Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale

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

A Mes rate. Bottle thanks to Tom.
Darkish gold with a thin white film. Fantastic chewy hop aroma with the malt a little more upfront than usual. Huge mandarin in the flavour. A little card. Faint cereal. Was thinking this was going to be a whole lot better. The finish pulls it right back on track however. A big fruity smack in the mouth with just a perfect level of bitterness and a really faint hit of honey. Excellent bit could be so much better.

Bottle pours a hzy copper color with a light head that is off white. Pine, resin, oranges, and citrus zest in the aroma. Light hop bitterness of the same pine and resin with a bit of citrus too. Reserved compared to their own and other IPAs. Slight yeast flavor.Bit of brown sugar and burnt sugar notes. Bitterness goes all the way through but does not overpower the body. Nice beer.

Bottle, bought @ Vinens Verden, Odense.
Pours lightly hazy orange-golden with a small, frothy, off-white head. Aroma is hoppy, lots of apricot and grapefruit. Some grass, fat caramel malts to balance. Soft carbonation, great dry mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, fat maltiness, sweet resiny fruity hops. Apricot, grapefruit, melon, red apples. Long, lingering bitterness. Very nice.

Great beer from Lagunitas, one of their best seasonals. Not seen it on tap yet but great in the bottle. Just the right hoppiness, not over the top. Very tasty. Not quite a session beer but you could have a few.

On tap at Shultzy’s, darkish golden color with a small head, the aroma was lightly hoppy and sweet, cereal and caramel notes. Taste was also lightly sweet, very smooth palate. Feels more like an amber, than an indian, but whatever, its good.

Appearance is golden with a white head which lingers. Aroma is hops with a little bit of citrus. Flavor is also mostly hops, without being overpowering. A little sweet in the finish, but overall very pleasant, drinkable IPA.

My 100th IPA. 35,5cl bottle @ VinensVerden, Odense. Pours unclear golden with a fine creamy white head and lacings. Nose is sweet malty and hoppy. Citrus and caramel. Smooth and crisp. A bit of alcohol tickling the tongue. Again a quite malty dominated IPA from Lagunitas. A bit of peach, bread and yeast. Fine and tasty.

Bottle: The aroma is slightly peachy along with citrus hops and faint caramel. It pours a transparent amber with a small white head. The flavor starts moderately peachy with some sweet orange notes. The finish has very mild citrus hops. Medium bodied with mild soft carbonation.