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Imperial IPA
Mendocino Brewing Company
- From:
- Mendocino Brewing Company
- United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 13.76%
- Reviews:
- 101
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 13, 2021
- Added:
- Jul 03, 2010
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 13
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Comes out a dark shade of amber. Aroma didn't drop the aroma hops heavy, just bittering.
Taste again, bitterness, but not hop flavor. Just amped up long boil bittering hops, crystal malt, that's been done a thousand times over. Astringent. Alcohol definitely noticeable. Grapefruit and woodsy caramel and more toffee flavors. Kind of a hybrid between imperial English and American ipa styles.
Mar 10, 2016Taste again, bitterness, but not hop flavor. Just amped up long boil bittering hops, crystal malt, that's been done a thousand times over. Astringent. Alcohol definitely noticeable. Grapefruit and woodsy caramel and more toffee flavors. Kind of a hybrid between imperial English and American ipa styles.
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Pours amber with a slight chill haze under a sudsy 2” moderately persistent off-white foam collar that grips the side of the glass.
S: Big citrus, resin and grass hop aromas, bread and light malt sweetness.
T: Bread and light malt caramel sweetness provide a backbone for citrusy hops with some grapefruit and a delicate astringency from high hopping rates that linger well into the aftertaste. Some melon notes.
F: Medium body, medium carbonation, slight astringency in the end from the hops.
O: A big hop forward beer.
Jun 10, 2015S: Big citrus, resin and grass hop aromas, bread and light malt sweetness.
T: Bread and light malt caramel sweetness provide a backbone for citrusy hops with some grapefruit and a delicate astringency from high hopping rates that linger well into the aftertaste. Some melon notes.
F: Medium body, medium carbonation, slight astringency in the end from the hops.
O: A big hop forward beer.
Rated by therealsikes from Pennsylvania
1.89/5 rDev -46.9%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
1.89/5 rDev -46.9%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
Tastes like copper - Sikes
Jan 19, 2015Rated by Beacon30
2.75/5 rDev -22.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.75/5 rDev -22.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
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Dec 27, 2014
Imperial IPA from Mendocino Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
224 ratings
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