Butte Creek Organic Revolution X 10th Anniversary Imperial IPA

Formerly brewed at Butte Creek Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Chico, California USA

This is a thick, chewy ale, pouring an amber/orange body with a one-fingered, creamy off-white head. Plenty of lasting lacing. The aroma is built upon strong caramel malts with a touch of toffee. Plenty of hops in the smell, too - pine in the forefront with tart orange and orange blossom undertones. Quite heavy bodied, creamy, and hot in the mouth. There’s a strong, sweet malt backbone in the flavor, and it’s needed to support the serious hop bitterness, pine, crushed orange pips, various citrus zests... The strong ABV doesn’t present itself until long after the prolonged, bitter finish. Nice.

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This had a good head.Color was a dark red-brown.Good beer aroma.This beer is very bitter.Heavy bodied.Yes,I can taste some caramel.Woody type taste.Yes,resinous.This is not a pleasant beer to drink.Drink this if you want people to think you are tough.Too heavy duty taste for me-I don’t have to prove myself.I will drink beers I enjoy.Good beer,but not for me.

22 oz. bottle. Pours hazy amber with red hue and thin head. Fresh floral aroma with cookies and caramel. Big sweet malt flavor holding down clean resinous, citrus rind hops. Lingering bitterness. Big bodied. Well balanced. Perhaps not as lean as some but well executed.

Any first impressions?
-A ring of foam decorates the clear amber.
-Creamy maltiness delves into a biscuity character, as earthy oranges rise from the aromatic hops.
-Piney, wooden hops are well-organized in the flavor profile with the caramel sweetness.
-The cushiony mouthfeel even becomes creamy after a while, spelling nourishment.

What if you dig deeper?
-The patient wooden hop bitterness stays a while before disappearing.
-Would there be a semblance of balance in this Double IPA? Okay then!
-This is a mild Double IPA considering its West Coast origins, but this doesn’t take anything away from its solid structure and flavorful display.

Bottle; 2006 vintage.

Dark orange amber ale with a thin creamy off white head. A nice pinhey malt with loads of hops in aroma, with light mint leaves. In mouth. a good rich malt with floral hops, resinous, alcohol warmth. Rich and chewy I2PA. Enjoyed with the Mtl Crew Sept. 9, 2006.

i am a huge organic supporter so i am very happy with this beer i rated it so high because it is organic. the nose was very hoppy and fruity, the clour was just right and the flavour was excellent. cheers for a big organic beer keep them coming.

22oz bottle poured a hazy deep reddish/orange color with a small tan colored head. The aroma was sweet caramel malt with a nice citrus and pine from the hops. The taste had a small bitterness with a lot of sweet caramel malt and a touch of alcohol warmth in the finish. A slight yeast character pushes trough between all the flavor hops and caramel malts. Overall I think this is one of the better organic brews that I have had.

Poured a clear golden orange color with a meidum white head. Aroma of oranges and earthy hop notes are the first out of the glass. Some pine then joins in. The aroma is hop forward and fresh. Sweet malty flavor has a decent amount of hop taste mixed in. Citrus, pine, orange and caramel. Moderately bitter semi-dry finish.