Bottle 65cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #11. ]Unclear medium orange color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light caramel, light heavy hoppy, orange, light yeasty. Flavor is light heavy sweet, light citrus - orange acidic and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090612]

22 oz bottle purchased at Chris’ Liquors in San Diego, California. Pour is slight hazed golden with a nice full formed white head. Aroma of resin pine and some grainy maltiness. Orange peel bitterness. Taste is big and fresh resin hops, with the citrus orange peel and a nice layer of toasty malt holding it up. Hop is pretty dank. Palate is medium, with a long straw bitter finish. Quite drinkable, nice one.

Bottled. An unclear dark amber beer with a huge brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of hops as well as grass and grapefruit. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, grapefruit, and grass, leading to a very bitter finish. The body is on the light side.

Draft. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of spices, malt, and elderberries. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and elderberries, leading to a dry and bitter finish.

From bottle, blind #24. Pours dark orange to brown with a slowly collapsing tan head. Dry wooden and slight abricot hoppy aroma.. Sweet, grapefruity, abricot, apples and sweet peachy. Roasted caramel malt flavoured. Bitter and dry finish.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of yespr/Ungstrup. Slightly hazy reddish golden with a creamy light brown head leaving some lacework. Quite full-bodied, sweetish caramel and fruit. Spicy, peachy and hoppy finish. 120609

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of yespr/Ungstrup. Slightly hazy golden with a dense off-white head. Fresh hoppy aroma of peach and grapefruit. Medium body, lightly sweet malt and fruit with a distinct citrusy hop finish. 120609

Bomber from South Bay Drug. Pours a very dark ruby amber with a large, creamy beige head. Lots of aroma - resin over dark roast caramel. Medium plus body with mild carbonation. Flavor is fruity/floral over smooth roasted malt. Very hoppy, but not super bitter. Goes just a tad malty in the finish, but there is some astringency. Pretty tasty.

On tap at Stone. Pours with a large white head over a clear gold-to-amber body. Aroma is hoppy with orange, tangerine, sap and caramel. Taste is pine and kumquat, with a caramel back bone. 8.5% is really well hidden. Bubbly carbonation with a somewhat dry mouthfeel.

Bottle marked 02/2009 (marked as 9%ABV). Pours with a brown head over a very deep brown body with copper tinges, and good lacing with awesome retention. Aroma of chocolate, hops, smoke, berries and caramel. Taste is hops, berries, chocolate, strong bitterness and caramel. Creamy carbonation. Doesn’t meld as well as some other imperial reds...quite different from the average too. Gets individual numbers that probably represent a higher score than I would have expected...