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Wynkoop Imperial IPA

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Wynkoop Imperial IPA - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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Formerly brewed at Wynkoop Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Denver, Colorado USA

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153.1/5.03.06/5.0-9.1Shaker, Tulip

Commercial Description:
The I.P.A. is a classic English pale ale, cask conditioned and dry hopped with Cascades. The I.P.A., like our other cask beers, is served through a sparkler on an English hand-pull faucet. The pale ale is bittered with Bullion hops and is finished with Cascade and Willamete hops.

Note: the word Imperial here does not refer to a double/Imperial IPA, and is simply the name of the beer.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 Ungstrup (14724), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 2, 2005  
An orange beer with a small disappearing off-white head. The aroma is lovely hoppy combined with sweet caramel notes. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and oranges leading to a dry end - but before that the body seems weak in the begining.


dingo (37), USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Aug 29, 2004  
Does this beer even have a flavor or taste? Nope. Does it have an aroma? Nope. I had this beer at the brewery in Denver and it had zero taste, zero flavor, zero aroma. I actually sent it back/dumped it for another fairly bland beer. I have never had such a crappy IPA in my life and suggest it be avoided.


 wnp22 (682), Toronto (Roncesvalles Village), Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Aug 15, 2004  
Tasted in Colorado (Denver). Tasted at Wynkoop Brewing Company. Liver is going to quit - I am NOT. Must complete my mission. Who does number 2 work for? (oops, wrong movie - bad timing). Deep deep copper colour. Sooo deep. White fluffy cumulous head, I see angels dancing on the peaks. Again, such a fruity aroma - mother of pearl. Taste is an orchestra of subtlety and destruction.


 motelpogo (4394), Plzen, Czech Republic
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Aug 3, 2004  
pretty standard. some pine and lychee in aroma, but way too sticky, hint of mango nectar, lower bitterness than expected


 BeerLimey (1873), California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/510/20
Jul 10, 2004  
Clear red appearance. Biscuity, hopy aroma. Low in carbonation (cask), sweet tropical fruit and biscuity malt with a good citric bite in the finish. Rated low because it’s my favorite style and I was not impressed.


 Volgon (2487), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 6, 2003  
On tap at the brewpub: Clear orange with a big white head. Citrus aroma, solid body. Starts and ends moderately bitter. If this beer had a high ABV, I didn't notice it.


 PrinceofNessus (234), Westminster, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/514/20
Oct 5, 2003  
When I first tasted this IPA my nose was kinda FUBAR, and I was kinda out of it too... West coast hops, a nice, lasting head, the IPA itself is slightly opaque. I liked it... I know thats not saying much but my notes are kinda crappy here... The bitterness is not too extreme, and it blends into a light sweetness. The palate is rather thin.


 JorisPPattyn (5155), Antwerpen, Belgium
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 1, 2003  
(cask) Slightly hazy dark gold. Flimsy white head, reasonably stable. very fruity nose (exotic fruit as passion) and yeasty - smelling like green beer. Well-bitter taste with both noble and bitter hops. Enough malts underneath to support, without sweetening. Well-bodied. Aftertaste turns out malt-sweet. Nice one. But Imperial?



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