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Wildcard Double Down Imperial Red Ale

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RATINGS: 11   MEAN: 3.35/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.24   IBU: 40   EST. CALORIES: 225   ABV: 7.5%
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Double Red, Imperial Red, Strong Ale….call it what you want, this beer is not for the timid. It’s big, malty and hoppy. This ale pours a beautiful red hue into your glass. Various malts and three varieties of hops battle for a place on your pallet giving this beer a great piney, fruity flavor and full body. It is truly a high gravity gem.


3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
bb (7644) - Alamo, California, USA - AUG 25, 2015
Bottle. Bronze beer with a dark cream head. Caramel and light cocoa aroma with grapefruit. Caramel and pine flavor with light cocoa. Medium bodied. Caramel and light chocolate linger with light grapefruit and light earth. Fusels present in background.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
brokensail (13782) - Orange County, California, USA - AUG 12, 2015
On tap @ Miners Alley. Clear amber colored beer with some off-white foam. Super woody and herbal. There’s a lot of grass, too. Big time caramel, toast, and bread. Mild citrus hop notes and sort of a briney, salty note. Actually has some bitterness to it, unlike a lot of their other beers. Not really my thing either way, though.

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
944play (378) - Santa Rosa, California, USA - JUL 8, 2015
Draft at Sprenger’s. Clear garnet with generous yellowish foam. Ripe fruit and caramel aroma. Nicely balanced flavors of crunchy crystal malts, clean but forceful bittering hops, and crisp minerality. Finishes rather resiny.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
marcus (7838) - Sacramento, California, USA - JAN 7, 2015
Bottle from Capitol Beer & Tap Room. Pours reddish brown with a thick beige head and a fruity aroma. There is a very malty raspy red ale base with an appropriate hop profile. Very tasty.

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
bhensonb (12795) - Woodland, California, USA - JAN 6, 2015
Bomber from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours hazy, ruddy amber with a beige/tan head. Aroma is piney and earthy. Med + body. That thins quickly. Flavor is roasty malts, with a chocolate note, and some pine/fruit hoppiness. Gets rather fruity towards the finish. Somehow the flavors don’t quite complement, and they turn out not all that strong. Course compared to Bud they are super duper strong, but ... I’m obviously getting spoiled. It’s a pretty good beer.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
hayduke (3925) - Eureka, California, USA - DEC 23, 2014
This was a 22 oz bottle that I got from the North Coast Coop in Eureka, CA. A second bottle went to Strykzone my friend in the mid-west. We opened our bottles at the same time and did a "joint" tasting on Facebook Chat. This poured a muddy amber with a big long lasting beige head. Moderate lacing. The nose is malty, with some citrus, pine, nuts, and herbal aromas. Medium in body with a bit of an astringent mouth feel. The flavor is big on malt and the hops are showing with something keeping the astringency going. There is some bitterness in the finish, but the astringency never goes away which keeps this from being a really good beer.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Strykzone (5818) - Wood River, Illinois, USA - DEC 23, 2014
Bomber from Hayduke that we had over face book chat. This beer is clear red amber and it wears a beige head. Thicker lacing. Flavor begins with astringency and bitterness. Fruit under that. Malts are fairly big and bring a lot of sweetness. I kept wishing that astringency would go away but it did not. Red Ale is not a favored style of mine and a double even more so.

1.4
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 3/20
dripke (10) - Chico, California, USA - DEC 6, 2014
Not a big fan. Taste was pretty good, but just didn't agree with my beer tasting preference ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
BeerFunGuy (862) - California, USA - OCT 19, 2014
Rich amber colored beer with a caramel aroma. It has a citrusy start and leaves a big malty aftertaste which leaves you coming back for more. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Fatehunter (1766) - Corbett, Oregon, USA - SEP 9, 2014
Pours a short head on a clear, but dark straw colored body. The aroma has some pine, tropical fruits and wet grain. Really nice. The taste is big and bold. Huge malt, but the sweetness kept in balance by the load of hops. The texture is thick but crisp with moderate carbonation. An excellent brew.


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