Legend Imperial IPA

Brewed by Legend Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Richmond, Virginia USA

Bottle pours translucent amber, large white foamy head, lively carbonation, with web like lacing.   Hop, pine, and abundant grapefruit on the nose.   This is 120 IBUs?   Smooth hop bitterness up front, citrus peel kick on the backside.   Maybe even a slight hint of tobacco.   The maltiness on the backside doesn’t seem big enough to support the flaming hot juice of this one.   Tiz still tasty tho, albeit a tad unbalanced.   Had it been a bit maltier, the body and mouthfeel would likely have been fuller.   Finishes with a clean hop zing but could stand to be a bit more meaty.   Thanks goes out to TChrome for sending this beer as a freebie!!!

Bottle. Light amber with a white head. Nice fruity and floral hop aroma. Hops aren’t overwhelming. Needs a bit more malt body. Decent.

bottle thanks to the_beer_god. clear copper, with frothy head. slightly flat, but not uncarbonated at all. not your typical american hops in this one--subtle fruits like prune, apricot, and more of a ’european’ feel to the malt base, if that makes any sense. full sticky body with a solidly bitter and dry finish. much softer than the 126 IBUs claimed. good, but i don’t think i see the phenomenon that others have seen...

Poured a clear copper color. Big diacetyl (which for me is always a big distracter) aroma with citrus grapefruit underneath. Malty flavor of caramel some citurs and a bitter finish. Light to medium body.

Spakling amber, thin white creamy head. Interesting nose held notes of citrus, pine, cinnamon, butter, toffee, and trident bubblegum. Bitter up front, middle and end, but sweet malt does shine through here and there. Flavor becomes a bit earthy and even slightly bready at times. Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, sticky, dry, citric, buttery malt finish. I like it because it was different then your typical I-IPA. It was a nice change of pace. Thanks beer-god and wohlfs...

Clear light orange body with a white head. Mostly buttery aroma with a hint of cinamon(thanks for that one Mike). Slight buttery taste with some semi-bitter hops. Interesting and sort of good, but not outstanding.

Shiney clear reddish amber. Creamy white head with good lacing. Buttery citrus hops with pine accents. Rindy bitter orange hop flavor, with some sweet + spicy buttery malt accompanying it. I didn’t like this at first, but it seems like after it warmed up (and/or opened up from oxidation?) it got better. A bit richer, fuller, bolder. Hops were more noticable and better tasting, even the next day (I fell asleep before I finished the bottle).

Pours a clear still copper with a thin, short lasting head. Aroma has some green, earthy floral hoppiness with some diacetyl butterscotch. Starts with sweet caramel maltiness and some earthy bitterness turning toward a dry, sticky, bittering and aroma hop finish. Could be fresher tasting with less butterscotch, but still a nice double IPA with some subtle complexities. Thanks Kinz!