Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale

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

pours dark amber with a touch of redness with a medium size off white head. smells of hops and little like ice tea. taste is a little sweat, nice balance of hops and malts, slightly bitter in the end, a little carinated too. overall a really nice beer.

22 oz bottle...dark amber color with a big rocky head...good hop and malt balance in the aroma...head is hangin in there longer than expected with awesome lacing...bitter taste with with sweet caramel, malt finish....great mouthfeel and lacing is still there after 5 minutes.....I realy like this one (maybe a little more than Maximus)

bomber from north belt west liqour. pours an impressive ruby red/brown color with an off-white bubbly head. slightly sweet caramel malt aroma with perfumy hops. velvety smooth presence in the mouth with a satisfying aromatic hop bitterness. toasty and dry with a touch of toffee coming through in the middle.

Pours a gorgeous rich mahagony color, with some nice lasting white head. Smell is pretty nice and hoppy with a slight touch of malt perhaps and a bit of noticeable alcohol present especially as it warms some. Taste isn’t undrinkably bitter as I feared, and is nicely hopped however, but the noticeable alcohol taste rather, is what caused me to not like it too much. Finish is mild lasting bitterness and chest warming alcohol. I’m sure this is good for the style, but I don’t like tasting the alcohol in my beer, and this is probably just part of the Strong Ale style. You’ll definitely feel it creeping up on you faster than a regular beer.

Let me be clear about this... I am not a fan of very bitter beers, so this may not be a helpful review for you. However beautiful it looks and smells can’t help the bitter progression in my mouth. The appearance is great but I just can’t handle drinking a beer and actually tasting the alcohol.

Great hoppy aromas heavy on grapefruit and lemon. Brown in color with plenty of lacing from the bog of tan head sitting atop the beer. Really nicely bitter, with low astringency and full flavors. A little soapy, with, again, lots of fruit. A really good strong ale. Very reasonably priced, too.

Bomber. Pours a clear copper with a lacy off-white head. Aroma of weed and citrus. Medium body and light carbonation. Bitter woody taste. Almost has an oaky character. Interesting, but not very inviting.

Bottle. Pours cloudy copper color with a thick, creamy beige head. Aroma is flowery hops, spices and caramel. Taste is citrus with a nice malt backbone, caramel. Good bitterness. Full mouhtfeel, creamy. Good strong ale.