Imperial Red is the newest addition to Rogues award winning Imperial Family of XS products. The Imperial Red recipe originates from Rogues Eugene City Brewery and is being produced in Newport for distribution (note, initially during 2007 in kegs only to JLS accounts. A 750-ml ceramic swing-top bottle and 13.2 gallon kegs will be available in 2008.) Imperial Red has already garnered international acclaim and awards, including a Bronze Medal at the 2006 Great American Beer Festiva and recently it was named Grand Champion at the US Beer Tasting Championships!
Deep copper chestnut color with toffee, brown sugar, nuts, and spice amomas. A rich supple entry leads to an off-dry medium body of tangy raisins and citrus marmalade, bittersweet chocolate, and mild spice flavors. It finishes with a long nutty, fruity fade.
Imperial Red is brewed with Crystal, Chocolate, Munich and two-row Pale Malts; Palisade and Aroma Crystal hops, Pacman Yeast, and Free Range Coastal Waters.
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by Phil B from Gatineau, Canada who has tried this beer once. (10/2/2008 4:53:56 PM)
"Bottle: Poured a deep hazy copper color ale with a good size foamy head with good retention and great lacing. Aroma consists of big caramel malt notes with some slightly bitter notes also discernable. Taste is also a mix between some big caramel malt with some slightly dry bitter hops at the end. I was expecting a hop bomb since the bottle is relatively fresh but all I got was a big malt bomb (not that this is a bad thing I just wasn’t expecting it). Full body with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Well done."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by Sap from Tucson, AZ, USA who has tried this beer once. (8/17/2008 5:37:44 PM)
"Sampled on Tap at 1702, Tucson AZ; August 2008
Arrives from the tap with a dark tan, deeply amber stained, one-finger thick head that sits on top of a hazy, red-toned, dark amber colored beer. The aroma has lots of caramelized flavors in it with a mix of concentrated citrus notes thrown into the mix. Sweetened grapefruit and candied orange peel aromas are backed by sugar-coated pine needles and a citrusy spruce note. As the beer warms up a full, toasty, biscuit-like character starts to become much more noticeable.
The taste is quite sweet, though it is heavily caramelized with an almost candy like, definitely toffee character. Viscous feeling, chewy and thick, this is definitely a sipping beer. There is lots of hop character here though the sticky malt character is big enough that the hop character is not the dominant note. Candied grapefruit flavors, lychee, spruce and a pine like edge that couples with a nicely bitter finish. The finish, while bitter, can't quit offset the thick, chewy malt flavors that dominate this beer.
This hides the alcohol well, but has way too much sticky, crystal malt influenced, sweet malt flavors to it. Not bad, but can be a bit much at times."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Forced Draught Sample Size: 12oz @ $0 Unit Cost: $0 per Pint
[3] Review by beercronic from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who has tried this beer once. (8/16/2008 2:14:02 AM)
"Well, this seems to be just another container filled with lots of hops an malts with no real direction.
Poured out a nice tan head on the bubbly side, solid very dark amber color prior to sediment dump, ok messy lacing. The aroma is of a generic west coast brew: thick malts of brown sugar, caramel, bread, syrupy citrus hops. This beer could be ANY beer. This whole thing comes across as a weak barley wine. Taste is generic with lots of bread, brown sugar, some caramel, spice and possibly chocolate which is interesting for sure! More than medium bodied, does not come across too thick or syrupy, leaves a decent bitterness. Wow. Is this a generic review or what? Still, it was a very drinkable beer. Save your hard earned money unless you are a review whore. Took me two hours to review this... I'm drunk - thank god for spell check.
"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.3)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 750ml @ $16.96 Unit Cost: $10.7 per Pint
[4] Review by bluesandbarbq from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA who has tried this beer once. (8/9/2008 8:34:54 AM)
"Killer ceramic bottle. Pours a ruby amber with a tight frothy tannish-creamy head with ample lacing. Nice carbonation for a strong ale. Aromas of sweet malts, brown sugar, orange and dates, and some slight hops. Taste is very smooth for a high ABV with a very malty base that is sweet and a slightly bitter hops finish. "
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.6)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 750ml @ $15.39 Unit Cost: $9.71 per Pint
[5] Review by bfeldmann from Wilmington, DE, USA who has tried this beer once. (3/28/2008 11:32:30 AM)
"Poured a nice orange with good head and solid lacing. Aroma was tons of citrus mostly orange caramel as well. Flavor was much the same tons of oranges in there for the 9% i tasted almost no alcohol. Good one
"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.6)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
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