 bu11zeye (5672), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 8, 2006 (Bottle, 2006 vintage) Pours a clear amber body with a huge long-lasting beige head. Aroma of fresh citrus, breadiness, and caramel. Flavor of caramel, chocolate, hops, and an abundance of malt presence.
hopdog (5617), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 4, 2006 Poured a slightly hazy, medium copper color with a smaller off white head. Aromas of citrus (oranges) and some malts. Starts out sweet and ends in a nice hoppy bite (but not over the edge). Well balanced. Some pine. Very good beer and I glad I picked this up while on vacation!
jcwattsrugger (5581), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 19, 2008 071210-Ale Smith Yule Smith (04 Winter) @San Diego Brewing [CA]-on tap-pours an off white head that laces and amber color. Aroma is citrus hops, medium malt. Taste is citrus hops, medium malt, alcohol, syrupy. OK effervescence.
Rastacouere (5565), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 4, 2008 Objectively speaking:
Very solid imperial IPA of confident caramelly leanings.
I like:
Clean and not too thick. Very fragrant hops providing a broad range of aromas (flowery grapefruit, ripe orange, juicy spruce). Excellent evolution with the bitterness cutting through the sweetness with excellent timing. Seriously drinkable for its heavy bulk.
I dislike:
It just does not seem as perfumey as the summer edition, but otherwise, for Californian beer fans, this is the quintessence, up to the appearance.
Magicdave6 (5558), London, Greater London, England
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 1, 2008 Bottle at no royce the last thing you need right now is more storm tasting. Alround rating: Caramalt, citrus, grassy hop, more balanced than its brother(summer) however i believe this was a ’05 bottle and had probably lost quite a bit of its hop character. Tasty stuff.
hopscotch (5543), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 28, 2003 This beer rocks!
Hazy mohogany hue with medium-sized particles of sediment floating in the glass. Huge, white frothy head. Mostly lasting with excellent lacing.
Aromas of honey, pine, citrus fruit, flowers, milk chocolate and alcohol.
The flavor is very malty with a blast of caramel... for just a moment. The hops quickly kick in with flavors of pine and spruce. Nice black pepper and warm alcohol with a final earthy, straw flavor.
Great I.P.A. Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale on steriods. Christmas in April.
Thanks go out to hoprus for this excellent, world-class beer!
CaptainCougar (5532), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 7, 2006 Updated: Sep 10, 20062003 rated on 6/13/2004: Aged about seven months. Dark ruby copper color with a nice, off-white lacy head. Very well balanced rich sweet butterscotch and bold hoppy aroma. Full, caramely sweet syrupy palate is nicely balanced with a tangy fresh bitterness. Hides its alcohol quite nicely. A consistently excellent brew!
2002 rated on 3/18/2003: Butterscotchy hop aroma flows from the caramel brown body with off-white head. Very rich and creamy mouthfeel with some sweetness and a powerful, but balanced hoppy bitterness. Dry, sweet finish that hides the alcohol extremely well. One of the best imperial reds I’ve had.
JorisPPattyn (5192), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 28, 2009 Medium, yellowish head over hazy orange-brown ale. End of bottle solid yeast. Grapey, orangey and finally resiny hops, powerfully wafting up upon opening. Bitter, resiny hopsflavour, with a wry, leafy dimension, verging upon quinine. Bitter onslaught mellows with time and more bready or cakey malts announcing themselves; but the dry finish remains throughout. Well-bodied, very slick, bit oily and long-lasting bitter-hoppy aftertaste. Well-crafted, if not really spectacular dark strong American ale. Could grow upon me.
|
Statistics
Find This Beer (Want/Have)