Imperials and Doubles

Imperial in craft beer means exactly what you think it means. Super F***ing Big. Imperials are what people who lack taste buds drink!


No not really, but they are so flavorful they make me want to vomit. Many of the Imperial IPA's tend to have a sickly sweet taste to them along with the serious bitterness. This is the malts (which they throw in at least a minimum of one billion tons of) and hops (which is at least half that).


Another common example is the Imperial Stout. These are so extreme in the malt field that they are like drinking a chocolate malt! Now don't get excited... by this I mean the malt character (roasted to perfection) gives off flavors of dark chocolate, and sometimes coffee which are typical flavors in stouts. Imperial Stouts are just far more intense in sweetness and flavor.


Imperials are something that we all go trough the state of. At some point the remedial beers start to be lacking in a certain field... flavor. We all get tired of the same taste and look for something more.


After I had done all this I balanced out to a good full bodied beer, not overly done.


I feel that Imperials and Doubles (which also mean exactly what they sounds like as well... stronger) are a stage in all drinkers journey's and for the health of these drinkers, we can all hope that they don't get stuck on these strong beers. They have like 100000 calories and 100000000 carbs in each. These stats are completely bogus but they really are pretty bad for you.


Strong beers are fun though so check em out and go through the stage where you actually like these ridiculous beers, then come back and try something normal and see how much you enjoy it.