Raasted Triple IPA

Brewed by Raasted Bryghus
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Randers, Denmark

Re-rate February 2008. Basically same comments, but I added two points in flavour/overall, for a better pronounced bitterness (probably due to a tired palate at the festival) Bottle at Copenhagen Beer Festival, May 2007. Clear golden beer with a medium lasting, white head. Citrus and peach in the hop dominated aroma. Initially sweet, with plenty bitterness and some hop flavour to make up for it.

Hazy deep orange with a off white head. An aroma of citrus and grapefruits. A flavor of grapefruit, citrus, grass, caramel and clovers.

Bottle. Hazy amber colour with medium creamy white mostly lasting head. Hoppy aroma. Sweet fruity flavor. Bitter finish.

2009-08-28, bottle, 2 years old, 8-5-8-5-16=42
Beautiful amber color; the head reduces to a thin layer, persistent. The aroma is immediately fruity and sweet; it then shows light vanilla and very light cheesy yeast. Good mouthfeel and body; the malt has become mellow with age; there is a good toffee flavor, some caramel; the bitterness level is excellent, biting but not too strong, well combined in the end with a pleasant alcohol warmth; the hopping is less aromatic than it used to be, with sweet resins, traces of bitter oranges and not much more fruits; light traces of yeast too. The final reminds dark caramel and rhubarb candies, long and balanced. It survived well and gained in harmony and complexity.

2007-05-11, draught at Københavnske Øldage 2007, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Cloudy golden color. I would expect more form the aroma. Full body, malty, good mix of sweetness and bitterness, good hopping, a bit resiny, fruity (grapefruit). Very good.

Aroma/Malty-toasted, Appearance Head/Initial-frosty, Head/Color light brown, Head Lacing-excellent, Body/Hue-cloudy murky, Initial Flavor-sweet light, Finish Flavor-sweet light, Very good beer

On tap @ Københavnskeøldage 07. Semi clear golden coloured with a medium sized offwhite head. Very hoppy with notes of pines, citrus, fruits and a somewhat malty bottom.

Bottle. Nice big head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma is lots of hops. Taste is lots of hops perfectly balanced with sweetness.

Bottle. Light amber colour with a huge mostly lastng white head. Powerful hoppy aroma and taste with fruity notes, without the hops being to dominating. Well balanced.