 502Flavors (617), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Nov 27, 2008 12 oz bottle into pint glass. Nice slightly hazy darker golden (with some orange hue) and a bit white head that holds and leaves great lace. Doughy hoppy aroma. Hoppy flavor accompanied by a thick pale malty sweetness. Medium to rich body. Overall: great beer, great style.
tgncc (796), Bellmore, New York, USA
Nov 27, 2008 The label on the bottle gives the name Samuel Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner. Attractive beverage, a nice orange red, lots of fizz, a two-finger width white foam head. The smell is purely hops, mainly pine hops, and a little honey/malty sweetness thrown in. The taste is interesting. The hops are burning, but there is an underlying malt sweetness. At first, this was basically like hop juice, but I eventually saw more complexity to it. The mouthfeel is medium thick, and a little oily. The finish is a citrusy/grapefruit hop flavor, astringent and long lasting. Interesting beer overall.
sebletitje (1880), Tampa, Florida, USA
Nov 27, 2008 8.1% bottle.
Pours hazy orange, with white head.
Aroma is hoppy, fruity (citrus) and floral.
Taste is sweet/honey and light bitter hops.
Alcohol is well present with nice citrus touch. Very hoppy for a pilsner.
Drinkable, with the Sam Adams signature.
craftycarl21 (510), South Hero, Vermont, USA
Nov 26, 2008 Pours a hazy copper with a boisterous billowy head. Aroma is rather subtle, with mostly hops and malt. Flavor is pretty bitter, again with hops and malt, not a lot of extra flavors, but quite good for a pilsener. Palate is pretty nice, again great for a lighter style. Well done.
Slipstream (734), USA
Nov 21, 2008 Updated: Feb 26, 2009Nice amber-brass pour. The orange aroma is aurprisingly mild for such a hoppy brew. The flavor is packed with rich, peppery, grapefruity hops, and the aftertaste is enjoyably bitter. Super strong pilsner taste and velvet mouthfeel. It is not sweet, and not as sharp and bracing as most imperial IPAs. This is a unique, powerful brew.
jhagmar (114), Gothenburg, Sweden
Nov 21, 2008 Bottle. Light amber with a huge, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma dominated by hops - resin and herbs. Very bitter with some saltiness. Full bodied with light carbonation.
LisaR (46), Gothenburg, Sweden
Nov 21, 2008 Bottle. Orange colour with a small white head. Aroma: hops, sweet, alcohol. Flavor: Hops, oily, chocolatebitter, paper.
Jonte (801), Gothenburg, Sweden
Nov 21, 2008 Updated: Jan 3, 2009Bottle. Golden orange colour with a small white head. Aroma: Spicy and floral hops, sweet malt, alcohol. Flavor: Lots of spicy and floral hops, pine resin, sweet malt, caramel, citrus, oily, a bit of alcohol. Hoppy, but dangerously drinkable and smooth.
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