Shin Splint Imperial Red
Walking Man Brewing Co.
- From:
- Walking Man Brewing Co.
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Red Ale
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 5.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 04, 2010
- Added:
- Feb 25, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ccrida from Oregon
4.5/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Imperial pint on draught at Bailey's, Shin Splint is a brilliant amber, lighter around the edges, with a darker. The head is thick and light sand colored, with long last, leaving scattered, foamy lace.
Smell is sweet malt and citrusy hops, matching the taste profile. A bit muted at first, but it opens as it warms, developing a delicious gingerbread flavor.
Taste is sweet amber malty, lots of resinous hops, with spicy citrus and pine notes. Nice punch to it without overwhelming, the most balanced of the big red IPA's I've had, while still bringing plenty of hops. Reminds me of a bit of Ninkasi's Believer, with brighter hops and sweeter overall, but with still bringing plenty of spice, and more tuned to my taste. Really nice beer.
Mouthfeel is creamy and smooth, a nice hop oiliness, medium bodied.
Drinkability is excellent, I'm loving this beer. Not quite into Laurelwood Deranger quality, but close, and frankly, more drinkable due to the balance (if not quite as special). Very well done, Walking Man really kills it, as usual.
Mar 04, 2010Smell is sweet malt and citrusy hops, matching the taste profile. A bit muted at first, but it opens as it warms, developing a delicious gingerbread flavor.
Taste is sweet amber malty, lots of resinous hops, with spicy citrus and pine notes. Nice punch to it without overwhelming, the most balanced of the big red IPA's I've had, while still bringing plenty of hops. Reminds me of a bit of Ninkasi's Believer, with brighter hops and sweeter overall, but with still bringing plenty of spice, and more tuned to my taste. Really nice beer.
Mouthfeel is creamy and smooth, a nice hop oiliness, medium bodied.
Drinkability is excellent, I'm loving this beer. Not quite into Laurelwood Deranger quality, but close, and frankly, more drinkable due to the balance (if not quite as special). Very well done, Walking Man really kills it, as usual.
Reviewed by DanOLeary from Washington
4/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Aroma: Pleasantly and heavily hopped boasting a citrus hop character up front. Other aromatics are light with subtle caramel and toffee malt in the nose.
Appearance: Deep red to brown with an off white head. Good retention, though the head does fade to a thin coating at the top of the beer, good lacing down the sides. Yeast haze as expected from a Cask conditioned ale.
Flavor: Caramel malt character with rich citrus hop bitterness riding in the forefront. Yeast character is certainly noticeable with this cask ale. Toffee and biscuit barley profile comes out in the end before finishing with another round of citrus and some pine hop bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Med body with low carbonation. Natural carbonation from the cask comes off bright and sparkly. Bread character in the mouth from the yeast presence.
Overall: While this beer seemed served too cold for a cask ale, the hop and malt character present themselves well with the youthful exuberance of a Cask ale. As the beer warms caramel and biscuit malt complexity give way to citrus hops, but it is not unbalanced by any means. A well presented Cask Ale, nicely conditioned and naturally carbonated for a bready mouthfeel.
Feb 25, 2010Appearance: Deep red to brown with an off white head. Good retention, though the head does fade to a thin coating at the top of the beer, good lacing down the sides. Yeast haze as expected from a Cask conditioned ale.
Flavor: Caramel malt character with rich citrus hop bitterness riding in the forefront. Yeast character is certainly noticeable with this cask ale. Toffee and biscuit barley profile comes out in the end before finishing with another round of citrus and some pine hop bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Med body with low carbonation. Natural carbonation from the cask comes off bright and sparkly. Bread character in the mouth from the yeast presence.
Overall: While this beer seemed served too cold for a cask ale, the hop and malt character present themselves well with the youthful exuberance of a Cask ale. As the beer warms caramel and biscuit malt complexity give way to citrus hops, but it is not unbalanced by any means. A well presented Cask Ale, nicely conditioned and naturally carbonated for a bready mouthfeel.
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