Tap at the Berkeley venue. Pours very dark brn/blk (cola?) with a creamy tan head. Med + body or better. Flavor is smooth burnt/toasted malt with a solid dose of espresso. Not spectacular, but very solid espresso brew. Finishes quite earthy, not to mention espresso.

Tap at the Berkeley venue. Pours dark brown with a slight beige head. Aroma is very roasty darkish malt. Med + body. Flavor is moderately dark malty, earthy, surprisingly dry. It’’s malty, but not very sweet at all. Not really bitter either. It’s a good drink.

Tap at the Berkeley venue. Pours gold with a white head. Med body or nearly. Flavor of citrus, fruit, caramel - nothing really strong. Moderately bitter. A nice drink, but not exciting.

Tap at the Berkeley venue. Pours amber with an off-white head. Mild citrus aroma. Med body or nearly. Flavor is mild roasty malt, fruit, citrus. There’s hop, but not all that much. Finishes barely sufficiently bitter.

Tap at the Berkeley venue. Pours very dark amber with a creamy beige head. Aroma of light roasty malt with light fruit hop. Med body. Flavor is roasty caramel, mild, arguably fruity, hop. Finishes not quite dry and barely bitter.

Bottle from Homeplus  in Seoul. Served in a weizen glass. A nice golden cloudy wheat pour with a thick light beige head. The nose is yeasty bready graham. The taste is bready sweet yeasty banana. The body is med-light but it has a bready honey quality to it. The taste is sweet honey graham with a light fruitiness. Average.

12 ounce bottle into lager glass, best before 1/21/2015. Pours slightly hazy orange/amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fair amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon/orange zest, citrus rind, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance, complexity, and robustness of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Very clean on lager flavors with zero yeast esters present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good IPL style. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Draft pour, and bottle poured probably a couple dozen times over the years. Can’t believe I haven’t rated this. Pours a copper color with a foamy head. Hoppy grainy aroma. Flavor is bitter, with some sweet hops mixed in. Finishes on another more bitter note. Always been a bit of a go to imperial for me. What can I say. It’s cheap, strong, and tasty. I’ll keep getting this.

Tap. Pours hazy deep reddish chestnut, small beige head, sine lacing. Aroma is super light, a bit of roasty and dark bread. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter, roasty, dark bread, a bit nutty, kind of acidic, faintly smoky. Lightish body. Not bad.