Imperial IPA
Beerdevelopment Viven in Sijsele, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: De ProefbrouwerijIPA - Imperial / Double Regular
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Score
7.36
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Brewed with Tomahawk and Simcoe hops. Viven Imperial IPA came from the westcoast of America but is brewed in Flemish style and gives a great result. It will make the beer lovers heart beat a bit faster. An adventure for your senses. Amber coloured with a thin off-white head, Viven Imperial IPA is a good hoppy beer with citrus accents. Fruity nose (peach and pink grapefruit) with floral flavours, recalls a forest (spruce) in the early morning. The hops are prominent. Viven Imperial IPA is pleasently bitter.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled at Pressklubben, Stockholm. Hazy ruby, mid sized head. Sweaty minty grapefruit aroma. Mid sweet, near full body, rounded mouthfeel. Hugely hoppy - sweaty lychee and grapefruit. American style hops, marzipan from yeast. Tangerine and white pepper in a quite bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2012
at 08:32
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home in London. Pours clear, copper gold with a dense, tight, creamy off-white head. Looks perfect. Holds a very nice aroma, rife with orange citrus, and more subtle notes of pine and grapefruit. Medium sweet flavor, some light, toasted malts, just the faintest touch of caramel, dry pine and leaves, grapefruit, orange, dried mango. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation and creamy mouthfeel. Lightly warming to finish with a wonderful dryness, pine, grass, light wood, grapefruit, orange, and mild berries. A beautifully understated DIPA. Has all the complexity of an ’in your face’ DIPA without the superfluous intensity. Truly, a very, very solid beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2012
at 14:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330mL bottle, brought back from the UK by the amazing Matts_Property, pours a murky orangey brown with a medium off-white head. Smells like a yeasty Belgian-style IIPA, with floral notes, some spices, caramel / brown sugar, candied sugar and citrusy hops. Flavour of Belgian yeast, subtle caramel, spicy floral hops, citrus peel, with a pleasantly bitter finish. Well-balanced, with a complex flavour profile for a IIPA. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2012
at 19:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy dark amber with a small white head. Nice, fruity aroma on this one. The taste was bitter, with malt and hops. Also notes of yeast. A decent DIPA from Belgium, I especially liked the taste of raspberries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2011
at 04:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
ambrata buona schiuma piuttosto persitente naso luppolato americano piuttosto intenso con note maltate leggeremnte caramellate un tocco aspeziato in bocca il luppolo aromatico predemina anche con un buon corpo
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2011
at 15:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
33 cl bottle from Etre Gourmet. Hazy, deep amber liquid with big, thick, off-white head. Lots of nice lacing. Aroma is hoppy with notes of citrus, grapefruit, tropical fruit, Belgian yeast, caramel, pine/resin and herbs. Taste is quite malty, light sweet, dry and medium to heavy bitter with notes of caramel, minerals and biscuity, bready malt. A bit astringent bitterness. There’s something a bit weird about the taste. Maybe the high carbonation makes the bitterness more pronounced.Light to medium bodied with high carbonation and somewhat watery mouthfeel. Interesting take on an IIPA, the belgian influence is absolutely noticed. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2011
at 13:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ home. Clear dark orange / light red to amber color, slightly creamy off-white head. Smells fruity and bitter, lightly hops. Tastes about the same: hoppy, fruity and pretty heavy bitter. Medium carbonation, medium to full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2011
at 22:50