Lagunitas Lucky #13

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Petaluma, California USA

pours deep amber with a light fluffy off-white head. aromas of honey, pine, citrus, and tons of malt and caramel. taste is a busload of hops: spruce, citrus, floral, spicy, you name it. moreso the pine/ spruce hoppiness. decent malt backing with slight honey. long, bitter pine finish. dear lord, do i love lagunitas.

Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, purchased at deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton), savoured on October 10 2008; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, creamy tan head that falls and turns into a tiny ring, a bit of lacing; nose: slightly resinous hops, caramelized malt, orange, light pine; mouth: hops (pine), grapefruit, caramelized malt, medium body, slightly creamy and slick texture, not much carbonation, light astringency, below-average carbonation; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, 8,3 %, achetée chez deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton); œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse fauve crémeuse qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, un peu de dentelle; nez : houblon légèrement résineux, malt caramélisé, orange, léger pin; bouche : houblon (pin), pamplemousse, malt caramélisé, orange, finale en houblon et malt caramélisé, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère, corps moyen, texture légèrement crémeuse et coulante, peu carbonatée, légère astringence, carbonatation sous la moyenne; en résumé : très bien

Reddish amber color. The glass arrived full, so there wasn’t a lot of head present, however as I drank the beer a nice coating of lacing remained all the way down. Nicely aromatic with fresh hops and some sweetness. Taste was a great balance between hop freshness and malty sweetness. The higher ABV was hidden very well. Smooth and creamy going down. Reminded me very much of Terrapin’s Big Hoppy Monster. Exceptionally drinkable and highly recommended.

Suprisingly nice flavors with a malty backbone. Scarlet and Copper tweener.

Slight hazy copper with average tan head. Wonderful aroma of sweet caramel. Wow, big bitter astringent bite that kind of took me back, a dry feel, solid bitter burn all the way down.

22 oz bottle. Rosy tinted clear brown with light beige froth. Nose is red currants, caramel and a touch of yellow raisin. Medium light with zingy carb. Taste is grenadine, caramel, red licorice and spruce. Sweet and tasty.

22 oz. bottle poured into a trappist glass has a caramel red amber color with an initial off white head that fell quickly to a thin coating. aroma has sweet malt, light flowers, and underlying hops. when the bottle first opened it seemed there was more hops to it but then they faded. mouth feel is medium with lower end carbonation. flavor is bold on the malts, caramel, thick and chewy. hops are there trying to poke through but just get pushed aside by the malt. biting bitterness comes through and it finishes drying with an odd lingering flavor.

Aroma of those west coast hops, with some fine underlying malt too, copper, small tan head. Flavour is a hit of orange/pine, quite malty, to my liking, medium bodied, tangy, full bitterness. Very good.