Imperial IPA
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.93
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Traditionally, there are a lot of rules when it comes to brewing great beer. The fact that American craft brewers have broken those rules to produce some of the world’s finest beers is downright heroic. At Goose Island we live and die by hops, so breaking the rules meant pushing the hop limit to the extreme to create this monster Imperial IPA. We took three of our favorite hops, TETTNANG, SIMCOE, and CASCADE, and balanced their spiciness with tons of malt. Them we went back and dumped in MORE HOPS and more malt until this beer was exploding with flavor...strong enough to wake the dead and filled with more bitterness than a woman scorned. This Imperial IPA is absolutely gigantic, you’ll smell the hops from about a yard away. What will surprise you is how incredibly drinkable it is. Pair it up with the saltiest blue cheese you can find, and go nuts.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 03 Jul 2007
at 02:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled, alc. 9 % (BB 03/2007)
Slightly hazy orange-brown color, not much head. Citrus, rye bread, horse blanket and wood in the nose. Hop juice - quite full-bodied brew. Sweetish, citrusy hoppy with pinewood and apple flavors. Long hoppy aftertaste. Fruity and solid impy IPA.
Slightly hazy orange-brown color, not much head. Citrus, rye bread, horse blanket and wood in the nose. Hop juice - quite full-bodied brew. Sweetish, citrusy hoppy with pinewood and apple flavors. Long hoppy aftertaste. Fruity and solid impy IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2007
at 15:52
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Hazy red-amber color; creamy head. Strong aroma, extremely malty in the beginning, balanced then by the wonderful hops, fruity; a touch of vanilla too, and pine needles. Good body structure, without being thick; malty flavor turning into toffee, enough sugars; well balanced by the powerful and aromatic hopping; light hop fruitness and some hop oils. Not being too sweet, it’s also not cloying. Wonderful.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2007
at 04:37
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Unclear / hazy orange color with a average frothy fair lacing mostly diminishing off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, spuce, brown sugar, licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. ;o))
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2007
at 12:49
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours bright amber into a shaker. Offwhite micro head slowly recedes. Pine and sweet grapefruit aromas. Spicy and smooth with very good balance. Lasting hop finish.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2007
at 18:29
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
This tasty bottle was courtesy of Degarth and very much appreciated, thanks again Joe.
12oz bottle with March 31, 2007 re-labeled on the label. It poured a light copper color with off white head. Nice bitter and mostly sweet smelling orange juice aroma with hints of malt in the background. Rich thick mouth feel that helps you realized this is a pretty big beer even though it is a very easy drinking flavor. There is a medley of hops notes ringing in right off the start with grapefruit, sweet orange juice, some pine bitterness and hints of floral hops. All the hop notes work well together creating a continuum from bitter to sweet hoppiness. Near the finish the malts start bubbling through the thick layer of hop goodness. YUM.
12oz bottle with March 31, 2007 re-labeled on the label. It poured a light copper color with off white head. Nice bitter and mostly sweet smelling orange juice aroma with hints of malt in the background. Rich thick mouth feel that helps you realized this is a pretty big beer even though it is a very easy drinking flavor. There is a medley of hops notes ringing in right off the start with grapefruit, sweet orange juice, some pine bitterness and hints of floral hops. All the hop notes work well together creating a continuum from bitter to sweet hoppiness. Near the finish the malts start bubbling through the thick layer of hop goodness. YUM.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2007
at 06:33
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Monger: Poured a cloudy yellowish/copper color ale with a nice foamy pure white head with good retention and lacing. Aroma of sweet floral malt with a nice mix of hops with some citrus notes but nothing overwhelming. Taste is a complex mix between some sweet malt with a nice mix between floral and citrusy hops which provide medium bitterness at the end. Body is above average with some medium carbonation and no alcohol could be detected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2007
at 11:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Vintage 2006 at 9.0% ABV. Clear, amber golden with a small, off-white head. Very fresh aroma of pine needles. Full, sweetish body with lots of caramel and wonderful flavours of pines and citrus - almost soapy perfumy, but never unpleasant and sticky as it manages to retain quite some freshness. The bitterness is not overwhelming and only seems to awake rather late on the palate. Yummy. 191206
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2006
at 07:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cloudy vibrant amber colour. Big fresh grassy, citrusy, slightly woody hop nose. Well-rounded flavours, lots of fruity, citrusy hops and clean pale malts. Certainly not one to blow minds, but very well-made and of universal appeal.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2006
at 13:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Light amber with a gold head, hoppy aroma, malty hop flavor with a nice hoppy bitter aftertaste.
Tried
on 21 May 2006
at 20:16