Samuel Adams LongShot Double IPA

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Boston, Massachusetts USA

hazy amber/orange color, medium off white, quickly disappearing head, minor lacing. nose of citrus and pine, buttery hints. the flavor begins with citric hoppiness, followed by creamy caramel, and piney notes. there is also a trace of musty, earthy malt. medium bodied, lightly bitter finish. quite enjoyable and well worth repeating. becomes more complex as it warms. 3 variety 6 pack purchased at liquor depot in monee.

Bottle in a mixed pack from Beer Run on 05/11/2009. Cloudy dark amber body with a medium frothy off-white head. Sweet big citrus and floral hop aroma with some resiny notes and a bit of a caramel background. Sweet floral and citrus hops with some piney and resiny notes and a bit of a caramel background. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation.

Bottle. Pours a golden amber body with a white head. Grass y with some citrus and passion fruit and a light grapefruit character. Some light chewy hop character. Not bad.

Bottle from thickfreakness. Thanks dude! Pours hazy orange with a beige head. Smell is like hop pellets. Taste is hoppy, and tastes like chewing on hop pellets, but with a pretty sweet backing and becomes a bit syrupy by the end of it. Decent, still.

Dark hazy amber, thick creamy off white head. Soft grassy pine notes warm to swirls of peached toffee aromas. Integrated dry pine and floral bitterness up front balances well on full semi-sweet grassy caramel biscuit-like flavor. Full bodied, medium carbonation, bittersweet finish. Very well made, but I’m not sure where the Pliny rumor came about. This brew is doing it’s own thing...

12oz Bottle – Tacoma Boys – Tacoma, WA
Aroma: Big hops aroma with a nice malt backing.
Appearance: Golden in color, clear with a thin head.
Flavor: This was a very surprisingly good IPA with good hops and malt flavors.
Palate: Dry finish, with a Good Mouthfeel.
Overall: Great IPA flavor this was to my amazement one good brew.

Bottle from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours orange amber with a stiff off-white head. Laces somewhat. Very hoppy aroma. Seems quite mixed. Heavy on floral. Full bodied with creamy carbonation. There’s so much hop it isn’t worth describing. Decent malt backbone. So much fruit - citrus and other. It’s not at all harsh, and it’s very tasty. Mellow bitter finish. Bitter!

I picked this up at the local Binny’s in Orland Park, Illinois, despite Crook County’s oppressive sales tax. It pours a somewhat hazed light amber/orange body with a modest head. The aroma is a serious PNW hoppiness - pine, citrus zest, yellow grapefruit, tropical fruit, herbs, and earth. There’s a sturdy toffee-ish malt backbone supporting the hops in the flavor. The latter seem to collide with one another, at times blending oddly to make a confused bitterness. But that’s okay. The finish is a healthy zest and pine bitterness, dry and satisfying. Mayhaps Sam Adams will take some notes from this fellow on how to use hops in their regular brews.