7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy bright orange color with a 2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, light pine, caramel, honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus hops and moderate malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon/orange peel, pine, caramel, honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and complexity of citrus/pine hops and moderate malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately sticky, and slightly creamy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice IPA. All around good complexity, balance, and robustness of citrus/piney hops and moderate malt flavors; and very smooth to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2015
at 22:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at The Ohio Taproom. The beer is a slightly cloudy copper-orange color with a medium off-white head that recedes gradually to an outer ring. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, hops and malt. Medium-bodied with flavors of grapefruit, earthy hops and toasted malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a fruity hops aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jun 2015
at 11:56
8/10
Tried
on 31 May 2015
at 23:20
2.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
if you like imperial ipa, you need to try this. resinous aroma. appearance light orange brown. big nasty in yer face ipa bowling over taste. oily soapy mouth coating palate. nasty overall nellie on style roto tiller. man, this stuff is impy ipa wew. impressed by the rudeness of the impact.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2015
at 11:40
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Black with a dark and creamy head. Aroma is sweet malt, roasted, espresso, chocolate, molasses. Full, oil smooth body. Flavor is roasted and coffee, sweet cream, malt, chocolate. Finish is sweet roasted, light roasted bittersweet malt. Full flavored and complex but the different notes end up working together toward a delicious goal.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2015
at 23:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with tan head. The aroma is strong coffee, dark chocolate. Thick with dark chocolate, heavy roast, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2015
at 19:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1 finger dense dark tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Slight spotty lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toast, toffee, raisin, plum, light vanilla, and yeast/roasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt, coffee, and dark fruit notes; with good strength. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toast, toffee, dark bread, light dark fruit, light vanilla, light char, and roasted earthiness. Fair amount of roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toast, toffee, dark bread, light char, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roasted malt and coffee flavors; with a great roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent imperial coffee stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roasted malt and coffee flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2015
at 21:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Refrigerated 12oz. brown bottle via jsquire, says glass hopper IPA, poured into a snifter. Clear orange with medium off-white head. Aroma is grassy hops, medium body, low carbonation. Taste is grassy hops and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2015
at 20:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle, from jsquire, poured into a snifter. Translucent orange with suspended yeast and small off-white head. Aroma is citrus, medium body, medium carbonation, and some small-bubble lacing. Taste is citrus (mostly grapefruit), some pine, and bitter finish. Pretty good and quite flavorful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2014
at 20:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft - Roast malts, liquorice, and roast coffee bean. Jet black with a rich brown head. Boozy, roast malts and some bittersweet chocolate. Lots of roast and booze.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2014
at 17:11