Midnight Sun Cohoho Imperial IPA

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

I really enjoyed this brew. Nice hoppy IPA with great thicker flavor. Aroma of citrus hops along with the juniper berries. Couldn’t really taste the juniper in the flavor, which is probable preferred. Good body. Tasty stuff.

Pours clear reddish amber with tons of head dissolving into very robust lacing. Interesting malt backed hop aroma. Taste matches with a nice malty sweetness and a good bitter finish.

Incredible malty, spicy smell with a hint of evergreen. Clear red-brown and pours a thick cream colored head that leaves plenty of lacing. Complex flavor of hops, spice and sugar. Starts sweet and has a lingering bitter finish.

Bomber that is 4 months old. Not the most ideal freshness but I have to deal with what I can obtain. Pours a very dark copper color with a big foamy off-white head. Looks like a Barleywine. Aroma still shows some nice hops, pine, sap, with a nice malty backbone. Flavor is a mostly caramelly malts now with a significant though clean bitterness. Not too sweet. Honestly I think this beer stood the test of time better than most IIPAs. Not my favorite style but a good example nonetheless.

On tap. Aroma of citrus, juniper berries, molasses, and dried fruit. Deep amber with a thick off white head. You can actually taste all of the main ingredients; bitter northwest hops, sweetness from the malt and brown sugar, and spiciness from the juniper berries. Medium bodied with average carbonation, and a long bitter finish. This is a different twist on an Imperial IPA and I think they pulled it off nicely, a bit thicker and slightly syrupy than most but it works.

Bottle... Poured reddish-amber with a white head. Floral hop flavors with a strong malted balance that lent to a smooth finish.

Bottle from Liquid Solutions. Pours a dark filtered amber with a fizzy head. Nose is awesome C-hops and Simcoe. A touch catty, but super resiny with a touch of citrus. Taste is pretty robust, a little caramel malt at first and some roastiness and a superclean bitterness. This is a pretty tasty beer, definitely impresssed. Nice change for a double Red. Good.

22oz bottle poured into a tulip. Pours a deep, deep clear amber with a big creamy off-white head that lingers as a cap for ages and leaves really good lacing. Aroma is dominated by a huge citrus hop presence up front with lots of mangos, oranges and pineapples. There is a definite sweet malt base though not much sugar in the nose. Fantastic smell on this one. The taste has some citrus burn up front but has a much bigger sugary malt base than the aroma suggests. The floral hops come back with a big bitterness that lingers in the finish. Definitely more malt base in the taste to balance the aggressive hop profile. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with good carbonation and sticky with hop juice. Another good brew from Midnight Sun though the aroma is the standout with tons of citrus fruit and pine hops with a decent malt backbone. Tasty.