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(NINE G) INFIDEL IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE

Snazzy red deviled label and austere 8.4% alcohol ebb welcome sinister heretics to coppery hell-bent libation ultimately less brazen than prudently dulcet. Strengthened piney hop-spiced bitterness counters honeyed nectar inducement and resultant tangerine-grapefruit-apricot tang impacting mineral-grained toasted barleymalt spine reinforced by fluttered cookie dough sweetness. Brewery defunct: 2010.

SOUTHERN TIER UN-EARTHLY IMPERIAL I.P.A.

Vibrant reddish nickel-glowed ‘double I.P.A.’ posits freshly embittered floral-perfumed pine hops against illustrious candi-sugared tropical fruit thrust and creamy vanilla-butterscotch sweep. Tangy pineapple-mango-cherry-nectarine-peach frontage gains corresponding orange-bruised grapefruit juiciness above cereal-grained almond-toasted flaked oats spine, perfectly countering wet Cascade-Centennial-Chinook hopping. Betters similarly styled Phin & Matt’s Extraordinary Ale.

AVERY MAHARAJA IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE

Versatile hazy rust-glazed humdinger tactfully blends bitter pine with sweet spruce, nicking impending butterscotch notch. Rising orange peel, grapefruit, and pineapple tang permeates roasted chocolate malting. Perfumed hops enlighten residual pepper spicing, floral dash, citrus tingle, and resinous pine flank deepening non-obtrusive alcohol-licked finish. Mango-pineapple illusions await patient tipplers.