Empire No. 8 Session IPA
No-Li Brewhouse in Spokane, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.83
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8/10
Tried
on 19 Aug 2014
at 12:37
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty. Breadish, caramelish and toasted malty. Bitter and slight herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2014
at 14:46
8/10
Tried
on 14 Aug 2014
at 14:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
This was poured into a pint glass.
The color is a clear light copper with a super light carbonation seen rising at a moderate pace. There was a one finger white rocky foamy head that dies into a two filmy valleys.
The aroma has some light grapefruit to light lemon/citrus. There’s also some light piney spice going on.
The taste is mainly bitter through the hop content of the grapefruit, lemon/citrus and the piney spice. Are the malts even there? Yes, but extremely subdued.
On the palate, this one sat fairly light packing a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seems to be right on for the IPA style. There is a slight bitter pine aftertaste and a dry finish.
Overall, session IPA, damn well it is. Way to go, No-Li. I’d take it again with burgers or pizza.
The color is a clear light copper with a super light carbonation seen rising at a moderate pace. There was a one finger white rocky foamy head that dies into a two filmy valleys.
The aroma has some light grapefruit to light lemon/citrus. There’s also some light piney spice going on.
The taste is mainly bitter through the hop content of the grapefruit, lemon/citrus and the piney spice. Are the malts even there? Yes, but extremely subdued.
On the palate, this one sat fairly light packing a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seems to be right on for the IPA style. There is a slight bitter pine aftertaste and a dry finish.
Overall, session IPA, damn well it is. Way to go, No-Li. I’d take it again with burgers or pizza.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2014
at 10:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bomber pours with a hazy gold body that supports a white head. The aroma offers up tangelo, a light tropical fruit note and a bit of spicy hops. The taste has a nice mix of bitter and flavor citrus and tropical fruit like hoppiness that comes across nice and crisp and fresh. It ends with a decent body of mildly sweet malts that bind this experience together. This has nice flavor and depth and sessionability.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2014
at 19:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft pint at the brewpub in Spokane, Washington. The pour is mostly clear golden copper with a small white head. The aroma is nutty cracker malt along with fresh citrus hop. The taste is a nice blend of the softly sweet nut malt and the floral lemon citrus hop. The palate is light bodied with soft carbonation and a dry mineral finish. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jun 2014
at 12:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Light amber, mellow citrusy nose, and a dash of chewiness, lightish body, APA level malts, decent but not all that session.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2014
at 08:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at bier thirty. Pours out a crisp golden topped with a sand head. Nose is sweet malts citrus hops and a little grapefruit. Taste is as the nose with a nice hop malt combo. A pretty good one but pushing the session ipa thing to the limit.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2014
at 20:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Draught at Portland Craft, Vancouver
Hazy golden color with compact head, nice lace. The aroma is initially very fruity, it develops later some cereals, summer dry hay, oolong tea; very light butter eventually. The mouthfeel is dry; good malt/toffee flavor; the hopping character is pungent, fruity (orange and cedar), resiny (even a bit of frankincense), and again a strong character of hay.
Nice, powerful drink.
Tried
on 02 May 2014
at 17:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft pour. Copper in color with a nice hoppy aroma. Piney overall, with some floral hop flavor and a finish that turns a little bitter. Not a bad session at all. Really enjoyed this.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2014
at 20:25