Organic Imperial Brown
Bison Brewing Company in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.72
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz bottle split with Ann. Brown-amber color. Thin, oily head. Sweet, nutty malt aroma. Deep malt tones, almost approaching a Doppelbock feel. Lacks the pungency, pretty clean. Pretty much just a big Brown Ale, doesn’t really earn the "Imperial" moniker. Mellow carbonation, not much more than some minimal balancing hops. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2010
at 20:38
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours with a big, near black (mahogany) body, with a small, tan head. Aromas of caramel, tobacco, nutmeg, basil, molasses and vegetables. Bready, rum soaked grain notes. Flavors of nuts, tannic (over temp sparged) malts, tobacco, caramel, chocolate, earthy, dusty, metallic. Lively bubbles, bland and sometimes bad. Not impressed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2010
at 22:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from World Beer Festival - Raleigh on 09/01/2010. Clear brown body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy tan head. Sweet nutty and caramel aroma. Big nutty flavor with some brown malt and light caramel. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2010
at 18:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle pours clear mahogany with light mocha head. The aroma puts out a bit of roasted malts, nuttiness and little else including no off putting spoiled organic notes that seem to go hand in hand with some of these organic brews. Ah, but there is in the taste though, ugh. Sandwiched between roasty malts and nuttiness is a mild earthy organic stale/spoiled malt note. By midway and into the finish some bitter baker’s chocolate and mild pine hop notes come to the surface. I get dark roasted malts lingering into the after taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2010
at 17:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Mahogony beer with a light tan head. Cocoa and nutty malt aroma with caramel. Cocoa and nutty malt flavor with backing citrus hops. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and light cocoa lingers with nutty malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2010
at 11:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Berkeley Bowl. Pours a clear, but very, very dark brown with a foamy bubbly 3 finger tan head. I smell something like cat piss. Full bodied with creamy carbonation. Flavor is smooth dark roast "brown" flavored malt with a good dose of resin/citrus, I think. The hop goes away quickly leaving a sort of chocolately brown malt flavor. It’s a decent drink, but seems a bit confused. Maybe that’s just me. Note: the body apparently came from the carbonation. It goes thin with the departure of the carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2010
at 17:21