Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Extra! Ale

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

This is one fantstic IPA! It pours a beautiful orange color with a very generous white head. The head sticks nicely around the glass, as well. The nose is full of pine, hops, grapefruit, a hint of grass and hay. The body is smooth, enjoyable and drinkable. The body features some excellently delicious flavors, delivering a ton of spicy hops, pine, grapefruit, orange peel and floral notes. This IPA also features quite a balanced malt profile, with bready and earthy notes. This is yet another great IPA from Lagunitas.

Bright yellow. Nice sweet, citrusy hop nose. Taste is much milder than the aromas would indicate. Very sweet and sticky. Not memorable. Does Lagunitas make the same beer over and over and just rename them?

Medium bronze colored body with a lightly yellowish tan colored head. The nose is massive grapefruit citrus with a lot of lemon bread. There is a musty smell that complements the sweet fruit. I get a cellar like smell, like the sweet notes of a dusty, very old library book. The taste has some strong grapefruit rind with lots of mango, especially in the finish. There is a salted peanut shell note that comes through after each drink. Highly carbonated, it is a little harsh to drink. I loved the smell, but the taste is just a little too much in the woody resin without the pleasing hops tones.

Bottle. Pours s rich deep golden with a thin filmy off-white head that leaves thin lines of lacing. Aroma is sweet soapy piney hops, quite pleasant. Potent grapefruit and pine flavors on a noticeable malt body. Full bodied.

22oz bottle. Small to average head settles into good lacing. Cloudless amber/orange body. Cedar and apricot on the nose. Roasted malt? Well balanced maltiness to hoppiness. Hops are pine and citrus. Alcohol is there, but doesn’t burn. Nice finish.

On tap at Pizzeria Paradiso in Georgetown. Pours light amber with creamy white head. Taste was stale IPA - lots of nuttiness. I still enjoyed this beer though, just wish it was more fresh.

Orangish golden pour with robust white head. Nose is intense PNW hops. Big sweet caramel malt base alongside the pine, grapefruit, and resinous attack. Very, very dry bitterness in the lingering finish. Alcohol pretty well hidden, until the lingering warming begins to seep upwards from the stomach. Very nicely brewed.

22oz bottle, purchased locally. Piney, citrusy nose with some tropical fruits and some wildflower honey. Light golden orange color with a persistent off-white, one fingered head. Resiny, piney flavor with some orange and tangerines. Some residual sweetness that tames the strong bitterness somewhat. There is a slight burn in the end but I am not sure if it is alcohol or bitterness or both. Overall this is an average IIPA, but enjoyable nevertheless. It is certainly nice to have several IIPA’s to choose from here in town when not too long ago there were hardly any.