XXX Imperial Mild
Evil Twin Brewing

XXX Imperial MildXXX Imperial Mild
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From:
Evil Twin Brewing
 
New York, United States
Style:
Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.68 | pDev: 11.96%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
43
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 25, 2021
Added:
Jul 09, 2015
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  9
Collaboration with Beavtertown Brewing
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Ratings by robear:
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Rated by robear from Wisconsin

2.42/5  rDev -34.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25

Sep 05, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Aug 25, 2021
 
Rated: 4.14 by JonathanStrunk from Georgia

Dec 27, 2018
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Reviewed by Bstoeckel from Wisconsin

3.1/5  rDev -15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Admittedly old bottle here but the initial smell was pretty sour. It was unexpected but I hoped it would carry through to the taste. It didn’t. Did not sit well with me, poured half the bottle.
Jan 17, 2018
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

3.96/5  rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy, orange-ish body displaying a thick, creamy head; sheets of lacing along the glass. Bready aroma mixed with hints of orange and other fruits. Toasted cereal grain flavors; toffee; fine bitterness bringing up the finish; some late developing alcohol notes. Heavy bodied; velvety and viscous; residual sugars providing some heft; some boozy dryness.

I like a bold mild ale and this imperial offering delivers the goods. It brings on a warm, biscuit-y malt presence while the huge alcohol presence is there but not overpoweringly so. No, it's not a traditional mild ale -- too boozy in one aspect, yet very malt forward with a prominent yet balanced alcohol punch.
Dec 17, 2017
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Rated by rolltide8425 from Pennsylvania

3.13/5  rDev -14.9%
look: 1.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Easily the most floaties I've ever seen in a beer.
Dec 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by MonkeyPilates from Minnesota

Dec 17, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Sparky44 from Illinois

Nov 18, 2016
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Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tasted in a 9 oz tulip from draft at Consume on November 10, 2016.
Nov 11, 2016
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.21/5  rDev +14.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
L: Pours a hazy tea colored amber under a 1” off white foam cap.
S: Spicy grain aromas with nuts and some light fruit.
T: Very creamy, citrus, light fruit, tropical fruit, light malts. The malt is medium, the fruit is medium high, the hop bitterness is medium to medium low. The beer really has a big citrusy tropical fruit thing going on with lingering tropical fruit aftertastes moderated by a moderate hop bitterness.
F: Medium full body, medium to medium low carbonation, mildly warming.
O: A big bold version of a beer that is usually small and sessionable.
May 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.71 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

May 10, 2016
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Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Enjoyed from a growler via EightBall Brewing enjoyed in a snifter. This nice Imperial Mild Ale (WHAT??) pours a nice peach tinged amber with a nice head of white foam that subsides to a thick ring, light pool, and subtle lacing. Nose of breaded malts, light stone fruits, and heavy handed hops. Flavors exceed the nose with breadd malts and grain notes dipped generously in light caramel malts on the front and sides, mild fruit notes of peaches brace hard against strong grain notes and warming booze that fades to a heavy handed hop blast of herbal, floral, and moderately bitter citrus hops that lingers long on the finish with a touch of mead and slight metallic notes. Nice mouth feel, subtly creamy, just right carbonation. Improves vastly with warmth. Reminds me of some of the Russian blonde dopplebocks out there. Good, but not great as compared to other offering from this fantastic company. A unique hybrid that is good but odd.

Cheers
Mar 05, 2016
 
Rated: 2.99 by DaveBlack from Virginia

Nov 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.85 by Piglet_rulz_da_yard from California

Nov 10, 2015
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Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas

3.28/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Pours an effervescent & hazed bronze, with a sliver of beige head. Floaties on the bottom of the bottle. Slightly above average head retention & lacing, but mess of a beer appearance-wise

S: Pears & breadyness

T: Follows the nose, a little cakeyness, leafy hops & slight boozeyness up front, a little toffee as well. Dryness, leafy hops, pears, some more booze, along with a little caramel & figs. Finishes dry, fruity, with woody hops & more booze warmth

MF: Medium body, slightly over-carbonated, okay balance

This had promise, but just not that well put together, not impressed. Let this warm up quite a bit, did get a little better near room temperature
Oct 08, 2015
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.84/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
a simply astounding price point for what this is, brutally bad really, and i am kind of upset about it. the beer is fine, even good, but for something like 15 bucks a bomber, its just offensive to everyone else who makes good beer and sells it fairly. this should rot on shelves if we care enough to take a stance. that said, a nice rich red malt base, english and coppery, sweet, a little metallic, and pretty majorly hoppy. the head is lacy and frothy and thick, and its permanent, off white, and allows an aroma of piney hops and a hybrid type yeast pass through. i like the way the intense hop bitterness balances the malt sugars in the finish, its bold but it also really resolves itself. i like a big malty beer like this, its really solid in the fall, but there are no slow fermenting wild yeasts, no expensive and time consuming barrels involved, or anything else for that matter that i can think of to justify the price, even an international shipping wouldnt make it more than double whats reasonable. good beer, horrible deal.
Sep 29, 2015
 
Rated: 4.15 by bwarren82 from Illinois

Sep 27, 2015
 
Rated: 3.33 by Justdoit1234 from Minnesota

Sep 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4.03 by 2GOOFY from California

Sep 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Gkruszewski from New York

Sep 06, 2015
XXX Imperial Mild from Evil Twin Brewing
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 43 ratings