Sneaky Pete Imperial IPA
Kysela Pere Et Fils, Ltd.

Sneaky Pete Imperial IPASneaky Pete Imperial IPA
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From:
Kysela Pere Et Fils, Ltd.
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
10%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.87 | pDev: 12.66%
Reviews:
64
Ratings:
149
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 12, 2013
Added:
Feb 27, 2011
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  19
Contract brewed by Laughing Dog Brewing.
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Ratings by estlinska:
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Reviewed by estlinska from Arkansas

2.6/5  rDev -32.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
Poured from the bottle (bottled on 3/5/13) on 3/18/13 into a standard shaker. Poured a very muddy reddish-brown with frothy 2 fingers of head. This beer is just super murky, like the color of a lowland bog and it just does not look quite appealing. Leaves good lacing though throughout the glass. The smell is very much off to me. It's super boozy, way more than I would ever expect even given it's ABV. It smells of peaches, tons of malt like fresh bread dough, but it's also abrasively sweet: it smells like fruit that's going towards over-ripe. The taste is just the same too. It's too sweet and it's too boozy. Your whole esophagus is burning while you drink this, and the taste is just so cloying it's hard to get good tastes out of it. It still tastes very peachy, but very muddled. The trend of over-ripe continues. The mouthfeel is just all booze and fruit juice; just not a good combination. Maybe I got a bad batch, but I really don't think I'll try another. It wasn't a drain pour, but it was tough to finish.
Mar 19, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by buzzy from Pennsylvania

Nov 12, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by acashk from Texas

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Rated: 4 by angolmois from Nevada

Oct 16, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by kmos27 from Pennsylvania

Oct 09, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by ninaturner from Florida

Oct 08, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by billymoe from Florida

Oct 06, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Dawkins from Pennsylvania

Sep 23, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by TTripp725 from Pennsylvania

Sep 16, 2013
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Reviewed by MikeB20 from Delaware

3.47/5  rDev -10.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
P: 12oz bottle into a perfect pint glass.

A: A cloudy amber color with a two finger creamy tan head. The lacing is awesome, forming rings after each sip all the way down the glass.

S: Lots of caramel malt along with grapefruit and pine hops. It's not super complex but inviting.

T: Wow, the alcohol in this beer isn't shy. You taste it on your tongue as well as in your throat, it's not super intense but I like the alcohol flavors to be more subdued in my beer. Alcohol up front, followed by the caramel malt and citrus rind like hop flavors. A decent balance of all three but the best Imperial beers can hide the alcohol with even higher ABV's than Sneaky Pete.

M: Somewhat heavy, coats your mouth, creamy in texture. Nice.

O: A solid Imperial IPA but not in the top tier of the style. They didn't do a good enough job of hiding the alcohol to make it one of the best. Otherwise it's fairly well balanced and has the malt and hop flavors you'd expect.
Sep 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by BetterBeerPlz from Arkansas

Sep 04, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by fafa50 from North Carolina

Aug 31, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Tamaquadan from Pennsylvania

Aug 28, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by ItsBeer4Me from Pennsylvania

Aug 26, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by DemoniChris from Nebraska

Aug 22, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Mikel772 from Florida

Aug 21, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by StlHopHead77 from Illinois

Aug 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by sonofliberty2 from South Carolina

Jul 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Chris77McGrath from Ohio

Jul 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by alelover from Michigan

Jul 14, 2013
Sneaky Pete Imperial IPA from Kysela Pere Et Fils, Ltd.
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 149 ratings