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Lagunitas India Pale Ale 3.51 1096

Lagunitas India Pale Ale

Percentile
88
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
10963.52/5.03.51/5.05.7%78.5Shaker, 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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 AmEricanbrew (1925), Wynot, Wyoming, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Nov 28, 2007  
12 oz. bottle pours a clear amber color. The off white colored head leaves a nice lacing. Smells of mild floral hops. Medium bodied with a smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Has a sweet cream and caramel flavor with a mildly tart hop taste to finish. Lots of malt flavors. The hops are around but they’re not the highlight here. dec 2004


 Shag (1923), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/512/20
Sep 21, 2004  
This poured a dark orange into the PBR sniffer glass. The smell is off, it smells like wet laundry hosed down with Orange Clean. It tastes flat with only a slight amount of bitterness. Its mostly sour and has a sort of chalky aftertaste. The palate is a bit thin on this. Not too impressed.


 Kevin (1918), Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/102/512/20
Sep 17, 2004  
bottle. pours an amber witha light tan head. very sweet malty aroma that has hints of hops. this is a nice pale ale, but the hops are understated. leaves a sweeter malt flavor. finish is also sweet with just a hint of hop flavor. if this was labeled as a pale ale it would be great, but as an IPA it is mediocre at best.


 swoopjones (1917), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 27, 2007  
12oz bottle all over Sonoma County. decent west coast IPA but there are way better out there, Session ipa if there is such a thing. Nice golden orange color citrus & hop aroma. decent


 mar (1916), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 10, 2008  
dark amber almost orange pour with no head just some froth. hops, hops and more hops on the nose. nice fresh hop taste with a bit of bitterness that fits quite well.


 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Sep 2, 2007  
12 oz bottle. Clear amber with a big off white head. Nice foamy lace. Nose is grassy and grapefruit citrus, light pine. Mild sweet maltiness behind the hoppy wall of flavor - lots of citrus and grass. Pine appears toward the end. Lasting bitter finish. A nice drinker - very good!


 frankenkitty (1903), 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>


 pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/514/20
Mar 4, 2004  
Has a really nice bitter bite to it, and a nice about of hops. Citrus aroma. Overall pretty nice.



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