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Lagunitas India Pale Ale

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88
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bottled
common

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
10873.52/5.03.51/5.05.7%78.2Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
This is our unique version of an ancient style. A style as old as the ocean trade routes of the last centuries Great Ships. Not as old as the equator they had to cross twice enroute, nor as old as the 10,000 or so miles of Di-Hydrogen Oxide and Sodium upon which they sailed, but older than the Circulithium-4 Lentloid that binds the Lupulin Quartnate onto your taste buds. Weird. Think about it. Now stop. OK, go again, now stop. Think again, and stop. But we digress. Made with 43 different hops and 65 various malts, this redolent ale will likely float your boat, whatever planet you're on.
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 SamGamgee (1429), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 27, 2007    Updated: Dec 20, 2008
12oz bottle. Orange-copper with a sticky orange head. Citrusy and resiny aroma. Quite sweet and malty with a nice balance of grapefruit leaning hops that have a little pine too. Ends bitter and refreshing. Medium body with small bubbles. Very balanced and tasty IPA, just how I like it. (3.7) Rerate: Draught at 99 Bottles. third time that I*ve had this on tap since my initial rating, and every time has been underwhelming. To thin, and the hips just feel a bit castrated. Still not one that I would turn down, but a bit below par for a Norcal IPA.


 johnadam2002 (529), Hainesport, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 26, 2007  
Poured copper with a small fluffy off white head. Aroma of hops and citrus. There wasn’t as much hop character as in the aroma. Wasn’t bad. Good balance of hops and malt. Some citrus hints.


 frankenkitty (1900), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/515/20
Dec 23, 2007  
Pours a honey-golden/amber, moderately effervescent, under a thick, off-white head which holds long and spackle my glass with lace. Floral, piney hops coat the nose along with a suggestion of lemongrass above just a hint of dishwater. A bit bland and mineralish at first, but hops crawl out as it warms (not to the point where I can distinguish one from another of the "43 different" mentioned above, but overall piney, grapefruity and grassy with a touch of pepper to linger.) Not overdone and fairly sessionable. And I am not one to session IPAs.

BTW, glancing 5 ratings below... any low ratings for any beer can be understood by simply reading the ratings!

<font size=-4>Received as a Christmas gift, December, 2007.</font>


 performula (147), Triangle Area, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 23, 2007  
Not bad, but not great. I’d say it is average. Slight spiciness over a floral taste. Medium head with an amber color


 theisti (1654), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 19, 2007  
22 oz from Argonaut in Denver. Pour is a golden - ruby with an off white head. Quite a bit of soft carbonation. Aroma of some pine and resin hops. Taste is nice, good bitterness throughout, and a distinctive citrus sour thing going on in the finish. Nice IPA.


 pepsican (885), The Student Ghetto, Iowa, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Dec 12, 2007  
Poured a hazy gold with little head. malts and oak dominate the nose. Taste is similar with a bit of flowery hops. A bit too sweet. Finishes a bit syrupy. This bottle is obviously over the hill for the hops to stand out.


 IEBAILI (123), San Diego, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Dec 9, 2007  
Deep gold color, small barely off white head dissolves quickly. Smells like crystal malts, some stone fruit, slightly sweet, fruity, hop bitterness is somewhat sharp and lasts for a moment after swallowing. A liitle citrus pith on the finish.


RandyStoner (1), Victorville, California, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Lagunitas India Pale Ale does not count
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/515/20
Dec 9, 2007  
I don’t understand the low ratings for this beer. It is my favorite beer period. Assertive hops taste, but still balanced withthe malt. The low ratings may be the result of what seemed to be bad bottles several years ago. I just wish it was available in the part of SoCal where I live.



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