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ReaperAle Sleighor Double IPA 3.65 295

ReaperAle Sleighor Double IPA

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2953.66/5.03.65/5.0Special9.1%64.4Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Don’t be fooled by the label depicting a Grim Reaper Santa Claus in a sleigh pulled by skeletal reindeer - this is not a Christmas Ale. "Sleighor" is an Imperial India Pale Ale. The intense hop bitterness, flavor and aroma will dominate at first. To complement, the body has a complex blend of malt and alcohol flavors. The ABV is 9.1%, and the IBU’s are pushing the mid 80s. The entire family of Cascade hops is used. Cascade, Centennial and Columbus are spread throughout the boil, and a huge sack of Amarillo for dry hopping. The hop combination gives this brew a distinct profile true to its IPA roots. The presentation is clear copper with a thick tan head, coupled with billowing citrus and floral hop aroma. "Do You Dare" to enjoy this fine ale from the Reaper? Brewed at Sudwerk for ReaperAle.
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 rustychiles (1058), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 5, 2008  
Pours a reddish brown with a small soapy white head. Aroma of grapefruit and hops. Flavor of pine, lots of hop bitterness, and not much sweetness to balance it out. Wow the hops are bitter in this one. If you love hop bitterness this beer is for you, but if you expect it to be balanced out by malty sweetness forget it.


 BOLTZ7555 (1107), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 1, 2008  
This one gave me a pleasant "bitter-beer face". It truly is one of the more pungeant brews I’ve tried. Unfortunately, it lacks anything other than resinous pine and grapefruit on the tongue. Is it possible to drink a liquid and develop immediate cotton-mouth??? This beer sucked the moisture right out of me. Had to follow it up with a Thirst Buster!!!


 UselessGdTaste (363), Long Beach, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 28, 2008  
On tap at Beachwood BBQ. Big DIPA taste. Enough hops to make you thirsty while drinking the beer. Another winner from the green flash brewing co.


 Numenor (869), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 27, 2008  
Great beer, dark red body with a nice off-white head. Some nice hops on the aroma, with a good malt backing. Taste is thicker than normally would be expected, yet very nice, filling out with some caramel and dark fruits. Ending is hoppy, though not sharp.


 TheEpeeist (1478), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
Mar 7, 2008  
22 oz bottle. Clear deep amber with a white haze. Nose is grassy caramel and faint cider. Medium body with a mild carb tang. Taste begins like a barleywine and slowly develops a raw bitterness. Peppery finish. As expected hops have faded and muddled but still and interesting brew.


 Goodgrief (1161), Middletown, Delaware, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Feb 3, 2008  
July 2006 - Beer poured cider brown, smallish head, some lace. Aroma was pine. Flavor was really hoppy with caramel malt sweetness underneath. Some other bitterness there, not pine, with nondescript flavor. Nice thick mouthfeel. This is one of the more bitter DIPA’s I’ve had.


 doubleo (1121), San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Jan 8, 2008    Updated: Apr 3, 2008
22oz bottle. Pours darker than you would expect from an Imperial IPA but this beer is getting old on the shelves now. Deep dark honey yellow. Thinnish white head. Subdued deep dark hops scent. Almost tastes of... Basel. That’s it basel. This brew is different and pretty good right about now. Green and spicy. Thick but good palate, with good carbonation. Not a bad brew. If you see it on the shefl somewhere, grab it. It’s usually cheap too! ... 22oz bottle of the new Sudwerks version. Pours dark orange color with a crisp, white head that fades quick and leaves no lace. Subdued but potent nose. Distant smells of dark and bitter hops. The flavors seem delayed I take a sip, bitterness, but no flavor. The hop flavors don’t catch up until it hits the back of your tongue. Bitter and dark and biting and a hint of sweetness as well. Full bodied, vibrant carbonation. Still good, let it warm up just a bit.


 Angeloregon (2025), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/519/20
Dec 11, 2007  
From a 220z. bottle--Poured a deep amber-copper body with a nice fluffy white head. Big piny, resinous hops aroma. Well balanced with big gritty malts. Citrusy and floral. Big on the grapefruit character. I like this style of beer, and I loved this one! Where can I get more?



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