
Ryan picked up a few bottles of Beyond the Pale's beer, I don't recall one of the beers at the moment but the other one was Imperial Super Guy. With a name like Imperial Super Guy, it reminds me of a mashup of Teeny Little Super Guy and 5 Neat Guys. Imperial Super Guy is an Imperial Rye IPA with 9.1% ABV, higher than your standard IIPA/DIPA, 90 IBU and comes in an awesome 1L jug that I like to call "the mega stubby"
Appearance: Pours a thick murky amber honey orange. Reminiscent to me of a barley wine or.. of course.. a solid DIPA/IIPA, minimal beige head on top, but decent amount of carbonation.
Aroma: Mmmm Imperial IPA for the win.. it's a bitter pine, grapefruit, a bit of a syrupy note and incredibly sugary.
Flavour: Malted rye, incredibly bitter, some pine notes, even more rye notes. A minimal amount of citrus, some caramel popping up in there, even more hops, and yep.. rye! It's interesting.. I like bitterness so if you like bitter bitter IPAs, you'll love it, but if you like more of a citrus/malty IPA, you will be disappointed.
Overall Thoughts: No wonder they're closed most of the week.. very interesting take on a Rye Imperial IPA, Imperial Super Guy - at 90 IBU is quite a bitter IIPA. Minimal notes of citrus, more rye and hops than anything. Incredibly thick.. but at 9.1% ABV, it's a savouring beer. Also, the "mega stubby" HAS to be shared, though you could theoretically save the beer for later as it has a screw-cap for easy re-usability.. which means home brewers can use this for home brewing easily!
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