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DeadHead Double Red Ale
DESTIHL Brewery
- From:
- DESTIHL Brewery
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Red Ale
- ABV:
- 9.1%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 8.25%
- Reviews:
- 18
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 18, 2020
- Added:
- Feb 09, 2010
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 11
This imperial or 'Double' Red Ale has intense hop bitterness, flavor and aroma balanced by high notable alcohol content, fruity esters and caramel malt character. It is dark reddish-copper in color and full-bodied.
92 IBU
92 IBU
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Ratings by weeare138:
Reviewed by weeare138 from Pennsylvania
4.13/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Appears a semi-transparent copper toned amber with a small, off white head that fades into a soapy collar. Scattered bits of lacing are left around the glass.
Smell is of caramel, vanilla, ripe fruit, pine, and citrus.
Taste is of caramel, brown sugar, molasses, candy sugar, and sticky hops with standout flavors of pine, orange, and grapefruit.
Mouthfeel is sticky, sugary, with caramel, and bitters fighting it out to a very well balanced brew.
Jun 17, 2010Smell is of caramel, vanilla, ripe fruit, pine, and citrus.
Taste is of caramel, brown sugar, molasses, candy sugar, and sticky hops with standout flavors of pine, orange, and grapefruit.
Mouthfeel is sticky, sugary, with caramel, and bitters fighting it out to a very well balanced brew.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by WATSON-HOPSER from North Carolina
3.51/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.51/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Had a drift of this fine IPA...color is very reddish.....taste is more an English than an American/West Coast style.
High octane 9.5,but it doesn't taste "boozy".
A very great imperial IPA!
Mar 28, 2019High octane 9.5,but it doesn't taste "boozy".
A very great imperial IPA!
Reviewed by macrosmatic from Florida
3.6/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Reviewed from notes. Poured from a 16.9 oz. bottle into an El Catador teku glass.
A: Pours a ruddy brown that's quite hazy. Forms a finger's worth of light tan head that fades to a clingy foam, and with a good amount of visible carbonation.
S: Grapefruit and resin hops, toasted malts with fair amount of toffee sweetness. Not a huge nose, and nothing particularly exciting to be found here.
T: Grapefruit, tropical fruits, and resin up front. Toasted malts, toffee and sweet breadiness. Some mild caramel as well. Pine and grapefruit pith bitterness in the hang – a significant bitterness, but is more balanced than usual by the lingering sweet malts.
M: An average body to maybe even a little heavy-boded for style, but a good level of carbonation sensation prevents this from feeling heavy or syrupy at all. A bit of alcohol heat but within acceptable standards.
O: A bit more malt-leaning than I'd hope for. Also, not a particularly interesting or complex hop profile. But it all leads to the feeling of an acceptable red ale, but there's certainly a “been-there-done-that (and probably multiple times)” feeling to the whole affair. Not bad, but not worth the price of admission.
Jun 17, 2018A: Pours a ruddy brown that's quite hazy. Forms a finger's worth of light tan head that fades to a clingy foam, and with a good amount of visible carbonation.
S: Grapefruit and resin hops, toasted malts with fair amount of toffee sweetness. Not a huge nose, and nothing particularly exciting to be found here.
T: Grapefruit, tropical fruits, and resin up front. Toasted malts, toffee and sweet breadiness. Some mild caramel as well. Pine and grapefruit pith bitterness in the hang – a significant bitterness, but is more balanced than usual by the lingering sweet malts.
M: An average body to maybe even a little heavy-boded for style, but a good level of carbonation sensation prevents this from feeling heavy or syrupy at all. A bit of alcohol heat but within acceptable standards.
O: A bit more malt-leaning than I'd hope for. Also, not a particularly interesting or complex hop profile. But it all leads to the feeling of an acceptable red ale, but there's certainly a “been-there-done-that (and probably multiple times)” feeling to the whole affair. Not bad, but not worth the price of admission.
Reviewed by Greywulfken from New York
3.84/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Deep red-amber and clear, with a tall, whitewashed tan foam head; lotsa lace trails behind... Caramel-malty, sweet with deep fruit impressions... Resinous-like stickiness, medium bodyweight... shellac of bitterness coats the tongue on the finish... I don't go for many red and amber ales, and while this is good, it doesn't really stand out as anything special... For the style, comes off a bit too heavy and thick...
Jan 04, 2018
DeadHead Double Red Ale from DESTIHL Brewery
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
79 ratings
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