Magnolia Promised Land Imperial IPA

Brewed by Magnolia Pub and Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
San Francisco, California USA

4oz sample in a full size tulip at brewery from the cask - Aroma and flavor are bright floral and citrus hops with a nice caramel malt finish. Pours transparent copper with a bubbly head and great lacing. Palate is crisp, tart and cask creamy. I just love really big hop monsters on cask and this did not dissapoint.

Draft at The Bistros DIPA Fest; Nose of pine and citrus hops; hazy copper with a small Off white head; Flavor of hop bitterness, with pine notes the bitterness lasting to a long finish!

On tap at Magnolia. Nice bright orange color, barely off white head with good lacing. Aroma of cascade pine hops. Chewy oily mouthfeel, all hops in the taste with a lasting bitter finish. This is a take no prisoners NW hop IPA -- great if you like the style, undrinkable if you don’t. I’ll be back for more.

Tried the tap version... was hoping to try the cask conditioned version - Part of the strong beer of the month Aroma: Nice citrus like hop aroma Appearance: Loverly amber color... Flavor: I seem to seek malt balance for such big beers... for an Imperial IPA newbie... I loved the malt character to support the intense hoppiness Palate: For Magnolia, I though it was too cold which may be accentuating the dry finish Overall: Amongst the Imperial IPAs tried I like this one since it has a lot of character and does not beat me down with hoppy bitterness

Huge monster of an Imperial this beer could easily crush Tokyo if unleashed on an unsuspecting world. massive hop nose and palate with enought malt to carry it through piny citrusy resiny hop heaven for Extreme hopheads only or it could make you believe in monsters.

Tap @ brewpub during the Strong Ale Month. Dark reddish brown color with a laced to diminished tan head. It was served a little too cold. A strong malt hopped aroma. Good rich malty flavors with some dark fruits. I really enjoyed this beer.

a little too sweet for my tastes with a rasping orange peel bitterness and some caramel

Tap@ Magnolia Pub and brewery, San Fransisco- pretty heavily sweet and finishes quite bitter, very richly textured beer, grapefruit, pine, toffee. Pretty intense, a little unbalnced and hard to drink.