Contents Under Fresher
Lagunitas Brewing Company

Contents Under FresherContents Under Fresher
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From:
Lagunitas Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #672
ABV:
7.7%
Score:
90
Ranked #8,625
Avg:
4.05 | pDev: 7.9%
Reviews:
59
Ratings:
149
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 06, 2024
Added:
Oct 19, 2021
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  9
This is the latest leap in Lagunitas’ never-ending quest for capturing the essence of fresh hops. Contents Under Fresher features whole-cone Mosaic, Citra, Simcoe & Sabro hops harvested and rushed from our family of farmer friends in Yakima. Expressed here in their absolute juiciest form.
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Ratings by brewandbbq:
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Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire

4.3/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
12oz undated bottle.

Pours clear yellow with a faint chill-haze. Moderate retention and lacing. Dank and fruity in the nose. A bit grassy with a chlorophyll hint. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Cracked garlic with grapefruit and pine on the palate. Finishes with minimal malt or bitterness and fairly dry.

The label says this is a "fresh hop" beer but on the bottom of the 4 pack carrier it describes the usage of undried hops which is a "wet-hop" beer. Either way, tasty stuff but a four pack of 12ozrs for $13.00?
Nov 13, 2021
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.24/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
this is what lagunitas does best, and while born yesterday will always stand alone as the king of the wet hop beers they have done, this one really is very good, well ahead of most of the rest of the class, brimming with northwestern wet hop goodness, easy drinking for being kind of sneaky strong, clean and unforced, just magic. unfiltered im sure but still bright, a deep golden to brassy color with a good airy white head from both bottle and draft, but ive liked this best from the tap in the past. very mosaic forward to me, which is to say familiar, very late harvest, slightly catty and skunky and feral, with an obvious canned pineapple juice fruitiness and some oily fresh character, dank and sticky and as fresh as can be, but there is a nice supporting cast of hops here too, and i get grapefruit, peach, and minerals as well, hash oil, lemon, and green grape, just enough malt for this to seem balanced, and the flavor follows the nose, mosaic first but actually kind of complex for what it is. light coconut, dried flowers, subtle green onion as it warms and a slight sulfur note, very organic to me, some citra with the mosaic, super drippy and ripe fruitiness, a bit of honey sweetness and a graham cracker thing to the malt. i love that this is a little bit bitter too, it still drinks like ipa, just a lighter medium body and a well disguised alcohol punch, this one can sneak right up on you. not quite as striking to me as born yesterday, but a really nice fresh hop beer, they definitely get the best out of these hops, and i will keep looking forward to this one each fall if they keep it coming...
Feb 06, 2024
 
Rated: 4.25 by seakayak from Massachusetts

Nov 14, 2023
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

4.09/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On tap at The Village Tavern in Geneseo, NY.

This one pours a slightly hazy golden orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like pine and marijuana, orange, mango, tea, and light maltiness.

This might be a touch old, but on draft it’s still quite tasty, with a fresh and zesty bitterness, not too much maltiness, and a really juicey orange, mango, and almost tea-like floral character. There’s also grapefruit and marijuana.

This is light bodied and really drinkable.

I don’t drink enough Lagunitas for how much I really enjoy most beers I have from them.
Mar 17, 2023
 
Rated: 4.04 by dt_gbpackersfan from Missouri

Mar 01, 2023
 
Rated: 3.85 by LoriCrotty from Minnesota

Feb 20, 2023
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Reviewed by mfnmbvp from Illinois

4.05/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
12 oz. bottle, no date. Shocked to see this in the cooler at the local beer store after all this time, sus as hell. 2021 One-Hitter release from Lagunitas. Giving it the review here for the sake of the tick.

Poured to a Piraat snifter.
Nice traditional golden orange body on the pour, finger of frothy white head that doesn't really stick around too long, but leaves some good scattered strands of fluffy lacing.
Surprisingly fresh aroma - fruity, floral, piney, hoppy. Soapy notes of freshly cut mango, oranges, mandarins, papayas, with earthy notes of creamy, caramel malt.
Once again, I'm super pleasantly surprised with how well this beer has held up, especially if it is nearing a year or more in age. Tons of lightly fruity / floral Mosaic hops, with some pine & bitterness from the other varieties present. Flavors of tangerine, mango, & grapefruit are all present. Soft notes of caramel malt, twigs, tea leafs, but nothing like the caramel malt bomb I was expecting. The beer is still oily, hoppy, & fresh tasting.
Super smooth, crisp, clean, & easy-drinking. Piney, resinous, & slightly bitter hop finish.
Overall, I did have this beer when it was fresh, and I'm pretty sure I recall there being much more pungent citrus hops present (flavors of lime & zest) of which there isn't much left, but to be fair, this beer is tasting fabulous if it is truly almost a year or so old (it would be nice if Lagunitas could use standard bottle dating).

Lagunitas Contents Under Fresher -----4/5.
Oct 28, 2022
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.68/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Wasn't sure if this was a rebranding of that super awesome fresh hop beer they used to do (Born Yesterday) or a totally different beer. Looks to me like a different beer using different hops/hop farms than Born Yesterday. Also, its not as good.

Pours a honey color. 3/5" white head. Good clarity. The aroma doesn't have that big fresh hop charge that Born Yesterday did. A bit of malty woodiness, caramel, the Mosaic hops don't jump like they can.

Taste is good, there is plenty of Simcoe here giving that herbal tree bitterness. Sabro is disappointing, none of that pepper edge hoppiness. Citra, sure, light orange presence. Mosaic quantity seems to be very fractional. I get more Simcoe than the other 3 hops combined. The bitterness is good because of it, but the booziness is for sure there. Not really sure about the commercial tug job regarding its juiciness. The amount of Simcoe and west coast ipa dryness in the mouth feel run contrary to that narrative. Self reporting narratives are often just poor historians or projections.

These also seemed to come out much later than the usual hop harvest fresh and wet hopped beers.
Jul 07, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Jul 02, 2022
 
Rated: 4.3 by Beer_Goblin from New York

Jun 30, 2022
 
Rated: 3.85 by NHSTEVE from New Hampshire

Jun 26, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by BuxMontBeerLover from Pennsylvania

May 02, 2022
 
Rated: 3.98 by loganburgh from Michigan

Apr 01, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by mpenske from California

Mar 25, 2022
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Rated by izraelc from New York

4.21/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours semi clear gold. Light foam. Dank hop aroma. Super juicy hop body. Very flavorful. Fades to a medium bitterness. An excellent wet hop ipa.
Feb 21, 2022
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Reviewed by b-ri11 from North Carolina

4.14/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A delicious IPA more flavorful than the flagship Lagunitas IPA but falls waaaay short of Born Yesterday. A fantastic IPA overall but hard to justify for only a 4 pack of 12ozs.
Feb 20, 2022
 
Rated: 4.02 by OtisCampbell007 from Tennessee

Feb 17, 2022
 
Rated: 3.74 by CoasterGuy from Pennsylvania

Feb 16, 2022
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Reviewed by lastmango from Pennsylvania

4.03/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L - Poured a light amber with a one finger white head that lingered. Light lacing.

S - Nose of citrus, tropical fruit and wet grass.

T - Flavors of sweet citrus, tropical fruit, grass. Mild hop bitterness on the finish. Very balanced and drinkable.

F - Medium body with a wetness to it. Light carbonation.

O - Very nice.
Feb 15, 2022
 
Rated: 4.09 by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland

Feb 09, 2022
Contents Under Fresher from Lagunitas Brewing Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 149 ratings