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(GOOSE ISLAND) IMPERIAL I.P.A.

Resplendent russet-hazed winter ’05 offering places ravishingly perfumed Cascade hops alongside glacial spruce-pine directive and soon-prevalent grapefruit bittering, hiding its eye-opening 9% alcohol probe. Ripening tangy orange uprising augments red grape, melon, and honeydew sweetness to climactic peach-tangerine finish. Floral spiced backdrop weaves through fruity din with spectacular results.

LAGUNITAS UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION SHUT-DOWN ALE

Rewarding ruby red medium-bodied 12th anniversary double IPA celebrator stays as fresh as a dewy springtime meadow. Bright apple-nectar-peach-pear sweetness, creamy sugar-spiced vanilla malting, and sappy maple-spruce thicket counter piney floral hops up-front. Earthy geranium sequel absorbs subordinate mango-papaya-marmalade tang, almond-chestnut dab, and cinnamon pinch quite efficiently for boozy, medicinal 9.9% alcohol tributary.

(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.