Imperial Pelican Ale (2008-)
Pelican Brewing Company in Pacific City, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.43
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Imperial Pelican Ale is a classic Pacific Northwest IPA. We’re not exactly objective, but we consider this beer to be among the top tier of craft brews – and it’s won enough medals to prove it! Imperial Pelican is one of our first core beer styles (originally named “India Pelican Ale”) and we think of it as part of our own heritage in a bottle. Huge Cascade hop aroma, subtle malty sweetness, and a spicy, citrusy flavor; this ale is all that a Northwest Imperial Pale Ale should be.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Hazy orange with a tiny white head. Sweet aroma with hops and piney notes. Flavour was hoppy with pine and malty notes. Finished bitter.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2009
at 13:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle (with a "10" on the cap) thanks to DA. Pours with a beautiful, crystal clear amber-orange body and a large, fluffy white head. Some good lacing. Aroma of citrus cascade, a bit fruity, pine and dank, with fresh bread dough notes in the back ground with a tinge of fresh clover honey. Taste is bread, followed by a lot of floral and then bitter hops, and a good bit of crystal malt. Prickly carbonation. I need more from these guys!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2009
at 17:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 1pt. 6fl.oz.Light unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, pine, orange. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy peel bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090922]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 23:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
October ’09 O-Town Throwdown, courtesy of BA trade. Pours orange, beige head. Aroma and flavor, hoppy, citrus, malts, good mouthfeel of pine and spices with hints of lingering caramel with faint bitter finish. Sweet sugary / caramel.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2009
at 20:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is dry wooden and slight peachy. Wooden and dry caramelish flavoured. Mild cheesy and solid barley malty. Slight bitter and dry flavoured fruity into the finish with a light malty note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2009
at 15:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
2016-02-20, 8% ABV, 8-4-7-3-15=37
I picked up the bottle recently, so hopefully it’s fresh enough. Hazy golden color with generous head. The aroma has some nice toffee malt (7.5). The mouthfeel is lean, bold but not too sweet; some malt flavor, but it also has some bitter-sour component.
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2009-09-22, 7.5% ABV, 8-4-8-5-16=41
Cloudy light amber color. The aroma shows resiny and fruity hops, nutty too, sweaty. Good sweetish toffee flavor, with an extreme hopping, very resiny.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2009
at 15:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 65 cl. Pours an almost clear deep golden with an off-white head. Peachy hop aroma. Medium body, overripe fruit and burned caramel. Rather sulphurous and bitter finish. A little rough perhaps. 220909
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2009
at 14:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Small white head. Hazy yellow body. Can smell citric aromas even before the glass reaches me. Citric mango and grapefruit aroma with resiny caramel notes. Dry-sweetish honey resiny caramel taste with grapefruit notes. Mid-bodied. Dry resiny wooden aftertaste with peppery notes. Very nice and drinkable. (At Oslo beer junta tasting.)
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2009
at 15:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 oz bottle graciously shared by csbosox. Pour is cloudy orange ruby, with a one inch slightly off white head. Aroma of sticky pine hops, some earthy hay. Taste is caramelly, piney, resiney hops balanced with a nice malt backbone. Bright, bitter, taste. Palate is coating, with bitterness that lingers. Nice IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2008
at 10:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ the brewpub. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a malty hoppy citrus aroma. Sweet malty very hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a malty hoppy bitter finish with a long bitter aftertaste.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2008
at 07:16