Butte Creek Organic Revolution X 10th Anniversary Imperial IPA

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

Thanks to Skyview! Cloudy orange color with no head. Aroma of dried oranges and sidewalk chalk. A very vinous hop flavor. Dry and bitter. Bone dry malt finish. It’s not a screaming hop overloaded as an IIPA can usually be, but it’s nicely balanced and tasty.

Poured from a 22 oz. bottle. Dark orange and lightly hazed. Very dank and bitter grass aroma with hints of agave, dark biscuits and brown sugar. Well balanced and understated. Mild flavor of peach skins, grapefruit, grass, and honey; very simple, with good bitterness of a refreshing, quaffable character. Reserved crystal presence. Palate is creamy, soft, and somewhat vegetal with an intimation of wheat grass. Highly drinkable. Thanks for sharing, Bob!

Picked up a single 22-oz bomber at John’s Market Place in Portland, Oregon. Pours a semi-clear amber brew with a decent off-white head that quickly dissipates to a fine film and white ring. Aroma of sweet grapefruit zest, some iced tea, tangerines, and caramel malt, Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with flavors of grapefruit juice, caramel malt and a touch of brown sugar. Finish is semi-sweet and bitter along with a grapefruit character in the aftertaste. One of the better organic beers I’ve tried to date.

Grapefruit coloured head, cellared for a year. The best I can say is that it is not too overbittered in taste, and without feeling too overmalted.

Amber color with a light tan head. Mostly a caramel sweet aroma with some light oxidation. Medium body and smooth. Floral hops appear in the taste at first with caramel malt and some oxidation to finish. Purchased and consumed this beer March 2007.

Pours a dark honey color with a thick sudsy yellowish white head. Smells of deep alcohol laden citrus. Grapefruit and grass. Very sweet and hoppy taste up front with a bit of a grassy aftertaste. Alcohol on the finish as well. Kind of syrupy but not too thick. Pretty good carbonation for a DiPa. Good brew, but be ready for the alcohol

I am assuming that this was slightly aged. Poured a hazy orange-ish. Aroma was sweet caramel and fruity malt similar to that of a barleywine. Initial extreme sweetness, almost cloying followed by some nice subdued hop flavors of pine, mint, pepper, and a touch of earth. Never does it really get bitter, but the hop flavor is pretty nice, discernible, and lingering in the finish. Lots of malt make this one pretty full, but the alcohol is almost nonexistent. A good, but not great IIPA.

Old rating 22oz bottle. Orange color, cream head. Piney and to a lesser extent flowery nose. Taste is honey at first with the bitterness coming on immeadiately. Strong pine along with some spice/flower. The bitterness is offset by the honeyish maltiness. The finish is long and lingering, piney and spicy. A IIPA that is balanced towards the malt, but still a IIPA. Full mouthfeel.