Imperial Brown Ale
Legend Brewing Company in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.18
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“Imperial” in the beer world describes a beer that is simply BIGGER than the traditional style … Imperial Stout, Imperial IPA (ours will be out late Summer). These are ramped-up versions of the original style containing more malt, more hops, more alcohol, more flavor.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
LCRBM2: Chocolate cake dough in the aroma. Chocolate and cascade hops in the flavor. Earthy hoppy aftertaste. Slightly alcoholic and slightly unbalanced.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
on tap-pours a rich light brown head and dark brown color with red tint. Aroma is dark fruit-cherry, rich dark malt, bread/earthy. Taste is dark fruit-cherry/prune, rich dark malt, bread, secondary earthy hops bite. OK/mild carbonation.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Imperial Brown Ale from Legend Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Deep caramel/copper coloured body with a nearly perfect tan head that tops the beer - ruby when held to a light, this beer looks great! Aroma of fresh hops, clean toasted malt, raisins, nuts and a bit of grass. Medium-bodied; Strong hops up front with a citrus and grassy taste, combined with malt near the end of the taste and a punch of nuts to finish it out. Aftertaste a bit more refined - some alcohol, a lot of nuts and pit fruits and a bit of bitter hops - very nice! Overall, a good beer, more of an Imperial IPA than an Imperial Brown, but very nice indeed! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased yesterday, 31-May-2008 at Kybecca in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Drake (22934) reviewed Imperial Brown Ale from Legend Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours ruby red with large tan head. Aroma of caramel, toffee and pear. Hops are a little too assertive. Nice toffee flavor. Nice effervescence. But, off balance and there is an "off" flavor. The only way I can describe it is the juice from that fruit cocktail from my elementary school lunches.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 oz bottle. Dark brown pour with a nice creamy head. This beer is very smooth and creamy! The alcohol content is pretty well masked within this brew. Every well balanced. I could see myself drinking this one often (if only it wasn’t a special brew!).
obguthr (12465) reviewed Imperial Brown Ale from Legend Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draft at Legend brewery: Lemon peel, moss, and thistle aroma. Brown color with a medium yellow head, great glass coating. Taste is tangy lemon, orange and bark. Subdued moss finish that assumes a hoppier character as the glass warms. The higher alcohol content isn’t the least bit noticeable. Quite a hoppy brown ale and I love it!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at LCRBM 2, Kulminator, Antwerp, Belgium
Murky, brown body. Off-white head. Sweet aroma of fruits, port, honey. Moderately bitter flavour. Not very complex, just quite bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
LCRBM2. Hazy brown, lasting beige head. Lovely aroma of malt. Rich malt in mouth and then a malty finish. Intense brown malty beer, nice if a bit one dimensional.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Muddy brown-red; small yellow head. American bale hops and some molasses, peat moss. Sweet taste with dry-bitterish hops, but very little else. Molasses, yes. Quite chewy, ending lighter. Some alcoholburn. Good beer, but it is just a bit too much on the hedge between style directions.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Thanks to Numenor for this one! Pours with a generous head of tan over a deep brown body. Caramel aroma with some earthy, nutty, notes. Mild sweetness followed by a slight drying from the hops. Bitter finish. Smooth and easy drinking.