DeadHead Double Red Ale
DESTIHL Brewery

DeadHead Double Red AleDeadHead Double Red Ale
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From:
DESTIHL Brewery
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Imperial Red Ale
ABV:
9.1%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.88 | pDev: 8.25%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
79
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
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Ratings by weeare138:
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Reviewed by weeare138 from Pennsylvania

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, 2010
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Rated: 3.75 by aztraz from Sweden

Dec 18, 2020
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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
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, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by Kwright from North Carolina

Jan 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.34 by dbell23 from Tennessee

Sep 15, 2018
 
Rated: 3.59 by user785335 from Florida

Jul 31, 2018
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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
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, 2018
 
Rated: 4.02 by jgarvis from Illinois

May 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3.74 by Ronl12 from Massachusetts

Feb 27, 2018
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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
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
 
Rated: 4.03 by RDW from Nebraska

Dec 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.31 by Samact from Vermont

Dec 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.71 by LarrysDeerGut from Illinois

Nov 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by daringer from North Carolina

Sep 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by LooseMoose1978 from North Carolina

Sep 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4.67 by DrKarl from Illinois

Sep 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.52 by bigred89 from Maryland

Aug 26, 2017
 
Rated: 4.44 by bcsbeer from Florida

Jul 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.35 by DanGeo from Michigan

Jun 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Jun 05, 2017
DeadHead Double Red Ale from DESTIHL Brewery
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 79 ratings