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RATINGS: 14   MEAN: 3.2/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.06   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Similar to Amber but with darker crystal malts, hopped with Magnum and Cascade. A hop lover’s delight.


2.3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
GT2 (9410) - Oceanside, California, USA - DEC 27, 2012
Tap at the new re-branded Cucamonga Brewing Co in the same location. Listed at 8.5%. Pours a full haze reddish with large, soapy foam. Really odd celery and sticky candy nose. Taste minerally, salty, nutty bitterness. Long, harsher bitterness. Below average.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
badlizard (5535) - Berkeley, California, USA - JAN 8, 2012
Clear orange reddish amber with a fizzy white head. Earthy malty and toffee aroma and taste with a light citrus bitterness on the back end and a medium bodied palate.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
l1br4r14n (451) - Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA - AUG 9, 2011
Draft at brewery. Pours dark red-copper with a thin head. Fairly straight-forward piney and citrus aroma nicely balanced with sweet malt. A touch of alcohol in the finish.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Hophead22 (2879) - Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA - APR 23, 2011
Sample at the brewery. Rating #11. Dark amber red with a nice white head that left real nice lacing on the glass. Light caramel and.a. it of hops. Flavor us nice caramel and a nice little bitterness to bthings things out. (1667)

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
joeneugs (4453) - Livermore, California, USA - APR 14, 2011
On tap at the brewery. It pours a copper color with a small disappearing head. The aroma has notes of plum, cherry, caramel, and a hint of tropical hops. The flavor is very bitter with some strong alcohol that overpowers. There are some bready and caramel malts, but very minor players in the flavor. It finishes piney and alcoholic.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
illidurit (2245) - San Francisco, California, USA - DEC 20, 2009
Sampled on tap at the brewery. Pours a clear orangey copper with a thin ecru head. Grapefruit and caramel on the nose, some resinous pine notes as well. Flavor is big on crystal malt and caramel, with a lightly resinous citric hop note to balance. Tastes like a regular hoppy red, not like an 8% imperial red. Still, that’s better than the other two OJ’s beers I had this night, which tasted more like beer-flavored tonic. Drinkable if only for the fact that it has decent balance. Still just an okay beer.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
alexanderj (3431) - Branson, Missouri, USA - AUG 31, 2009
On tap a few weeks back. Color was a dark amber. Aroma of red malt, citrus and fruity NW hops. Flavor was the same. Quite balanced and tasty.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
CaptainCougar (7133) - Columbia, Maryland, USA - JUN 22, 2009
Pours a transparent dark orange amber with a well-lacing froth of light tan head. Sweet caramely malty nose has some fresh grapefruity hoppy notes. Starts with good fullness and sweet caramely malts pretty well-balanced with a more aggressive resiny citrusy hop kick before a slightly warming finish. A pretty good imperial red.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Dogbrick (9830) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - MAY 13, 2008
Draught at the brewpub. This beer pours a clear dark amber color with a thin beige head that has decent retention. Spotty lacing. Aroma of roasted malt and some hops. Light to medium body with a moderately malty character, and notes of hops and pine. The finish is roasty with a lingering malty aftertaste. Decent overall.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Charlzm (246) - Los Angeles, California, USA - FEB 4, 2008
On tap at brewery, 02/04/08. Dark apricot/peach color. Plenty of carbonation even 20 minutes after taster served. Piney hop aroma. Big malt flavor upfront. Some sweetness... and there are the grapefruit hops we knew would come (with accompanying bitterness). Well balanced and flavorful. Good job.


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