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Saranac High Peaks Series Imperial IPA (Dec 2006-Sep 2014)
Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
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- From:
- Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.57 | pDev: 15.13%
- Reviews:
- 258
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 29, 2017
- Added:
- Dec 23, 2006
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 20
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
Notes:
None
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Reviewed by gautch726 from Virginia
3.42/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Was not overly impressed by this beer. Rather bland light amber coloring with an ok white head. Strong smell of hops will serve as a prelude to the strong taste of hops that follows. A piney, bitter aftertaste will linger for a while (as expected). Overall, nothing special to report.
Aug 21, 2015
Reviewed by droomyster from Virginia
3.21/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.21/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Pours a copper body with a rich head with good retention. Aromas are very sweet and toffee like, with a grapefruit pungency and tropical notes telling you that this is indeed an Imperial IPA. The taste however, simply isn't "big" enough to meet my expectations of the genre. Despite having 85 IBUs, the caramel notes overwhelm the palette.
Aug 07, 2015Reviewed by Kpasserell
4.41/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Light Amber with lasting white head. Smells bright and light, but has a much fuller mouthfeel than you'd think. Packed with flavor! Juicy sweet hoppy yet very balanced and somewhat malt forward for an IPA. Love this 8.5 ABV'er!
Jun 13, 2015
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
2.94/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
2.94/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Bottle purchased as part of Wegmans mix a six pack.
Pours out a golden amber, with a one inch head, and some good long lasting lacing down the glass.
Smells very piney. I can tell this will be bitter.
Astringently bitter and piney. Some bitter orange and grapefruit peel provide some citrus flavors, but the dominant flavor is astringent, hard to swallow bitterness. A bit of a boozy sting, as well. The hops seem muddled and just thrown together for the hell of it- just to make a super hoppy bitter IPA. Not a whole lot of skill involved. There is a lot of very sweet malt flavor near the end.
Medium bodied, sticky and sweet mouthfeel. High carbonation.
A miss from Saranac, as per usual.
May 10, 2014Pours out a golden amber, with a one inch head, and some good long lasting lacing down the glass.
Smells very piney. I can tell this will be bitter.
Astringently bitter and piney. Some bitter orange and grapefruit peel provide some citrus flavors, but the dominant flavor is astringent, hard to swallow bitterness. A bit of a boozy sting, as well. The hops seem muddled and just thrown together for the hell of it- just to make a super hoppy bitter IPA. Not a whole lot of skill involved. There is a lot of very sweet malt flavor near the end.
Medium bodied, sticky and sweet mouthfeel. High carbonation.
A miss from Saranac, as per usual.
Reviewed by thierrynantes from France
3.91/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Beer bottle (33 cl.) purchased from Bières d'ailleurs (St Herblain, Nantes), and tasted in 2014.
Appearance : dark amber color with white foamy head (w nice lacing).
Smell : malty and caramel aroamas.
Taste & mouth feel : hoppy flavors and dry bitter with a long duration.
Drinkability : a good beer in the Style Imperial IPA.
Feb 07, 2014Appearance : dark amber color with white foamy head (w nice lacing).
Smell : malty and caramel aroamas.
Taste & mouth feel : hoppy flavors and dry bitter with a long duration.
Drinkability : a good beer in the Style Imperial IPA.
Saranac High Peaks Series Imperial IPA (Dec 2006-Sep 2014) from Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
365 ratings
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