Lagunitas India Pale Ale

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

Bottle. Pour was a deep gold. Head was beige with heavy lacing. Aroma was very big with fruit, citrus and some light pine. Taste is pretty hoppy with a decent malt backing. Some light bread flavor mixes in with the hops and malt. Overall, a pretty good balance. A good mix of hops, and a nice malt accompaniment. Finish is nicely bitter. Body is medium with a good bit of carbonation.

12oz. bottle - pours a deep orange shade with a small white head that leaves sticky lacing in the glass. Lots of little floaters in the glass. Smells great - full of fresh citrusy and piney hops (43 of them?!) that blend together perfectly against a solid malt (65 of them?!) background. Flavour is equally excellent - lots of chewy, fruity hops balanced very well with the malt. Bitterness comes through at the end with more of the earthier hop notes coming forward. Aftertaste however, is citrusy (grapefruit) again. Mouthfeel is sticky and creamy. This is an excellent, very drinkable IPA. Were it available in these parts I’d pick this up all the time as a perfect session beer.

Aroma is a strong citrus hop scent. Color is a bright golden with good carbonation and a nice head. Taste is juicy and bitter. Starting with a medium body it goes down with what I can only describe as a juicy feel. Finish starts with a sweet malt taste that turns quickly to a citrus, little lemon and a bitter bite. In the aftertaste the citrus brightens for a moment then fads leaving you with a mild bitterness. This is a fabulous IPA, its well balanced. Nicely bitter with a good malt tone and they keep the citrus in line.

good stuff here bought a sixer in hudson, mn. was lit when i had it but it was tasty. nice and long finish on the ol’e palate smooth great ipa still got five left:)

hazy orange with some sediment, nice amount of white foamy head, good hops nose, not overwhelming, but nice, very citrus, crisp body, with a nice balance of malts to combat the strong hop quality, nice session IPA

12oz bottle. Poured a deep copper with orange and ruby highlights and a medium-thick, light tan head. The aroma is hoppy - thick with spice and pine. The flavor follows the aroma - LOTS of hop flavor. There is a distinct spiciness and funkiness from the hops, along with the usual citrus and evergreen (Simcoe hops I bet). The malt backbone is quite nice, too - there is a nice residual sweetness, almost candy-like, but not too much. There is a little fruit in and lots of bitterness by mid-palate. The bready and sugary malts stand up to the hoppy, bitter bite though. The finish is dry and quite bitter with a very subtle sweetness and lots more pine with a smaller dose of grapefruit. The mouthfeel is rich and medium-full in body with a nice, sudsy texture that indicates a perfect level of carbonation. Overall, this beer could have been absolutely phenomenal - the hop and malt balance is perfect and the aroma is great, but the flavor has a little too much funk (from too much "catty" hops - like Simcoe). It’s still good, though.

Draft at an Irish pub in Berkeley, CA. Pours orangish with a light white head. The aroma is hoppy citrus. The taste is big very big on the hops for a regular IPA. Nice overall feel great IPA.

Bottle, at breakfast, during EBF 2008, Copenhagen. Amber with a good white head that leaves lot of lace on the glass. Soft yet full bodied and tasty. Very drinkable - an approachable American IPA.