Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Extra! Ale

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Petaluma, California USA

A clear copper beer with a large fluffy off-white head. No visible hop haze, leaves lace. Aroma is big cascade hops, flavor is much the same atop lots of hop bitterness, but some caramel maltiness in there too. Finish dry and bitter. Good DIPA!

Pours a nice gold with a massive, long lasting head and tons of lacing. Strong aroma of grapefruit and a little resin. Quite full and pleasing. Wow, the initial flavor very closely follows the aroma. I expected over powering hops but it ends up surprisingly balanced. It still favors the hops, mind you, but also has some sweetness too. I can feel the alcohol in my stomach, but it doesn’t have a strong presence in the flavor. Mouth feel is also dead center, with medium carbonation. Overall very nice indeed.

Bottle. Pours a coppery orange color with a small filmy white head. Spidery, leggy lacing. Nose is spicey, resiny hops with a light sticky malt. Palate is stingy and sticky with a bitter finish. Flavor is big piney and resiny hops with a big bitterness and some light spiciness. Very refreshing.

bomber - pours clear copper with soapy white head; aromas of crystal malt, lemony hops and grass; medium body with some buttery hops and sweet bitterness; plenty dry and bitter in the finish; a solid IIPA, but nothing really stands out to me

22oz bottle. Pours a crystal clear, golden-orange colored body with an inch thick, rocky, off-white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a solid lacing. Pretty color to this beer. Aroma is really nice and well rounded. Moderately sweet caramels, some dough, and some chewy toffees make up a really nice malt body. A moderate resiny tropical fruit and citrus hop backing to this. Mango, tangerine, orange, pineapple, and melon all bring out a nice floral aspect. The flavor is more of the same. Solid malt backing with a nice caramel and dough before the resiny, moderate bitterness finishes this off. Tropical and citrusy for a chewy hop bite and a dry, floral finish. Medium length aftertaste after a smooth, medium to full body. Overall, a very nice DIPA with a great balance. Sturdy malts and a good amount of fruity hops made this quite enjoyable. Well done.

22 oz bottle. Clear rusty orange with a sticky off white head that leaves some lacing. Aroma is floral hops, citrus and a sweet sugary caramel. The flavor has a good amount of hop bitterness from start to finish, there is some sweetness in the background just to help balance it out. Typical body, carbonation and mouth feel for an IIPA. Another great, affordable beer from Lagunitas.

Pours clear, golden orange from the 22oz. bottle: Citrus hops (lemon, lime, orange peels), resin, earthy/grassy (earassy), caramel, and honey. Oily and full-bodied, this is solid. Characteristically more on the citrus side rather than on the grassy end. Drinkability: If Lagunitas has swagger this would be the taste of it. My favorite of the brewery to date. #213 on 22112009, DG.

The aroma is filled with caramel, citrus, and hops. In the glass it is a golden pale ale with a crispy white head. Hops immediately caress the tongue with a nice balanced caramelized malt flavors to follow balancing out the beer. I only get a hint of citrus on the palate, grapefruit to be exact. Fantastic double IPA