Great Waters Imperial IPA

on cask at the pub. supposedly served at 52 degrees. but it was closer to 72 degrees. so i’ll have to retry. overall it was a bit sweet i htought which is common with DIPA’s. huge lacy head though and it was drinkalbe i’ll have to try a a proper temp someday

Tap at the MBG Winterfest.This was actually a very good brew,the first from this brewery that I have enjoyed.Cloudy amber with a lovely grapefruit nose,not that radical too perfumey aroma that some brewers come at you with in their Dbl IPA’s.

Hops with a large fruit profile in the aroma. Very dark orange with a long lasting head that left a lace. Flavors of bitter hops and fruit with some floral tastes. Full bodied. Not as good as the Town Hall Masala Mama, but a very good ipa.

Hazy, light head (loose and diffuse), amber body. Good to the nose, with pine first and foremost and some grapefruit and perfume notes less obvious. More orange-like than the Anchorhead, which was available at the same time. Solid finish, not a massive bitter punch. Very well done. (tap at brewpub)

Tap @ brewpub. Cloudy orange color. Not has well hopped as I would have anticipated for an imperial IPA. Slightly floral with a bitter but sweet finish. A lot of character, although not necessarily a powerful IPA.

Thoroughly hazy peachy hue, light little bubbly white head. huge hoppy nose, virile grapefruitiness, overtly citric, muted bitterness, jumping juiciness... In the taste, juicy, juicy, joo-say...hop presence mild and muted, but still persistent on the palate,...ABV unknown, but ’jef said it was in the 7’s...it feels around that, yeah, some kind of alky-hol is butting into my brain, I must admit... Not quite enough fierceness in the flavor, or the hop profile to make it more than a nice little drink, although I like it a little better as we go further into it. A whole growler to test this theory, eh? Meanwhile, it’s also too watery and light...though it’s still tasty,...nice stab at it, though...gotta hand it to them...maybe this is practice for bigger things in the future? We hope, we hope...

On-tap at the brewpub: Cloudy golden peach color, firm, yet, small foamy top of off-white hue, lacing in small spots and strings. Aroma has a slight pine sense over a peachy/orange juice blend. Juicy and sweet smellin’ of fresh fruity citrus hops. Flavor is a whole bunch of orange and tangerine blending with some peachyness, and that’s about it. No real profile of pine or bitterness. Quite juicy fresh and sweet with those flavors, nearly like drinking the blend of juices themselves, just add some ABV, and whammo this is it. A screwdriver blended type beer. Obviously has hops to it, but the character of what most Imperial IPA’s is not as present as it should be. Needs some layering and some depth to really make it worthy of the title Imperial. Feel is fairly light in the body, juicy, fresh, sweetly tanged of citrus fruity stuff, but does seem weak-ended and fairly flat with an ABV that hits late but is never present in any other form other then the head senses. It does slide down with good ease; fruit juicy good and sweet, but not nearly the Imperial IPA it could be. I was told it may become more hop atuned as it ages. Which Iv’e heard before from the staff at GW and it’s never really made a significant difference in the ones that were to have changed. So if this one does have any noticeable change at my next visit I’ll change my review. But as is, its a fruity IPA thats just not Imperial enough to dethrown any of the others I’ve enjoyed.

Gold color with a medium head. Strong hoppy aroma and taste. Not nearly as much alcoholic kick to it as most other IIPAs; you can still taste some residual malts in this one. A little flowery, although, again, there isn’t much depth to it which prevents it from being really good.