Gearys Imperial IPA

Brewed by D.L. Gearys Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Portland, Maine USA

(Draft @ Damariscotta River Grill) Coppery orange body with a nice biscuit head. Aroma is mostly fruity hops, a little bready. Good lacing. Fairly heavy, full mouthfeel. Taste is fairly bitter right on through from start to finish. Bitterness overlays pleasant fruity hop flavor. Seemed a little musty as well. No alcohol apparency. Not much depth of flavor but I liked it for its lack of sharp sweetness and lack of big alcohol presence like other big IPA’s I’ve had. Much like a regular IPA except feels heavier and of course the higher ABV kick.

Bottle. Poured a deep orange red body with thin head. Aroma is faint hops and citrus. Flavor is light citrus, caramel. Nice mouthfeel and very quaffable. As it warmed I found it to be very satisfiying.

A pretty solid imperial IPA. I’m a sucker for big beers, but I must admit that this was not the absolute best imperial IPA I’ve ever had. Still, though, pretty damn good and quite big. Nice copper color, rich aroma of hops. Tasted complex and hoppy with a mild dose of malt. Had that nice lip-smacking quality that good IPAs have. Finished qutite smooth. A good rendition here.

Had this on tap at Brian Borus’ in Portland. I think they just get it in this week. Pours a bright yellow orange color with small creamy head. Aroma is pungent with floral hops, some grapefruit and other citusy stuff. Flavor is dominated by hops, and grapfruit and some spice, sweet. i think this is an Imp. IPA but the bartender just told me it was an IPA. thick and heavy mouth feel. Quality beer, i would have probably rated much high if i was a bigger fan of IIPAs

12 oz - The Wine Source. Dark copper, off white creamy head. Dried buttery citrus and spruce aromas warm to a light toffee raisin undercurrent. Dry citric-pine bitterness is nicely balanced on a buttery toast and toffee-like tone. Full bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. English in style, but I personally prefer West Coast style DIPAs...

Ha! Got you finally! It’s now bottled, but dont fall for that, get this on tap, its significantly better that way! The aroma is a bunch of floral piney hops, centennials maybe. Flavor is nice and bitter with a fair malt back bone to give it the needed oomph. I’m glad they re-released this because it was the only Geary’s brew I had managed to not track down for some time. Get it when you see it, especially on tap!

Poured mostly clear and copper. The head was average size and white and produced above average lacing. The aroma was grassy, earthy hops with a bit of pine and some sugary sweetness. The flavor was pine and grass mostly with plenty of sugary malts giving it balance. Almost medium bodied mouthfeel. Serviceable.

12 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear reddish bronze color with a medium frothy head. Fair head retention and decent lacing. Floral and citrus hop aroma with light toffee notes. Taste is toffee and caramel with citrus and light resin hop notes. Medium bodied.