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Imperial Jack
Rhinelander Brewing Company
- From:
- Rhinelander Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 64
Ranked #28,360 - Avg:
- 2.67 | pDev: 28.09%
- Reviews:
- 70
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 07, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 27, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 24
No description / notes.
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Ratings by zkoehn:
Rated by zkoehn from Wisconsin
2.27/5 rDev -15%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Jul 30, 2017
2.27/5 rDev -15%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Jul 30, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky
2.77/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.77/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Similar to the other Rhinelander IPA I have tried, odd color for an IPA. Nose was almost sour as was taste. Not a great beer or even drinkable in my opinion. Sorry I had to pour it out.
Aug 07, 2023Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
3.55/5 rDev +33%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +33%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Somewhat British in nature, Rhinelander Brewing takes that uniquely sweet, hoppy and balanced taste and simply amps it up.
Imperial Jack leaps right out with a lightly foggy honey amber for a slight orange appearance. A foamy and froathy cap gives a slight sandy hue that soon succumbs to its strength.
Strong malt aromas portray bold elements of peppery hops and their citrusy, herbal, stone fruit and grassy perfumes with a balanced scent of toast, honey and nutiness. Flavors of sweetness soon follow with an earthy-sweet taste of caramel, barley, corn, buttered toast, sorghum and biscuit.
A rise of British hop flavors reveal aspects of tree bark, earthen peat and light walnut provide a nealry tobacco-like sweetness to bridge the sweeter early palate with a more earthen mid-taste. Trending toward the bitterness of fresh cut grass and resiny pine, the balanced but not overly complex beer fares well but not nearly to the extend of the high IBU rates prescribed by the style.
Full bodied to start, the beer's sweet weight persists into a worty finish with a candied hop balance. Finishing malty-sweet and residing slightly on the sweeter side of bitter-sweet, the beer may fare well in traditional England as a strong or stock ale, but today's Imperial IPA have drier, more bitter and more hop aromatic standards.
Aug 03, 2023Imperial Jack leaps right out with a lightly foggy honey amber for a slight orange appearance. A foamy and froathy cap gives a slight sandy hue that soon succumbs to its strength.
Strong malt aromas portray bold elements of peppery hops and their citrusy, herbal, stone fruit and grassy perfumes with a balanced scent of toast, honey and nutiness. Flavors of sweetness soon follow with an earthy-sweet taste of caramel, barley, corn, buttered toast, sorghum and biscuit.
A rise of British hop flavors reveal aspects of tree bark, earthen peat and light walnut provide a nealry tobacco-like sweetness to bridge the sweeter early palate with a more earthen mid-taste. Trending toward the bitterness of fresh cut grass and resiny pine, the balanced but not overly complex beer fares well but not nearly to the extend of the high IBU rates prescribed by the style.
Full bodied to start, the beer's sweet weight persists into a worty finish with a candied hop balance. Finishing malty-sweet and residing slightly on the sweeter side of bitter-sweet, the beer may fare well in traditional England as a strong or stock ale, but today's Imperial IPA have drier, more bitter and more hop aromatic standards.
Rated by Captain68 from Russian Federation
3.43/5 rDev +28.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev +28.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
86,5
Jul 05, 2020Reviewed by SaxmanRick from Minnesota
3.03/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.03/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
This is definitely not a stellar beer. But it is actually drinkable, smashable...you just need to give it some help. It looks like a good micro. The aroma is kinda skunky and soapy with a hint of malt base. Taste is a bit dank and has almost an apple cider note...again the bit of soapiness. Yet, it is not terrible for a cheap DIPA. Reminds me of New Belgium Imperial Ranger IPA. The flavor grows on you, but I personally never forget that this is really not good. Cheers!
May 29, 2019Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
1.5/5 rDev -43.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.5/5 rDev -43.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Dark orange; very murky.
Decent white head, strong lacing.
Not much of a nose; just a hint of malts & citrus. Faint.
Heavy mouthfeel.
Flavor is faint & bad; like licking an aluminum can. Hops are nowhere to be found; I can only hope I got a very old bottle. A bit bitter on the back end, but calling this an double IPA is ridiculous.
Not going to finish this one.
Apr 15, 2019Decent white head, strong lacing.
Not much of a nose; just a hint of malts & citrus. Faint.
Heavy mouthfeel.
Flavor is faint & bad; like licking an aluminum can. Hops are nowhere to be found; I can only hope I got a very old bottle. A bit bitter on the back end, but calling this an double IPA is ridiculous.
Not going to finish this one.
Rated by Murray0420 from Wisconsin
5/5 rDev +87.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +87.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Dark bold and one my favorite.. Cheaper than every other double with just as good taste.. You like heavy beer this is your beer.
Aug 26, 2018Reviewed by DrummerJake57 from Wisconsin
4/5 rDev +49.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +49.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Not sure why people rated it so poorly...I enjoyed it. If you like more of a malt forward aipa, it's pretty good. Not too hoppy and doesn't really go down like a double ipa or an ipa. It's definitely different. I can smell and taste some banana. Goes down smooth for an 8.5%. 6 pack for 6.99. Can't go wrong.
Dec 09, 2017Reviewed by Biergutts from Minnesota
1.12/5 rDev -58.1%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.12/5 rDev -58.1%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Imperial Jack is the weirdest beer I've ever tasted. It cannot be an imperial IPA, rather, it's a dank lager with a hint of fumes which escape slightly from the corpses of long dead hops which are completely overpowered by a mash filled dripping sweat sock of malt. The aftertaste hits you in the face like a mud - footed bullying jackrabbit, leaving you grimacing and saying to yourself, "WTF was that?" It's only saving grace is the alcohol content, so after a couple bottles you don't feel bad for having bought a six pack of this swill.
Mar 01, 2017Reviewed by PJKSR02 from Connecticut
3.01/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
3.01/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
By the date code on my bottle, containing "2017" and this being early February, I think I bought a fresh bottle. The aroma was of an old beer, gone bad. Maybe improper handling? Maybe a confirmation of previous review. This tasted like an experimental recipe of a a friend who home-brews. Time to change it up.
Feb 14, 2017Rated by pauly921 from Wisconsin
4.15/5 rDev +55.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +55.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
I'm a huge minhas/Rhinelander fan being from Wisconsin imperial jack is a dam good beer at a low price point you can't argue with that.
Sep 18, 2016Reviewed by Cyberkedi from Georgia
2.71/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.71/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Aroma is fairly strong and hoppy, with a hint of sour citrus, but not remarkable. It pours a clear amber with a so-so pale head that doesn’t last too long. Flavor is hoppy, a little bitter, just slightly fruity, barely says it’s an IPA - let alone a double IPA. Texture is smooth and firm, none too fizzy, though it leaves a hoppy and woody finish and a persistent tingle on the lips. Fair to middlin’ and leanin’ towards fair. Give it a try anyway.
May 30, 2016
Imperial Jack from Rhinelander Brewing Company
Beer rating:
64 out of
100 with
202 ratings
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