110K+OT Batch #4 - Imperial Red Ale
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Red Ale
- ABV:
- 10.2%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 15.11%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 78
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 23, 2017
- Added:
- May 12, 2011
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 33
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Alieniloquium:
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
3.2/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
3.2/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
750 mL bottled poured into a pint glass.
Appearance - Deep mahogany body with an ample creamy off-white head. Sticky as hell. Clings to the glass as I drink it.
Smell - Floral hops and a LOT of malt. Smells sweet, very sweet, but good. Strong caramel malts and some toasty aromas behind it.
Taste - Kinda falls flat. Hops to start, but it's totally dominated by the sweetness. Just loads of residual sugars in this. Behind the caramel and sugar is a somewhat odd burnt toast bitterness that doesn't really balance the sweetness as it comes too late in the drink.
Mouthfeel - Ok, so the taste is average, but it's so thick that I have trouble putting it away without thinking of the scene from Super Troopers when they chug maple syrup. As a result, there's no level of carbonation that can make this feel like an easy-to-drink amber ale.
Overall - Just too sweet for me. If this year's batch is attenuated more than last year's, I can't imagine how thick Batch 3 must have been.
Jun 02, 2011Appearance - Deep mahogany body with an ample creamy off-white head. Sticky as hell. Clings to the glass as I drink it.
Smell - Floral hops and a LOT of malt. Smells sweet, very sweet, but good. Strong caramel malts and some toasty aromas behind it.
Taste - Kinda falls flat. Hops to start, but it's totally dominated by the sweetness. Just loads of residual sugars in this. Behind the caramel and sugar is a somewhat odd burnt toast bitterness that doesn't really balance the sweetness as it comes too late in the drink.
Mouthfeel - Ok, so the taste is average, but it's so thick that I have trouble putting it away without thinking of the scene from Super Troopers when they chug maple syrup. As a result, there's no level of carbonation that can make this feel like an easy-to-drink amber ale.
Overall - Just too sweet for me. If this year's batch is attenuated more than last year's, I can't imagine how thick Batch 3 must have been.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by HuskyinPDX from Washington
3.63/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Bottle opened on 4.14.14
A - Pours a cludy medium orange with a fluffy dark tan head with good retention.
S - Malty, raisins, dark fruits.
T - Dark fruits and oxidized.
D - Good carbonation with a medium body.
O - Lot of dark fruits, raisins, malty. This one is passed it's prime for sure.
May 23, 2014A - Pours a cludy medium orange with a fluffy dark tan head with good retention.
S - Malty, raisins, dark fruits.
T - Dark fruits and oxidized.
D - Good carbonation with a medium body.
O - Lot of dark fruits, raisins, malty. This one is passed it's prime for sure.
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