Winter Seasonal Imperial IPA
Mendocino Brewing Company in Ukiah, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Winter Out of Production|
Score
7.01
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7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a caramel-amber color with a large butterscotch head. The aroma was strong piney and grapefruity hops - somewhat sweet and robust. The flavor was sweet, rich and full of piney and fruity hops with a light malt backbone and a hint of caramel. There was a faint resiny middle and the beer turned sour on the finish. A bit subdued. The mouthfeel was thick and syrupy. There are some really nice elements here but something did not mesh quite right.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2008
at 21:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Storm. Pours a clear, amber golden with a dense, off-white head. Fat aroma of citrus and peach. Medium body, a little low in carbonation with a fat caramel base and a hoppy and peachy finish. 270408
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2008
at 12:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a fully diminished white head. Pinewood hops aroma. Flavour is sweet and slight spiced malty. Goes into a nice smooth hops oily finish. Stays rather dry hoppy with a subdued flavour of caramel malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2008
at 05:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours clear amber with off white head. Aromas of pine and grapefruit. Tastes like a weak IIPA. The flavors are there, just not as strong as you would expect from a IIPA. Medium body with an oily mouthfeel and average carbonation.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2008
at 22:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Medium, yellowish head over very clear pale amber beer. Hopoils jumping out of the glass, with the usual cake-like sweetish aroma behind. Bit spicy too, and resinous from the hopoils. Dry, hop-tuned beer with a slow, but very bitter finish. Pine resin flavour, white grapes, discreet cake sweetness and sultanas with a bitter edge. Very slick, oily MF, well-bodied. Very decent and restrained IIPA, not overwhelming - if a bit fade. Thanks, David A!
Tried
on 21 Mar 2008
at 16:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draugt@Spuyten Devil, Brooklyn
Clear amber color, small off-white head, lace. Piney, fruity aroma (passion fruit). Very fruity IPA, lots of juicy - aromatic hoppy flavors. Passion fruit and resin are dominants. Long, but average bitterish aftertaste. Easy to drink, balanced IIPA.
Clear amber color, small off-white head, lace. Piney, fruity aroma (passion fruit). Very fruity IPA, lots of juicy - aromatic hoppy flavors. Passion fruit and resin are dominants. Long, but average bitterish aftertaste. Easy to drink, balanced IIPA.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2008
at 14:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours a crystal clear copper with off white head. Big yummy aroma of fresh grapefruit and orange rind with a distant note of a malty backbone. The taste plays out much the same as the aroma with tasty grapefruit hop bitterness and some orange rind mixed with mild sweet maltiness. This is an excellent confluence of flavor notes that nearly reach a balance toward the finish before the grapefruit hop bitterness takes over into the after taste. It isn’t an IIPA that pushes the limits but it’s pretty solid.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2008
at 22:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from jah noth. Translucent orange body with fine haze, medium tight off-white head. Citrusy hops nose backed by sweet, bready malt. Body dominated by resiny, citrusy hops backed by simple, sugary malts. Lingering bitterness. Sweeter than a regular IPA but not as bold as its brethren in the Double IPA style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2007
at 22:01