Raasted Triple IPA

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

Bottle @ Kolding Ølmesse.
Pours a muddy pale yellow with a fine film head - lots of wonderful lacing. Nice subdued hoppy aroma amongst nice honey tones. Mouthfeel is wonderfully creamy. Flavour is well-balanced, lots of hops, medium bitterness, very fruity. Perhaps the caramel background note could do with a little more oomph...

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2     Golden(1)->Dark brown(5) : 4     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : 1   Bread : XX   Tropical Fruits : 2   Soap : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX   Fusel : XX  
Malt : 4   Biscuity : 3   Hay : XX   Toasty : 2   Caramel : 5   Fruity : XX   Nutty : XX   Honey : 2   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Cereals : XX   Grainy : XX
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 4   Leafy : XX   Spicy : XX   Floral : 3   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX   Herbal : 2   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : 3  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX   Dates : XX   Bourbon : XX   Bubblegum : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 3   Complex : 3   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 5   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : 2   Watery : XX   Oily : 3   Chalk : XX   Astringent : 2   Alcohol : 3   Mineral : 1   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Quite different from the Imperial IPA, it seems darker and far sweeter in a caramelly fashion. Overall, the yeast appears to take less room and I lose this sense of great balance that it had. Certainly not bad, not from this brewery, but not as touching. Thick!

Bottle... Post RBSG ’08 O-Town/Vero Beach Throwdown Chapter 8... Murky golden ale with a small, creamy, white head. Good retention. Earthy aroma boasts leather and spices. Full-bodied and lightly creamy with delicate carbonation. Balanced, fruity, bittersweet and acidic. Lengthy, bittersweet, grassy finish. Thanks go out to pepsican for providing this bottle!

Hazy orange colour with a beige head. Malty, sweet aroma with hoppy fruity notes and hints of pine and flower. Light caramel sweet flavor with a clear hoppy pine bitter note. Grassy dry finish.

Draught. Reddish amber coloured. Unclear. Fluffy beige head. Fruits, herbs, pine and light spice in the aroma. Flavour of pine and flowers. Is fruity with some herbal and light spicy notes. Is medium to full bodied. Is quite balanced. Is immensly bitter in the end. Refreshingly citric and dry.

Draught at Københavnske Øldage. A hazy golden-orange beer with an off-white head. Malt and hops melt together nicely in the aroma, but it feels a bit sweet. Quite sweet flavor as well, with some beef-stock and a generous amounts of hops. Full body. Long, kinda balanced, yet hoppy finish. I may sound a little dissatisfied with it, but in fact it is a really nice beer. (070511)

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.

Bottle. Creamy off-white excellent fully lasting head. Light amber colour. Light malty fantastic powerfull hoppy aroma. Really powerfull bitter flavor. Long finish. Creamy palate. Fantastic beer, this is in "eat it, dont drink it" categorie.