Midnight Sun Cohoho Imperial IPA

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Anchorage, Alaska USA

smells of dates and candy and malt and hops. I list hops last because its not as extreme as I might have hoped. This pours very dark with a small, small head. Tastes like caramel and is almost as thick. I feel like I could chew this beer. Aftertaste is tremendous. Not very harsh and evaporates quickly off the palate, just as I like it. Bravo!

This was kind of a disappointment, I really had much higher hopes than what I tasted. Initial aroma is similar to pine-sol, lots of citrus, but also some burnt toasted maltiness. Flavors are subdued, overly malty with lots of stale fruit rinds, but the flavors just never really seem to come together and remain unbalanced throughout the entire session.

Bottle. Pours red and brown, with an initial fluffy off white head that diminishes to thin. Different looking from the IIPAs that I am used to. Good lacing all the way down. Aromas of pine, citrus, caramel, plastic. My first taste impression is of the citrus, grapefruit, oranges and some Christmas tree. There is somewhat of a metallic taste in there as well and some caramel at the end. This is sweet up front and bitter at the end. Slightly oily and carbonated. The alcohol chimes in, especially as it warms.

Translucent and glowing orange in color with a booming, massive, frothy tan thing for the head. Aroma is a noodle scratcher, deciphering dandelions, corn starch, grapenuts, honey-meets-hay, and turning grapefruit skin scraps. Citric orange crème mediates the flavor, churning into orange flavored Nips. Some bitter qualities mingle with corrosive copper and rotten fruit. Touch of butternut squash. Oily residue sits on the tongue. Chewy, thickly malt conjecture with a balancing hop composure that is fairly dormant but still evident. Finishes like an orange-pineapple V8 Splash. Thanks for the bomber, Clark!

Poured a very hazy darl amber/brown color with a large off-white head. Aroma of orange juice and toffee with light notes of paper. Flavor is acidic with a light tartness and caramel maltiness underneath. Bitterness runs from the middle to the long finish.

Autumn Brown Coloring with Light Tan Head. Dry Fruit..Bread Dough.. Dry Hop and Pepper Spice Ending. Pretty Light for a Double IPA. But Still a Tasty Brew in Either Case.

Red color with a towering head. Aroma of caramel and very earthy hops. The taste was substantially bitter, but no where near the ridiculous amounts that most IIPAs end up with. It seemed more like bitter malt than bitter hops. No floral quality at all. Almost syrupy. Damn nice.

Bottled March 2005. Great aroma of hops. An off-white foam that fades quickly but leaves a nice layer, with great lace on the glass. Taste is very hoppy and well balanced. Slight alcohol flavor as the beer warms.