Samuel Adams LongShot Double IPA

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

The problem with this one was that I drank it while it wasn’t cold enough. It had a big taste, way too big for it to be enjoyable. It almost made me cringe a little. Hopefully when I have it colder it will taste better.

12 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy golden orange color with a small white head. It has a very pleasant hop aroma. It has a wonderful hop bitterness, a nice grapefruit taste, a resin taste, flowers and fruit taste. The is an absolutely fabulous beer, one of the best I’ve had.

Moderately murky dark caramel color with a massive, evenly frothy light tan head. Nose is pine tar initially, turning quickly malty (toffee) and rounded out with mild-to-moderate peach. Upon further sniffs, more fruity qualities apparent in the nose - more peach, tangerine, and pink grapefruit candy. Flavor is moderately bitter and citrisy, grapefruit qualities more pronounced than the aroma would lead you to believe. Finish has a little roast underneath a carmelly sweetness. Very full, pillowy mouthfeel - carbonation level is just right. I fell in love with this. Sam Adams needs to make this a regular offering, or at the very least a seasonal. Superb.

12 oz. Bottle. Poured a slightly cloudy orange color. Great smell of hops and citrus. The smell carried over into the flavors. The hops and citrus combined for a great taste experience. Slightly bitter after taste but nothing to bad. Recommended.

The Dan Journal #263. Tasted 4/6/09. 12oz bottle. The Pliney Clone. Hazy with a dark whiskey, honey golden hue. Bubbled off white head. Aromas of citrus, melons and berries. Full bodied with a very bright palate. This is really nice! The hop character and bitterness hits all points of the palate. Big bitterness. Really impressive. This is the best under the Sam Adams banner.

My bottle [12oz] shared with tupalev. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a huge lasting frothy off-white head. Slightly mild aroma of resiny, piney hops along with some tropical fruit and sweet malt in the back. Resiny, piney hop flavour, quite hoppy in fact, along with some alcohol and pepper -- borders on being harsh. Long, very bitter finish. Medium bodied. A pretty good effort, I enjoyed it.

Bottle. Copper pour with a tall, densely packed tan colored head. Thick, hoppy nose with big citrus notes, pine and a chewy malt and caramel backbone. taste is strong hops - both spicy and citrusy - with luscious caramel, sweet malt, and orange peel. Body is thick and the carbonation is dense. Lots of bitterness and enamel eroding hoppiness. Ends with more big hop notes, caramel, chewy malts, spicy notes and citrus. Very good stuff!

12oz bottle from Lukas Liquor. Pours hazy orange with white head. Aroma is heavy with sweet malt and citrus with caramel and hops. Flavor is spicy hops, with sweet malt, citrus, caramel and little pine. Finishes bitter and with a coying sweetness of the malt. Decent double but may be a little past its prime. This was supposed to be the Pliny the Elder clone but reminds me of Hopslam a little.