Butte Creek Organic Revolution XI Imperial IPA

Brewed by Butte Creek Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Chico, California USA

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear pale amber, small head. Aroma of caramel and paper with a dash of black cherries. Sweet with clean, rounded mouthfeel. There’s caramel and crystalized sugar as well as some unusual rosehip. Sugary finish with growing inky bitterness. Very strange DIPA. Almost no aroma hops up front, it’s too sweet, and the malt structure is sub-par as well.

Name: Revolution XI
Date: 10/11/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, GABF

Appearance: hazy dark yellow, frothy beige head,
Aroma: sweet bready mallt aroma,
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of candy sweetness, fruity esters, light spices add balance to the sweetness,
-------- /> Name: Revolution XI
Date: 02/23/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar tasting
Score: 3.2 to 3.5

Appearance: hazy copper and like the chima river not dark yellow afterall, bits of lace,
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with light floral hops,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice bready character, touch of fruity sweetness, lots of balancing hops with a spicy edge, long sweet earthy finish,
-------- /> Name: Revolution XI
Date: 04/30/2008
Mode: draft
Score: 3.5 to 3.6
Words: twains

Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma,
Flavor: lots of crystal sweetness in the flavor to go along with the citrus hops, bready character adds good support, lots of sweet fruityness with orange and tangerine, light bitterness adds balance but stays out of the way,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

22oz bottle. Poured a medium to deeper golden color with an average sized off white head. Aromas of pine, citrus and some caramel. Tastes of citrus and caramel. Not overly complex but still drinkable.

Pours a transparent copper bronze with a wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of lightly sweet pale biscuity malt and some piny grapefruity notes. Body starts with decent fullness and sweet caramel malty notes along with some light fruity esters. Decently balanced and pretty drinkable, but not quite as fresh a hoppy character as I like in an imperial IPA.

My Bottom Line:
Saltiness tacks on to the piney, orangey hop personality while high levels of residual sugars proffer caramel and a hefty body. This is a drinkable Double IPA, but not one which I would have to quench my cravings for bold hoppiness.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam tops the cloudy amber.
-Hop aroma and finish are both undewhelming and muddled for the style.
-The overall flavor profile is rather balanced, but perhaps a tad incohesive.
-Alcohol is well hidden in the flavor profile.
-That salty hoppiness was not extremely pleasant.

Bottle.

Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Hasa sweetish malty hoppy bitter aroma with hints of citrus and caramel. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter flavor with hints of grapefruit and some hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty and warming bitter hoppy finish wit a long bitter aftertaste.

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured clear copper color with a moderate off-white frothy head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate citrus hoppy and malty aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Medium balanced flavor with a medium sweet small alcohol bite finish of moderate duration. This is a solid beer.

Pours chill hazy deep coppery/orangy with 1-finger off-white head. Aroma is caramel malt, earthy hops, some mango and peppery notes, with the flavors being bready malty, peppery, with a spicy hop taste. Medium palate heft.