Time for another new style?

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  1. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    It was sort of inevitable, and I'm a bit surprised that it took this long, but "Imperial" versions of CDA's (or Black IPA's, or American Black Ales) are starting to show up. Time to add an ImpCDA style to the site?
     
    #1 BBThunderbolt, May 18, 2013
  2. palmdalethriller

    palmdalethriller Zealot (624) Dec 26, 2007 California

    Haven't these been around for awhile? Isn't Sublimely Self Righteous "Imperial?"

    Edit: Also, doesn't the site just list the style as "American Black Ale?" No need to change it methinks. And at 8.7% - SSR is certainly at similar strength as an Imperial IPA. But you know brewers these days - they'll call their beer what they have to to make it sound new and move product.
     
    #2 palmdalethriller, May 18, 2013
  3. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Well, we have brewers that call their ImpIPAs at 8%, and some with 8% just call it regular, and we've Imperial versions of lots of other styles, so why not CDA/BIPA/ABA's?
     
    #3 BBThunderbolt, May 18, 2013
  4. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    No.
     
    #4 UCLABrewN84, May 18, 2013
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  5. TheBrewo

    TheBrewo Initiate (0) Nov 11, 2010 New York

    Haven't added imperial reds yet either, but ehh, everything can be imperial these days. Still pretty much the same.
     
    #5 TheBrewo, May 18, 2013
  6. KS1297

    KS1297 Initiate (0) Apr 14, 2013 Wisconsin

    time for an imperial session beer imo
     
    #6 KS1297, May 18, 2013
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  7. dennho

    dennho Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2006 New York

    Bourbon barrel aged.
     
    #7 dennho, May 18, 2013
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  8. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    A local brewery just made a barrel aged session stout. It was 4.5% ABV if I remember correctly.
     
    #8 UCLABrewN84, May 19, 2013
  9. FatBoyGotSwagger

    FatBoyGotSwagger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,999) Apr 4, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Hate to say it but the OG #1 beer Storm King falls into this style so if it was not necessary a decade ago its not necessary now.
     
    #9 FatBoyGotSwagger, May 19, 2013
  10. KS1297

    KS1297 Initiate (0) Apr 14, 2013 Wisconsin

    yeah. and high abv so it gets you shitfaced but still a session beer so you can pound it all day and not get hammered.
     
    #10 KS1297, May 23, 2013
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