Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Extra! Ale

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Petaluma, California USA

Honeyed gold, green dank hoppy aroma reminds me of the stoopid. Torn on this beer. Little too sweet and almost cloying, but the overall value influences my sensory perception. So. I would like the contrast better if the sweetness was more caramel and less white sugar, but overall the hops win me over with their full leafy finish.

22oz. Bomber. In a word YES!! Another instant hop classic from Lagunitas. Pours a deceptively light straw color with a quarter inch of lacy froth. Big aroma dominated by grapefruit and pine resin. Potently bitter with a mean streak of pine resin. As the bitterness fades the hop flavors come through and have a taste of fresh tropical fruits. Plenty of malt to keep the beer from being one dimensional. Palate is a bit thicker than I expected and the texture is sticky and resinous. That 8% ABV is hidden unbelievably well. This beer is boldly flavorful, crisp and refreshing. Everything I’ve come to expect in a good IIPA. The hop flavor is eerily reminiscent of the Hop Stoopid, but this one has a sharper bitterness.

Bomber, from BOTW, split with a lucky friend. Bubbly looking, slightly cloudy, thick white foam. Big grapefruit nose. Palate is mostly the same but decently balanced. This has heavy heavy hops kick, but wasn’t too much for me. By the way had a very nice lush mouthfeel.

Lagunitas a Little Sumpin’ Extra! Ale is clear and dark golden with a thin white film that leaves tenacious foam on the glass. It’s sweet and sugary smelling, with notes of dark fruit, maybe plum. It’s smooth, sticky and pretty full bodied with a sharp finish. It’s pretty huge. It’s sweet and quite bitter. There’s a peaty note in there. It has a long juniper finish. Wow. It’s bold.

22 oz Bottle. Peach amber color with fluffy egg colored head. Nose is sweet and dry. Light mango/tropical fruit sweetness. Taste is similar to other Lag brews. Has the fruitiness and bit-o-funk like early Hop Stoopid, and I love hop stoopid. I wanna do a side-by-side with sumpin sumpin and Hop Stoopid to figure out specifics.

22 oz. bottle purchased at Top Foods in Edmonds, WA. Pours a hazy amber color with a very foamy off-white head. Aroma: Pine, grass, and a hint of citrus. Flavor: Bold hops, grapefruit peel, and resin.

Bright,fragrant,pine and citrus hop aroma , exhibits all that s wonderful about the fresh hop essence,flavor is hop dominated with bitter hopping really showing off,and the tangy grapefruit rind tangerine,piney tar flashing its colors in a fireworks of flavor,just the slightest hint of malt sweetness ,also of a fruity nature as backing, one of the best hop brews I have tasted this year,and with its 4 dollar price,this has to be what Consumers Report would call the "Best Buy" of the year

22. Pours an absolutely crystal clear medium orange amber with a towering fluffy whitish head. Intermittent little blips of fuzzy white lace coming down the ides of the glass. Nice big fresh and tangy pine nose, almost a spicy sugary pineness to it. Bold and crisp and even a bit sweet. Very interestingly pronounced pine quality. Creamy medium body with crisp and active carb, almost a bit prickly in spots but not quite. Very assertive. A little caramel and lightly browned toast underneath a big fat tsunami of tangy wango mango, pineapple, and plenty of pine. Finish washes through in a big wave of pine bitterness that slowly gives way to a slightly darker resinous bitterness. Overall a very brightly flavored IPA that gets its bitterness from an oily high-acid hop rather than overwhelming bags full of long-boiled hops that broke way down. Very light body for 8.74, but all the flavor you’d expect, plus tons of carbonation. More refreshing than anything I can think of that’s higher grav, and at least as refreshing as anything I can think of over 8. But, then, they really should ought to know what they’re doing with huge bold ales by now, right?