SKA Decadent Imperial IPA

Brewed by SKA Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Durango, Colorado USA

Clear look, ok off white beige colored head, and copper in color. The smell is pine, caramel, hops, and some citrus. The taste is alcohol, hops, ok bitterness, caramel, and pine.

Hazy gold or dull copper. Short white head with some average lacing. The aroma was heavy on citrus hops and unchecked alcohol. The flavor was spicy citrus and some booze towards the finish. The mouthfeel was oily and slick. Not great.

pale orange color, small head. citrusy hop, sweet, pale malt notes. taste has a good amount of bitterness up front, turning to sweet, pale malt flavors, finishing somewhat dry with some alcohol burn. i’m gonna guess a lot of amarillo hops.

(draught at saucer on the lake) pours clear orange with nice lasting head. Nose is bready, mango, and light piney hops. Taste is bready, orange marmalade, alcohol, white pepper, and juicy citrus hops. Nice carbonation and decently thick body.

Bomber. Pours an average, creamy, off-white head. Lacing. Clear, deep copper body. Great looking beer. Big, sticky, resinous grapefruit and pine nose. Flavor is of thick and chewy caramel and hops. Grapefruit and some mandarin orange. A dash of alcohol also comes through. Full bodied, average carbonation. Somewhat sticky and goopy. Overall a fairly enjoyable DIPA. It’s big, but not too brash.

Bottle from the Whole Foods on Lamar. Orange pour with a creamy white head. Piney, sticky, floral hop aroma. Taste is pine, sweet hops, and caramel. Thick.

Pours a deep amber with a thin white head. The aromas are citrus with a little grass. The flavors are sweet sugar, light grass and citrus(and not in that order). Not a good Imperial IPA. Too sweet(although I’m a hophead). Cheers!

Very good brew. Sweet, smooth, hoppy and has a nice caramel backbone. Color is almost red with an off-white head. Very sweet caramel and hop flavor. Would drink again.