Blue Point Brewing Imperial Sunshine

Imperial Sunshine

 

Blue Point Brewing in Patchogue, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  Fruit Beer Regular
Score
5.81
ABV: 9.6% IBU: 24 Ticks: 8
Easy to drink and a heavy hitter, Imperial Sunshine is our infamous Blonde Ale with Orange with a cult following. Tangy and punchy, this beer is sure to give you some Sunshine Stories after a few rounds. Imperial Sunshine also inspired our new variety pack, Box of Sunshine, packed with Imperial Sunshine variations.

Remember, Enjoy The Trip, and if you wake up without a shoe the next morning, you're living life right!
 

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Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:56


6

Magus, tsitrus, apelsin, alks, ekstraktine, tsitrus. Ok.

Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2023 at 21:26


4.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

total wine. Can as pictured. Almost clear pale. Initial nose is sweeter lager. Decent level of co2 on the uptake. Taste is a little uncivilized, but considering the 9+ percent alky content, it's not bad. Some fruit, orange is present. Somewhat rude in nature at times in the middle. Oh well, just another domestic high alky uncontrolled fruit beer. There, you have it.

Tried from Can on 22 Jan 2023 at 21:40


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

This review was imported from my RateBeer ratings.

12 oz. can, 9.6% ABV

AROMA: It has a little bit of dankiness to the nose followed by a faint orange scent. If I put my nose close enough I get an orange smell that reminds me of the old Orange Crush soda from my youth.

APPEARANCE: Pours a translucent amber-orange with a thin, wispy, white head that dissipates almost instantaneously and has no lacing.

TASTE: My palate is first hit with orange flavor and then followed by sweetness. The finish has a very mild bitterness that fades quickly. Honestly, the flavor is very similar to an orange soda, just not as sweet.

MOUTHFEEL: Medium-bodied with a somewhat rough texture and average carbonation.

OVERALL: I'm not really impressed with this beer. About the only aspect that I can give it a "plus" for is its high ABV. Everything else, I would rate as medicore or poor. It's not horrible, mind you, but it's nothing special either. Given that they are asking a craft beer price for it, I would suggest saving your money and buying something else. There are plenty of better craft beers that are in the same price range or cheaper. I got it as a BOGO at my local supermarket, so I'm too upset about my purchase. However, even as a BOGO, I wouldn't buy it again. Of course, if you like high-octane orange soda, then this might be the beer for you.

Tried from Can on 17 Apr 2022 at 16:34


6

Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aroma of blood orange. Taste has bright Valencia orange, some mild hop. Palate has mild smokey notes, more orange, some ethanolic notes. Good.

Tried on 03 Apr 2022 at 02:58


3.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

12 oz. can from Total Wine - Melbourne. Pours a crystal clear gold color with a small white head and fair retention. A few spots of lacing. Barely there citrus notes; Almost no aroma. Initial bread flavor that's quickly washed away by a strong boozy finish. Tastes a lot like a malt liquor, just a little smoother. Any would-be orange flavor is lost in alcohol. Way too strong to enjoy. The 9.6% ABV is obvious. This is an imperial blonde ale, not a fruit beer.

Tried from Can on 04 Jun 2021 at 22:24


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Interesting. Pours with a strong orange smell, but not orange juice, more like orange oil and rind. Golden, modest head. Flavor is candied malts, orange oil, semi-sweet. Hint of floral or grassy hops, very light bitterness, finishes otherwise a bit sweet and tart, mildly astringent. This would probably work nicely as a low ABV session beer, but here as a very high (9.6!) alcohol beer, it got a liqueur quality, also that sweet leaning malt gives off a malt liquor effect. I liked it at first but I really don't want to finish it. Halfway through the glass I'm getting the impression someone combined a corn-sweet malt liquor with orange oil, and well, that shouldn't be a thing. Somethings shouldn't be imperialized.

Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2021 at 00:37


Tried from Can on 07 Sep 2020 at 19:14