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Imperial IPA
Bristol Brewing Company
- From:
- Bristol Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 13.39%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 27, 2016
- Added:
- Jun 02, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by StoneTSR from Colorado
4.11/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
APPEARANCE: Bright orange with some floaties remaining in suspension. The head is stark white and leaves some pretty, cathedral-like lacing on the back of the glass.
SMELL: Orange peel and a big, dank bitterness hit the nose right away. Some tropical fruits and a little grapefruit creep in around the edges as well. This is going to be a hop bomb.
TASTE: Dank and bitter up front. There are clearly a ton of hops in this beer…I like it a lot. The grapefruit is more pronounced on the palate than it was on the nose, with a pleasant orange peel behind it. Again, some mild tropical notes drop in, mid sip along with some pine.
MOUTHFEEL: A touch of sweet malt starts this out, but it dries out quick and remains that way until the finish. The body is medium to light with a light sparkle.
OVERALL: This might sound a little weird for a beer from Colorado Springs, but it actually reminds me of Stone Ruination; just enough malt to prevent it from ripping your palate to shreds, but bitter from start to finish. It’s really a nicely done Double IPA. Hopefully I can get my hands on another bomber before it is out of season this year.
Apr 20, 2015SMELL: Orange peel and a big, dank bitterness hit the nose right away. Some tropical fruits and a little grapefruit creep in around the edges as well. This is going to be a hop bomb.
TASTE: Dank and bitter up front. There are clearly a ton of hops in this beer…I like it a lot. The grapefruit is more pronounced on the palate than it was on the nose, with a pleasant orange peel behind it. Again, some mild tropical notes drop in, mid sip along with some pine.
MOUTHFEEL: A touch of sweet malt starts this out, but it dries out quick and remains that way until the finish. The body is medium to light with a light sparkle.
OVERALL: This might sound a little weird for a beer from Colorado Springs, but it actually reminds me of Stone Ruination; just enough malt to prevent it from ripping your palate to shreds, but bitter from start to finish. It’s really a nicely done Double IPA. Hopefully I can get my hands on another bomber before it is out of season this year.
Reviewed by QueerBeer from Colorado
3.2/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
3.2/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours with a small off-white head. Hue is a brilliant dark orange. Piney, resinous aroma. Tastes of pine, bitter hops on the finish. Mouthfeel is somewhat syrupy, with a thin body. Drinks much lighter than its ABV would suggest, but a little strange.
May 15, 2014Reviewed by MistaMista
4.56/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Amazing beer!
Let me please note.. I have many IPAs under my belt... including younger & elder. (on tap at RR) This is a clean, crisp IPA. Loved it from the first sip. The only thing I don't really get is the thick head. This beer is close to perfect, but the the head is thick and frothy. Taste that lingers? Reminds me of traveling from N Cal to Reno with the absolute most freshest hops you can find. Yes... I've been there... done that. All in all , amazing beer. Work on this some more and figure out the head issue (why so frothy) and this would be a world class beer!
Edit: Lil cloudy too! Filtration would be a plus for future renders.
Nov 19, 2012Let me please note.. I have many IPAs under my belt... including younger & elder. (on tap at RR) This is a clean, crisp IPA. Loved it from the first sip. The only thing I don't really get is the thick head. This beer is close to perfect, but the the head is thick and frothy. Taste that lingers? Reminds me of traveling from N Cal to Reno with the absolute most freshest hops you can find. Yes... I've been there... done that. All in all , amazing beer. Work on this some more and figure out the head issue (why so frothy) and this would be a world class beer!
Edit: Lil cloudy too! Filtration would be a plus for future renders.
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.67/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.67/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
a really different big ipa. i swear it has rye or spelt or some other weird grain in it, as the malt profile and finish it totally unfamiliar to me, but its cool with the huge hop load here. the nose is the funny malt, slightly spicy, maybe a little off, but i like it. and huge citrusy hops, orange and grapefruit dominant. the flavor is the huge resinous hops up front, not quite bitter, but oily and dank, and then a sweeter spicy malt that i just cannot wqite place. im not sure id love it in another beer, but in this imperial ipa i think it is a nice compliment. good mouthfeel, enough carbonation and a full body. a nice fall ipa, and whatever the alcohol is, its pretty high, but its not too powerful in the taste,. i liked this quite a bit, especially for under 7 bucks a bomber.
Nov 17, 2012
Imperial IPA from Bristol Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
25 ratings
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