Imperial Boss
Laurelwood Brewing Co.
- From:
- Laurelwood Brewing Co.
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 5.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 11, 2009
- Added:
- Apr 27, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by HopHead84 from California
3.58/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the NE Sandy location. Brought to me in an Imperial Pint glass. The beer appears faded straw golden with a pillowy off-white head. The head recedes in under a minute and leaves some nice lacing on the glass.
The beer was server extremely cold, so I let it warm for a while. That's long enough. There's not a strong hop aroma. Caramel malt takes center stage. Somewhere in the distance I smell some citrus, and maybe a little pine. No alcohol is noticeable in the nose.
Being quite bitter, the beer makes good use of its 89 IBUs. I get some grapefruit, but the hops taste mostly of pine resin. Caramel malt makes up the malt profile. There's a lot of hop bitterness, but not the hop flavor to back it up that I was hoping for. The finish is long and bitter, with alcohol and pine. As the beer warms even further, the alcohol is quite strong.
The beer is light-medium bodied with great carbonation (naturally as it's on tap), and a dry, sticky mouthfeel.
May 11, 2009The beer was server extremely cold, so I let it warm for a while. That's long enough. There's not a strong hop aroma. Caramel malt takes center stage. Somewhere in the distance I smell some citrus, and maybe a little pine. No alcohol is noticeable in the nose.
Being quite bitter, the beer makes good use of its 89 IBUs. I get some grapefruit, but the hops taste mostly of pine resin. Caramel malt makes up the malt profile. There's a lot of hop bitterness, but not the hop flavor to back it up that I was hoping for. The finish is long and bitter, with alcohol and pine. As the beer warms even further, the alcohol is quite strong.
The beer is light-medium bodied with great carbonation (naturally as it's on tap), and a dry, sticky mouthfeel.
Reviewed by Docer from Washington
3.98/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.98/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
- Nice dark amber/copper color... thick creamy off-white head.. lacing all about.. clear..
- Rich sweet caramel malt scent with a bitter hop zinger to it... grain.. bit of alcohol.
- Smooth and tastes close to the original Boss... nice smooth sweet caramel malt.. w/ a bitter pine hop finish that sneaks up a bit.
- Not too dry or oily.. little chewy..
- Very easy to drink, and is so smooth and flavorful... it would be easy to over due this one! Overall a very good IPA w/out being a major hop bomb.
May 07, 2009- Rich sweet caramel malt scent with a bitter hop zinger to it... grain.. bit of alcohol.
- Smooth and tastes close to the original Boss... nice smooth sweet caramel malt.. w/ a bitter pine hop finish that sneaks up a bit.
- Not too dry or oily.. little chewy..
- Very easy to drink, and is so smooth and flavorful... it would be easy to over due this one! Overall a very good IPA w/out being a major hop bomb.
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