Midnight Sun Cohoho Imperial IPA

Bomber from Liquid Solutions, shared with my girlfriend and roommate after a long day of moving stuff around. I assume it must be from last winter. Pours a dark reddish-amber color with a large beige head and absolutely insane lacing. I mean clumps of foam cling to the side of the glass, and distinct rings can be seen well after the beer is gone. Aroma is brown sugar, honey, spices, citrusy and resinous hops. Flavor is brown sugar, caramel, maple syrup, honey, holiday spices, juniper, and grapefruity, resinous hops in just the right amount, not too intense. This winter warmer/DIPA combo is an interesting one, and this attempt at it is well-executed. Palate is smooth and just a tiny bit syrupy, with soft carbonation. Overall a really well-done beer from Midnight Sun.

22oz - Aroma of brown sugar, caramel and chewy resinous hops. Flavor is sweet and tart, brown sugar and honey with the hoppy finish. Palate is chewy. Very tasty but not as tart and hoppy as I’d expect, probably has some age on it.

Sampled in a 22oz. A really nice brew. A very dark IPA with lots of hops. Crafted nicely. Good amount of head on it, lots of carbonation. Dark brown in color. A nice brew.

bomber thanks to brewboone. Pours a clear, dark amber with a tan head. Nose is big on citrus. Wow! Taste is of citrus hops and caramel malt. Mouthfeel is resinous with a bitter finish.

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of hops, pine, resin, grapefruit, pineapple, hop oil, spruce, and juniper. Poured deep amber/copper in color with a small, dense, creamy, tan head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Sparkling. Excellent lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet and medium bitter. Tastes of hops, fruit, light caramel, pine, grapefruit, pineapple, hop oil, slight brown sugar, slight honey, light malts, and a hint of soap. Medium body. Dry texture. Average carbonation. Medium bitter, lightly sweet, hop, pine, slight soap, and brown sugar finish.

6/11/2009: Midnight Sun CoHoHo Imperial I.P.A. has a sugary aroma of caramel, prune, hints of spicy honey, aged/dried apricot, pineapple, and other dried and candied citrus. It is deep gold, almost amber in color and surprisingly clear. It has a thin, frothy, dark beige head. The flavor is mostly like citrus peel and red grapefruit with brown sugar and lightly caramelized malt sprinkled throughout. The beer has a moderate level of bitterness overall with a sprucy finish that is slightly dry. The body of this beer is medium to medium-full and it is smooth. I think that this beer would age well over time and already seems to be doing quite well as I don’t think that this is a particularly fresh bottle; it is on its way to becoming a fine barleywine!

22 Fl. Oz. bottle (8.0% Alcohol by Volume - 85 IBUs; Month & Week Bottled: JAN 5) from Safeway in Seward, Alaska. Rating #228 for this beer.

Bottle. Pours rather dark for an DIPA with a nice frothy head. Aromas of malts and hops and some spices. The flavors are a mixture of herbs, pine, malts and some sweetness, perhaps due to the honey. All the components work nicely together, the added junipers do not overpower the hops character and there is a nice sweetness. Very good.

Courtesy of fishingnet. Pours deep copper with white head. The aroma is a pleasing mixture of pine hops, resiny hops and thick malts that smell sort of chewy. The taste mirrors the nose somewhat. I get full resiny pine hop bitter goodness flowing to and through a thin layer of rich sweet maltiness. The hops are big and play well against the modest sweet malts. Yum. It ends somewhat sweet with lingering pine hoppiness fading into the background and yet somehow urging you on to take another drink. I will.