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Lagunitas India Pale Ale

Percentile
88
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bottled
common

on tap
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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 ljay6880 (135), , Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 26, 2009  
12 oz bottle served in a clear pint glass. Pour is a light bronze with a small layer of quickly dissipating white head. Nose is hops, orange rinds, grass, and light caramel. Taste is Pine tar, hops, and citrus. The finish is a lingering bouquet of orange/citrus bitter. This wasn’t bad, but I would have enjoyed it more if it was a bit sweeter and had a slightly heavier body.


 Pawola22 (713), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 26, 2009  
On tap at the Flying Saucer in KC. Pours a clear, copper-bronze body with a finger-width, creamy, beige head that dissipates slowly and leaves lots of creamy lacing. Aroma is mostly a boatload of grassy citrus with a light caramel sweetness. Flavor is exactly the same. Lots of grassy citrus hops with a medium bitterness and a light caramel malt keeping this just balanced enough. More grapefruit and lemon comes in during the finish before it dries with a long lingering taste of grassy citrus. Palate is relatively thin bodied. Overall, a pretty straightforward westcoast IPA. Tons of hop flavor and just enough caramel malt to balance. Damn tasty, however, and its about time Lagunitas came to KC.


 DeadGirl (216), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a plastic cup (sacrelig... I know): Copper appearance, citrusy/hoppy/piney taste. Tastes a little watered down. Needs more malts, man.


BarossaLuke (94), Australia
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/105/514/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Light copper colour, nice fluffy white head. Fruity, citrus and slightly piney hop aroma, very nice. Light to medium bodied, with nice hop/malt balance. I expected a little more matliness though, more thickness on the palate. But a very nice, easy drinking Pale Ale.


 cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 18, 2009  
Bottle at Cropredy ... copper ... big foam head ... sweet pale ale hop nose... soft toffee ... light hop fruit ... easy.


 17thfloor (1452), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/513/20
Aug 17, 2009  
22oz bomber shared with funkybrewster. Pours a lovely glowing orange amber with a nice sticky white foamy froth with great sticky lacing. Mmmmm fresh! what an aroma! super green oily sticky piney resiny hop pellets, some sweet sticky rich honey and caramel just underneath, beautiful! Flavor is also quite green, hop pellets, lots of hops, soo soo green tasting, a bit herbal, some med/light toasty caramel with a very bitter finish. Medium bodied, on the thinner side though, light stickiness. The greenness is amazing in the aroma, but of course it hurts the flavor a bit.


 drowland (1380), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 17, 2009  
12oz bottle into a pint glass. Not too shabby... nice fruity/citrus hop notes, but not as good as their crazy story, as usual.


 TURDFERGUSON (1598), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Bottle, shared by Taylor. Thanks dude. Golden orange with a small white head. Nice floral hoppy nose. Flavor is bitter- earth and pine, and a slight buffalo chicken wing thing. Really strange. Bitter finish.



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