clear american pale beer color, reminds me of yuengling original lager. Tea froth top. Sweet floral hop flower aroma. Bitter biting hop taste impact. Syrupy coating hop bitter bite that is really quite irritating. Saranac IPA is on par with this. As a wheat lover I would rate the Saranac witbier way above this. This stuff, is way too difficult too enjoy. Yes, a lingering bitter finish that just will not go away, too medicine for me. Would rate high on this website in a blind test if the king tasters didn’t look at the label. Long finish is simply too bitter and offensive, a good IIPA!!! I don’t feel or taste that typical Saranac quality here. Will not buy again, as with any DIPA. Almost as offensive as a Bells’s Exp and Lion Stout.
Earlier Rating: 7/26/2007 Total Score: 1.5
So this is one of the better Saranac beers according to the straight ratings. Darker than average clear american pale beer color, reminds me of yuengling original lager. Tea froth top. Sweet floral hop flower aroma. Bitter biting hop taste impact. Syrupy coating hop bitter bite that is really quite irritating. Saranac IPA is on par with this. As a wheat lover I would rate the Saranac witbier way above this. This stuff, is way too difficult too enjoy. Yes, a lingering bitter finish that just will not go away, too medicine for me. Would rate high on this website in a blind test if the king tasters didn’t look at the label. Long finish is simply too bitter and offensive, a good IIPA!!! I don’t feel or taste that typical Saranac quality here. Will not buy again, as with any DIPA. Almost as offensive as a Bells’s Exp and Lion Stout.
Earlier Rating: 7/26/2007 Total Score: 1.5
So this is one of the better Saranac beers according to the straight ratings. Darker than average clear american pale beer color, reminds me of yuengling original lager. Tea froth top. Sweet floral hop flower aroma. Bitter biting hop taste impact. Syrupy coating hop bitter bite that is really quite irritating. Saranac IPA is on par with this. As a wheat lover I would rate the Saranac witbier way above this. This stuff, is way too difficult too enjoy. Yes, a lingering bitter finish that just will not go away, too medicine for me. Would rate high on this website in a blind test if the king tasters didn’t look at the label. Long finish is simply too bitter and offensive, a good IIPA!!! I don’t feel or taste that typical Saranac quality here. Will not buy again, as with any DIPA. Almost as offensive as a Bells’s Exp and Lion Stout.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2014
at 09:45
4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Ratig from 2010: Der Antrunk ist süßlich-malzig, leicht herb, leicht zitronig, was zum Hauptteil neben der penetranten Süße kaum heraus kommt. Insgesamt enttauschend, zu süß. Es fehlt an an Hopfenaromen! Als Imperial IPA ein schlechtes Bier!
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Tried
on 01 Dec 2013
at 13:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at GBF 2012-09-07 Göteborg AR: roasted malt , coffee AP: hazy golden/Brown, wee stothy y head F: sugary, caramel, sprity, dry, salty
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2012
at 05:42