Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Petaluma, California USA

Lots of chocolate malts, lots of heavy malts and hops that give the beer perfume and elegance and some fruitiness that is defied by the smokiness and sugar that make this a litttle sumpin sumpin different.

On tap at stone. Clear golden with a fizzy white head. Caramel grapefruit and pine aroma and taste with a bitter sticky mouth feel.

Pours a golden color with little head. The aroma is very fruity, grapefruit, apples. The taste is a nice hoppy bitterness that is a fruity smooth finish. Almost reminds me of 2009 Correction Ale

Golden in color... Citrusy hops aroma... Flavor is initially citrus and sweet pale malts with nice citrus hoppy notes throughout... Tasty beer.

Bottle. Medeium high creamy and long lasting off-white head. Clear and good looking amber body. Mild and smooth fruity malty aroma with a nice shot of hops. Fruity malty hoppy flavor plus grass and pine notes. Low carbonation. Long bitter aftertaste. Alcohol contents seem just right.

12 ounce bottle from Downtown Gourmet in Harrisonburg, VA. Pours a copper color with a very slight haze. Medium head with good head retention and lacing. Huge citrus hops in the aroma... and not much else. Taste is a little more complex... citrus, pine and resiny hops with a bit of a toffee note. Medium bodied. A bit one sided but still highly enjoyable.

12 oz. 6-pack. Picked up at Greens on Ponce De Leon. Lovely copper orange in color. Fluffy head looks like it is going to fade away, but this beers looks like a great IPA. Even with a few minutes the head is slowly fading away. VERY pungent IPA. Very sharp citrus and pine hop aroma. A must say this beer is pretty damn delicious smelling. I think this is on the level of an imperial/double aroma. Very nice pungent aroma. Nice touch of sweet malt that mixes in with the poignant citrus and pine aroma. AHH delicious smelling. A lovely upfront in your face citrus hop taste that just lingers. The hop flavor actually develops. It is not overly bitter for no reason, or just because it can be. This beer finds a way to give all of that bitter taste without offeding your tastebuds. The sweet taste also balances out the hops. The palate could use some improvement, but I must say, this is one of, if not, my favorite IPA. Simply a masterpiece from Lagunitas. Hopefully, this one doesn’t produce the "bad batch" ever. I would love to have this as a weekly treat.

12 oz bottle from Bevmo, Salinas. Nice and hoppy with a nose of pine and ivy with a touch of background caramel. Amber-orange with a medium off white head. Flavor is pure moderate bitterness lasting a long time. Excellent new IPA!