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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Excellent aroma of piney hops with some grapefruit in the background. Color is a hazy amber with a frothy head. Flavor promises a lot up front, but kind of gets watery as it develops and finishes weakly with only a slight evergreen hoppy character. Back to the scent... outstanding.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2006
at 00:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from jimbowood. Amber-orange body, thin/medium off-white head. Big piney, biscuity aroma with abundant citrus (grapefruit) rind. Rindy body, citric and bitter, with pine needles completing the hops contribution. Big, biscuity, caramely hops. Rich and potent, but doesn’t break any new ground. That’s not a flaw, however.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2006
at 21:55
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Hazy golden pour with off-white head. The aroma is an onslaught of citrus, flowers and grass — ripe grapefruit, orange peel. There’s also subtle notes of sweet malts. One of the more forward and balanced aromas I have encountered. The flavor is sweet and bitter, flowery and citrusy, hoppy and malty. Distrinct taste of orange, grapefruit and grapefruit skin, sweet malts and slight notes of flowers and fruits. The long finish is thoroughly bitter. Medium to thick body clings to mouth, but is not cloying. In fact, the beer goes down quite smoothly. Excellent IIPA.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2006
at 23:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a very hazy orange with no head at all. Aroma is big hops and tons of citrus fruits. Lots of grapefruit and pine. Very clean smelling and worth it just alone for the aroma. Thre flavor actually made me say wow after I took a sip. HUGE hops with enough malts in there to make an appearence after you get past the hops. Aftertaste is more hops with a bit of honeydew. Hop head heaven. Very outstanding and well recommended. IIPA does not get any better than this. The only problem with the brew is the price. I paid $4.50 for a 12oz. bottle and the 4 pack it came in cost $17. Buy a single when you have the bread and you will not be wasting money.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2006
at 19:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to CaptainCougar for retiring this from my wants list! A deep golden colored body that supports a sticky off-white head. Huge nose of grapefruit and sweet juicy malt in the back. Starts sweet and juicy with a powerful bitterness that builds at the end and lasts forever on the tongue. The body remains light, making this a dangerously refreshing beer for it’s alcohol content.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2006
at 17:08
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Reddish copper, like a sunset, with a thin ring of white lace - explosive aroma - lots of wood, resinous hops, light fruit (peaches, grapefruit) - very herbal and spicy at first (some thyme and coriander) - malts are thick, but not sticky and overpowering, as is often the case with IIPAs - bready, biscuity qualities combine well with the hops and herbal/tea-like characteristics - well-balanced and quite gentle for an IIPA, but still a HUGE beer - excellent stuff.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2005
at 21:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Lemon-mint and pineapple aroma. Orange amber color with small head. Sweet pineapple flavor with an strong hops finish. Moderate body. Fruity but not much else to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2005
at 21:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2 years old, courtesy of Rastacouere!. Deep hazy brown orange ale with a thin creamy off-white head. Subdued resinous hop with sweet orange notes. Nice malt base with smooth herbal hops and nice alcohol vapours, oily mouthfeel, lingering bitterness in mouth, very smooth and blended. Wow!
Tried
on 01 Aug 2005
at 21:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
An unclear orange beer with an orange disappearing head. The aroma is flowery and hoppy with notes of oil, peach, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet and very hoppy and with a good bitter, hoppy, and dry end. A lovely IPA.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2004
at 12:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy amber colour with orange highlights and a soapy off-white head. Aroma of pure whole-leaf hops with some soap and cleanser mixed in. Full-bodied; Bitter flavour up front with hops noticeable and not much else. Aftertaste full-flavoured and bittered-nice all around. Overall, a nice beer to try-many thanks to Mike (BBB63) for it in a trade! A decent IIPA, even though I don't care for them much! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle on 12-March-2004.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2004
at 03:11