Lagunitas Freak Out

Formerly brewed at Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Petaluma, California USA

2007-11-30, Papsø’s Blind Tasting
Cloudy golden color; thin creamy head. Nice hoppy aroma, soft, with vanilla and light spices. Medium body strength, with a nice vanilla hop, creamy malt, long final, with light cookies too. Good, sweetish hoppy beer.

Bottle. Pours a hazy deep golden colour. Aroma of sweet ripe fruits, hops and some malt. Good mothfeel. Bit sweet, dry fruity pleasant flavour with citrus, pine and bitter hops. Sweetish fruity finish.

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of kramer17801. Pours a hazy golden with an off-white head. Lightly citrusy nose with a touch of overripe fruit. Medium body with lightly sweet caramel and overripe fruit with some bitterness. Not your typical IPA - more like a Barley Wine light. 301107

clear amber with a frothy white head. Strong smell of floral and citrus hops. Smooth mouthfeel. Good balanced taste of pale bready malts and tangy citrus, floral hops. Finishes nicely bitter. Pretty good.march 2007

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 1     Golden(1)->Dark brown(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : XX   Bread : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX   Fusel : XX  
Malt : 2   Biscuity : XX   Hay : XX   Toasty : 2   Caramel : XX   Fruity : XX   Nutty : XX   Honey : XX   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Cereals : XX   Grainy : XX
Hops : 4   Noble(1)->American(5) : 4   Leafy : XX   Spicy : 2   Floral : XX   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : 3 Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : 4  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX   Dates : XX   Bourbon : XX   Bubblegum : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : 1   Bitterness : 4   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: A straightforward, classic Californian IPA that wins a few points for its crispiness.

22 oz bottle at Logan’s Pre-GABF party. Lots of citrus hops and some grassiness on the aromas. Flavors were not quite as nice. I should have just smelled it all night. More citrus, but then a bitterness that wasn’t the expected hop bitterness. Still not bad.

Sweet grapefruit and pine hops aroma. Smells sticky. Pours orange gold with a minimal soapy white head. Strong hop bitterness balanced by a little sweet malt that makes the flavor similar to a grapefruit juice. Dry piney hops linger on the backend with a little bit of sweetness that tries to get through the hop attack. The hop attack almost has a gritty chewy mouthfeel. I like this stuff more than its 3.66 rating. A big ass West Coast IPA.

rating from memory...22oz bottle pouring golden with an off white head. nose of pnw hops with pine and grapefruit. flavor is clearly west coast style with pine, citrus, and grapefruit. fresh and fruity with solid dose of hop bitterness. tasty stuff.