Imperial IPA
SweetWater Brewing Company

Imperial IPAImperial IPA
Beer Geek Stats
From:
SweetWater Brewing Company
 
Georgia, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9.1%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.63 | pDev: 7.99%
Reviews:
3
Ratings:
5
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 27, 2022
Added:
Nov 09, 2021
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina

3.46/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Picked up a 19.2 oz can from the Flat Rock Ingles Market cooler on Spartanburg Hwy 1-20-22 for $2.50. Best by 5-22-22; consumed 4-27-22. Cold stored since purchase.

Beer poured red with a minimal head that dissipated quickly.

Nose has some orange and peach but is not overly pungent.

Taste is a large caramel and pale malt base with a muddled hop addition that has traces of orange, peach, and mango. Finishes pretty sweet and on the edge of cloying; 4/10 on my bitterness scale.

Mouthfeel is medium to large bodied but not overly smooth nor refreshing.

Overall not an awful beer as this would have been probably rated about a 4.0 25 years ago but in this day and age there are many better choices out there.
Apr 27, 2022
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Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming

3.32/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Bought at Liquor Shed. Best by August 7th 2022.

It pours a clear gold with a reddish tint, good 2 finger head of foam. Good lacing.

Smells of caramel malt, citrus, pine, tropical fruit. I think I detect some onion.

It's more sweet than hoppy in the taste. Caramel just surpasses the tropical fruit and to me, that's a lose lose situation. I do get onion, mango, pineapple...messing with my palate.

Good smooth mouthfeel.

Not for me.
Apr 22, 2022
 
Rated: 3.53 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Dec 18, 2021
 
Rated: 3.65 by Johncnh from New Hampshire

Dec 11, 2021
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Reviewed by Mark-Leggett from Missouri

4.17/5  rDev +14.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a can. Caramel to orangish in color with a large foamy head and lacing. Smells of caramel, pine and malt. Flavors of pine, bread, caramel, and malt. Flavors are really well done.
Nov 09, 2021
Imperial IPA from SweetWater Brewing Company
Beer rating: 3.63 out of 5 with 5 ratings