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Imperial Flanders Red Ale
Storm Brewing
- From:
- Storm Brewing
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Flanders Red Ale
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 9.31%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 11, 2021
- Added:
- Sep 30, 2011
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 4
The next generation of Storm Brewing's award winning Belgian style sours. This crimson hued monster is aged at least a year in the same oak barrels that produced James` insane 12 year aged Lambic. And like the Lambic this beer is not for the faint of heart. Notes of oak, barnyard and goat complement its high ABV and puckering yet malty sourness.
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Ratings by yancot:
Rated by yancot from Canada (ON)
4.06/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dec 25, 2014
4.06/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dec 25, 2014
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.78/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Storm Brewing 'Imperial Flanders Red Ale' @ 11.0% , served from a 473 ml can
A-pour is auburn from the can to a dark amber in the glass with a small beige head , dissipating leaving a minimal lace ring along the tulip
S-initial pour has a wow factor
T-big and boozy
MF-mild carbonation , big full body
Ov-impressive start , lacks something , too much booze
prost LampertLand
Jul 11, 2021A-pour is auburn from the can to a dark amber in the glass with a small beige head , dissipating leaving a minimal lace ring along the tulip
S-initial pour has a wow factor
T-big and boozy
MF-mild carbonation , big full body
Ov-impressive start , lacks something , too much booze
prost LampertLand
Rated by krome from Illinois
4.75/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Super sour. Really well done
Jul 02, 2016Reviewed by flyerzrule from California
4.34/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Sours aren't my favorite style but they're growing on me. This one poured a brownish red with minimal head and almost no lacing. Cherry is the most prominent flavor in the aroma with hints of peach, apricot, strawberry, and oak. Taste is complex fruit, cherry on the lead with some malt sweetness with a strong but not overwhelming sourness. The oak is apparently but works well with the other floors. Medium body and carbonation with a somewhat sweet but also astringent finish. Overall, I'd say a good example of the style.
May 09, 2016Reviewed by Dello from Texas
3.5/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Oh wow. Quite the experience.
Served on draft at Alibi Room in Vancouver, B.C.
Very overpowering vinegar taste with a fleeting sweet raspberry flavor and a sharp aftertaste. The vinegar flavor seemed to turn into a permanent marker taste after subsequent tastings. Not my favorite sour but very interesting overall. Labeled as 14% ABV on their menu.
Look - dark and ominous, served with tiny head
Smell - sweet vinegar
Taste - mostly vinegar taste with a fleeting sweet raspberry flavor that became a permanent marker taste
Feel - smooth and sharp
Jan 10, 2016Served on draft at Alibi Room in Vancouver, B.C.
Very overpowering vinegar taste with a fleeting sweet raspberry flavor and a sharp aftertaste. The vinegar flavor seemed to turn into a permanent marker taste after subsequent tastings. Not my favorite sour but very interesting overall. Labeled as 14% ABV on their menu.
Look - dark and ominous, served with tiny head
Smell - sweet vinegar
Taste - mostly vinegar taste with a fleeting sweet raspberry flavor that became a permanent marker taste
Feel - smooth and sharp
Imperial Flanders Red Ale from Storm Brewing
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
44 ratings
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