Mighty Imperial Ale
8 Wired Brewing in Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Strong Ale - American Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.40
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My idea of a strong ale was brewed with loads of malt, hops, jaggery and a touch of manuka smoke.
It was fermented with a clean ale yeast to let the ingredients speak for themselves without getting interrupted by too many esters.
After all that it was aged for 5 months on American oak, then refermented in the bottle.
Cheers – Søren Eriksen – Brewer
Hops - Pacific Jade, Chinook
Malt - Pale Ale, Munich, Special B
Yeast - US-05
Other - Manuka Smoke, Jaggery (raw sugar) and American Oak
It was fermented with a clean ale yeast to let the ingredients speak for themselves without getting interrupted by too many esters.
After all that it was aged for 5 months on American oak, then refermented in the bottle.
Cheers – Søren Eriksen – Brewer
Hops - Pacific Jade, Chinook
Malt - Pale Ale, Munich, Special B
Yeast - US-05
Other - Manuka Smoke, Jaggery (raw sugar) and American Oak
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4th May 2013
CBC. Very very tired rating! Light haze on this amber beer. Crisp malts. Minerals. Light marmalade hops. Some floral character. Dry finish. Pretty slammed at this point. Need to revisit. 3.7
15th October 2013
Tasting at Bruce’s new pad. Thanks to Josh for the opportunity top revisit. Hazy amber beer with a small pale cream coloured head. Light dry palate, smooth. Tasty and semi sweet caramel malt. Light barrel induced paint ester. Light citrus and pine hops. Finishes smooth with mildly bitter toffee and a little spice. Nice!
CBC. Very very tired rating! Light haze on this amber beer. Crisp malts. Minerals. Light marmalade hops. Some floral character. Dry finish. Pretty slammed at this point. Need to revisit. 3.7
15th October 2013
Tasting at Bruce’s new pad. Thanks to Josh for the opportunity top revisit. Hazy amber beer with a small pale cream coloured head. Light dry palate, smooth. Tasty and semi sweet caramel malt. Light barrel induced paint ester. Light citrus and pine hops. Finishes smooth with mildly bitter toffee and a little spice. Nice!
Tried
on 23 Jun 2013
at 05:18
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
On tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013. This is a cloudy dark plum-red one with a small bubbly light beige top. Not to extreme on the nose really, I get traces of a strong sweetness, lots of sweet malts, caramel, dried fruits, and some berries. Nice not to extreme aroma that's suggesting a really sweet beer. Let's try: yeah, it's sweet, but more nutty bitter than sweet really. It has a really thick and chewy mouthfeel and a soft tear non existing carbonation level. Birches and leafs, it's a bit earthy as well, and the nutty bitterness is kinda ruining this a bit for me. Fair enough, but not a favorite of mine. 04.05.2013
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jun 2013
at 00:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ CBC. Hazy dark amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, dark fruits, yeast, toasted, toffee and oak. Flavour is malt, caramel, medium sweet, toasted, toffee, oak, hop and medium bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2013
at 08:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[5/4/13] Draught at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013. Hazy dark red with a beige head. Aroma of malt, caramel, lots of wood and some alcohol. Sweetish malty flavor with caramel, cookie notes, a bit of wood and a bitter hoppy finish. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 12 May 2013
at 04:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled at CBC 2013. Hazy red color, small to average sized, frothy, non lacing, mostly diminishing off-white head. Smell and taste malts, some caramel, slightly hops, some fruityness, some bitterness and some alcohol. Medium to full body, medium carbonation.
Tried
on 10 May 2013
at 03:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught. Hazy copper liquid with small to medium off-white head. Aroma of vanilla, wood, raw sugar, raisins, caramel, biscuit, smoke, dried fruit and toffee. Taste is light sweet and light to medium bitter with notes of raisins, vanilla, smoke and toffee. Medium bodied with medium carbonation.
Tried
on 09 May 2013
at 05:24