Flying Bison Imperial Aviator Red

Bottle purchased at brewery. Flying Bison excels at making beers that I might not find to be the most exciting but I could drink all day. Sadly this one doesn’t achieve that. Rich ruby/mahogany body, off-white head. Nose is caramel & fruits, plums and tobacco, lighter cocoa. The flying bison house maltiness is also present. Flavor is caramel, restrained but present hops, bit flying bison nutty maltiness. A strange bittersweet honey comes forward in the finish along with an odd, out of place peach. Recognizable as Aviator Red’s big brother but I prefer the regular version.

12oz bottle brought back to me by my wife from her recent business trip (she really treats me too well!). This one has a label on it unlike beastiefan2k’s. Label listed as Impossibly Rare Imperial Red and looks like it is stuck over a regular label. Also singed by the artist and hand numbered 27/70 (print #). Cool label. Poured a deeper cooperish / reddish color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, earthy, nuts, roast, and light chocolate. Tastes of caramel, had a lighter earthiness, and a lighter roastiness. I was also getting a orange / citrus in the taste. Body was on the thin yet smooth side and was very easy to drink. I’ll give it an extra point for the cool label!

From Rudolf. Pours such a dark red it may be considered black with barely any head. Aroma is stripped down, nothing. Slightly mineral, lightly medicinal, slightly burnt Irish Red-like malts with faint cherry-alcohol but really just empty and not much there. Taste is similarly empty soap-y alcohol cherry with some weird woody wet cardboard thing. The mouthfeel is empty yet weird on the cheeks with a medicinal aftertaste. I would have loved to love this because I like the regular version so much but this was a mess. 12oz bottle with the regular label but "Imp" hand written on the cap (check that Rudolf wrote it, otherwise you can’t tell the difference unless you taste it, then it’s evident), St. Paul snifter/tulip glass.