Lagunitas New DogTown Pale Ale

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

Moderate citrus and floral hop aroma. Clear golden color with a medium white head. Bitter and sweet beginning with the sweetness fading quickly and the bitterness lasting into the finish.

Bottle. An amber coloured ale with a half inch white head. Aroma of piney hops with some citrus. Mouthfeel is light to medium. The flavour has more pine in the hops; it’s slightly floral with orange, and grapefruit.

Grassy hop aroma and excellent head. Much stronger hop flavor than many pales. Tight hop bite. An excellent pale ale.

Pours a clear copper. Strong wonderfully fragrant floral hops aroma. Initial flavour is hops with a sweet citrus hint. Very unexpected. Finish is slightly more bitter than I’d prefer. Overall a good pale ale.

Bottle. Poured orange in color with a white head that dimminshed slighly. The aroma was that grapefruit and pine hops with a bready malt scent. It tasted of grapefuit with a strong hoppy flavor. The aftertaste was strong with hops and lasted quite a while. Mouthfeel was medium to full bodied with soft carbonation, very smooth going down. Overall a great Pale Ale.

Aroma is MAJOR west coast hops, mint leaf, oak and heavy, heavy pine and black licorice. Earthy soil-like malt presence, dark and gritty. Really something. Unlike any pale I know. Appears clear yellow-orange with a bubbly soda-pop head. Wispy lace. Flavor is black licorice up front, very medicinal. Weeds and more of that mint leaf. Major bitter bite on the back end; unbelievably woody all around, with hints of pink grapefruit. Feels fizzy and chewy. One of the bitterest pale ales I have ever had. Like a burnt, oaky barleywine. A strong ale/special ale flavor.

Bottle... Poured clear, orange with a white head, nice retention and lacing. Pineya, citrus and floral hop aroma. Foamy, well texture palate. Grainy and bread-like with a hop and malt balance. A little sweet towards the end with a lingering hop finish.