Carolina 11th Anniversary Imperial IPA

Brewed by Carolina Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Holly Springs, North Carolina USA

Pours a nice amber color with a white head. Aroma is some malty sweetness and a big load of juicy grapefruit hops. Flavor is sweet caramel and nice full grapefruit hop finish.

12oz via trade with OldStyleCubFan. Needed something late night to mellow my brain. Porus a really nice orange with a 1 finger tan head. Nose is sweet floral and very citrussy, certainly east coast. Taste is sweet and full of citrus. Overall a tasty Impy IPA not quite as big as I like em in flavor or alc but served its purpose right now.

Nice aroma of citrus and pine- more citrus than pine. Taste is biscuity, sweet and pine/citrus hops. Taste is nearly spot on, but a little tannic. Kind of middle of the road, nice residual bitterness, hops are blended quite well. Decent IIPA, but not amazing.

12 oz. bottle - Pours a hazy amber color with a one finger thick off white head. Light lacing. Aroma is floral, pine, and citrus hops. Flavor is mostly the fore mentioned hops and some malt sweetness. No lingering astringent aftertaste. Medium body. A good beer.

Bottle from a pal o’ mine - thanks, Mike! Cloudy orange with a decent head, like a good DIPA should be. Big and fruity to start, with a slightly dry pine experience in the middle. Nice full malting too, which is pleasantly distinct from a by-the-numbers hop bomb. A fine entry from the locals.

Bottle. Hazy orange with a nice, foamy white head. There are some visible sandy particles floating in the beer, not shocking for a small batch like this. Tons of pine on the nose. Not much sweetness as it hits the tongue, but a ton of delicious piney hops. Not the most flavorful DIPA, but the alcohol is nonapparent and the flavor that is there is great. This one finishes as clean as I could ever ask. For a limited release by a small brewery, I’m very surprised how good this is.

Bottle: Dirty amber, dark, large frothy off-white head, attractive lacing.   Good dose of hop juice on the nose.   Subtle citrus peel as well.   Sweetened hop juice on the tongue.   Decent malt base, certainly not all that bitter.   Well balanced.   Not as malt forward as the Highland Imperial Kashmir I had the other night, but instead a good hop bite that doesn’t sting the tongue.   Quite flavorful without being overly bitter.   This one is pretty damn enjoyable I must say.   Probably falls in line moreso with an IIPA than most.   I am still a big sucker for the heavy malt examples, but this one still holds its own.   The biggest compliment I can give this is the fact that while its quite flavorful, with a good malt base, its not out of balance like so many west coast examples that seem to forget to add additional malt to their DOUBLE IPAs.   This one seems a little truer to style.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate to full.   Lingering citrus peel and hop bitterness on the exit.   I must say, a good example of the style.   Thanks Tom for the bottle!

12 oz bottle from ucusty. Strong grapefruit aroma with some sweet tropical fruit and malt. Pours orange with a light haze and a thin head. Flavor is more grapefruit up front with a touch of fruity malt. Mostly bitter and hoppy in the finish though. The bitterness lingers and coats the mouth. Pretty damn enjoyable actually.