Lagunitas Maximus

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

2008 Bottle - Pours lt amber with a small off white head, aroma is clove honey, dried fruit, sugar...flavour is less bitter than most Lagunitas, but still with a bite, heavy malt, flavour lasts for a while, decent...

First off, it’s Lag, so I’m expecting something overdone, as with most all their beers, total personality burst. Twist off somewhat shorter bottle. Flowery perfumy hop and weird fruit olfactory. Look is slightly darker than yer ubiquitous pale yellow but it’s still in that class. Very thin head wth a fine foam blanket. Little detectable carbonation on the palate during the initial swig. Starts off fairly fruity then morphs into a grating bitter chewing on green grapefruit rinds handsoap terribleness. Every taste is the same; first candy aroma then fruit commencement in mouth and finally a back of throat old dandelion greens sensation. wew. I must say however, since it has so much personality, I never would have guessed it was almost 8%! Freakish oily bastard taste hides overly alkied brew. Exceptionally annoying and intimidating. Yukky back of throat gathering lingering biting bitter to the breakingpoint. On style, try it hop head!

Bottle. Pours a hazy reddish-amber with a white ring. Aroma is bitter and hoppy, with a hint of sweeter fruits and some herbs and spices. Taste is sharp and bitter, of hops and herbs that picks up a dryer hoppiness as it goes. Lingering bitterness. Quite tasty double IPA.

nice amber color with a cream head that dissipates into a thin head. huge notes of oranges and fresh hops. very easy on the palate with a malty flavor that finishes with a great slightly bitter hop note.

Lovely orange hued beer with white head. Hoppy nose and a bit of citrus. Some sweetness in there, probable higher ending gravity/ higher mash temp than my preference for a 2IPA. Shades of sauterne-like marmalade on the palate. Not intensely hopped, and the malt tends to dominate. Bloody good beer, I just prefer a drier, hoppier 2IPA myself.

In the bottle from an undisclosed location.
Pours dark amber, almost red, with a small off-white head and clear as can be. Little to no lacing. Good bitterness. Not super powerful. I would expect a little more bitterness and flavor from an Imperial. Stronger than the standard Lagunitas IPA, but not by much. Good malt structure and hop profile. Citrus and spicy cinnamon notes. Signature Lagunitas IPA "soy sauce" flavor. Original and enjoyable but not my first choice.

Wow, pours my favorite color for an IPA. A nice caramel color with big floral bouquet. flavor is spot on, the hops attack your tongue but in a good way. Nice notes of sweet caramel and spicy hops. Really a perfect representation of the glorious IPA.

22 oz. bottle. Pours a lovely light tan head, nice golden color, nose was resinous, piney, and very slightly floral, initial taste not particularly big, finishing with nice hop spice and then bitterness, with a superb mouth feel. The nose was perhaps a bit monochromatic, and a bit short on floral aroma.