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Samuel Adams Double Agent IPL
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- From:
- Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- India Pale Lager (IPL)
Ranked #37 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #22,491 - Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 11.53%
- Reviews:
- 320
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 26, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 28, 2012
- Wants:
- 64
- Gots:
- 188
The distinct hop character of an IPA in a smooth lager. The hops in this brew lend a bright grapefruit, citrus, floral aroma and flavor with a refreshing, crisp lager finish
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Ratings by Groomsy:
Reviewed by Groomsy from Kentucky
3.95/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.95/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 oz. bottle from Spring Thaw pack into a pilsner glass.
Beautiful light amber body with honey highlights, super clear with lively carbonation from the bottom of the glass. It's topped by a foamy head of two fingers that lingers and leaves heavy rings of lacing. Excellent looking stuff.
I wasn't sure what to expect on the nose but was pleasantly surprised. The bottle neck describes tropical fruit, grapefruit, and pine - to my nose, I pick up all of these in the aroma. The hop aromas are backed by a biscuity malt presence and a clean lager yeast scent. While the fruitiness of the IPA is there, this also has a cleanness to it that isn't present in most ales. Very pleasant on the nose.
There's a surprising amount of bitterness in this beer, well-backed by the malt and also having a clarity that gets lost in quite a few IPAs. The front of the tongue is hit with bright grapefruit flavors and pine resin, with some bready malt on the middle. Some clean lager yeast along with more bitterness comes on the finish. Very refreshing stuff, and quaffable.
The carbonation does quite a bit to cleanse the palate between the sips, and the clean flavor on the finish doesn't leave much residual flavor, so this is very drinkable. A medium-light body with crisp flavor.
Very enjoyable stuff from Sam Adams, and probably one of the best beers from the Spring Thaw pack. Definitely worth a look!
Mar 15, 2013Beautiful light amber body with honey highlights, super clear with lively carbonation from the bottom of the glass. It's topped by a foamy head of two fingers that lingers and leaves heavy rings of lacing. Excellent looking stuff.
I wasn't sure what to expect on the nose but was pleasantly surprised. The bottle neck describes tropical fruit, grapefruit, and pine - to my nose, I pick up all of these in the aroma. The hop aromas are backed by a biscuity malt presence and a clean lager yeast scent. While the fruitiness of the IPA is there, this also has a cleanness to it that isn't present in most ales. Very pleasant on the nose.
There's a surprising amount of bitterness in this beer, well-backed by the malt and also having a clarity that gets lost in quite a few IPAs. The front of the tongue is hit with bright grapefruit flavors and pine resin, with some bready malt on the middle. Some clean lager yeast along with more bitterness comes on the finish. Very refreshing stuff, and quaffable.
The carbonation does quite a bit to cleanse the palate between the sips, and the clean flavor on the finish doesn't leave much residual flavor, so this is very drinkable. A medium-light body with crisp flavor.
Very enjoyable stuff from Sam Adams, and probably one of the best beers from the Spring Thaw pack. Definitely worth a look!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.78/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Rated as a bottle from a secret stash trade that was hush hush
Pours a fairly clear lemon jello coloured body with decent enough white head
Aroma is posh lemon soAp like the fancy stuff in lush
Flavour is candy cigarettes and floral gums leading to a noice bite
Feb 08, 2023Pours a fairly clear lemon jello coloured body with decent enough white head
Aroma is posh lemon soAp like the fancy stuff in lush
Flavour is candy cigarettes and floral gums leading to a noice bite
Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia
3.74/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From notes 2/26/13: Pours a clear coppery amber producing 1.5 fingers of frothy, short-lived, white head that leaves rings, webs and streaks of lace as it recedes. Aroma is heavy to pine with hints of grapefruit, pineapple/mango, lager yeast and a little caramel in a bitter background. Taste is bready, bitter pine, citrus and lager yeast with a hint of honey. Finishes dry and bitter with a rapidly diminishing bitter and drawing (astringent) aftertaste. An interesting mixture of hops and yeast. Taste like a heavily hoped version of Boston Lager which some might hold as an improvement.
Oct 22, 2019Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.77/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This a well executed and gorgeous beer. Pours dark gold with towering, fluffy head. Aroma of hops, like an IPA. taste is hops with a malt backbone. This a really excellent beer.
Mar 09, 2018Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.75/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a lager glass.
The appearance was a thin pale orange color with an adequate transparency about it. Carbonation could be seen rising at a moderate pace to fill a finger's worth of white foamy head that swiftly died off. Not much lace.
The aroma had a bright zesty to spicy grassy hoppiness bold and up front with some pine and citrus rind flowing on into that.
The flavor was moderately spicy with a balanced zesty to sweet hop contour enabling a fairly bright pine and citrusy aspect about it. Aftertaste was definitely spicy and sweet adding in a little bit of lager-like breadiness.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Hop bite isn't too distracting in this one. Light oily sort of feel rolled over my tongue. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt appropriate. Finish was semi-oily with a little bit of spice and zest.
Overall, as an India pale lager, I'd say this works. I'd have again.
Sep 24, 2017The appearance was a thin pale orange color with an adequate transparency about it. Carbonation could be seen rising at a moderate pace to fill a finger's worth of white foamy head that swiftly died off. Not much lace.
The aroma had a bright zesty to spicy grassy hoppiness bold and up front with some pine and citrus rind flowing on into that.
The flavor was moderately spicy with a balanced zesty to sweet hop contour enabling a fairly bright pine and citrusy aspect about it. Aftertaste was definitely spicy and sweet adding in a little bit of lager-like breadiness.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Hop bite isn't too distracting in this one. Light oily sort of feel rolled over my tongue. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt appropriate. Finish was semi-oily with a little bit of spice and zest.
Overall, as an India pale lager, I'd say this works. I'd have again.
Rated by NeilSilber1 from California
3.87/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Interesting IPA lager, dark and not too hoPPy.
Feb 27, 2017
Samuel Adams Double Agent IPL from Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
1574 ratings
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