Island Beats
Lagunitas Brewing Company
- From:
- Lagunitas Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #4,663 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #35,987 - Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 14.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 41
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 17, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 21, 2022
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 15
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
This IPA with refreshing juicy citrus notes is a roundtrip ticket to the tropics, accompanied by a tasty soundtrack of freshly-squeezed pineapples, mango, and passion fruit, all carried just by hops. These beats just hit different.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.35/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.35/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
RB transfer
Oct 14, 2025
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.59/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a cloudy yellow color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of tropical fruits. Taste is oranges, pineapple, passion fruit. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer.
Dec 10, 2024
Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy orangish and cloudy. Fine white head. Nice lacing left over. Nose is citrus and so was taste. Good feel like a zesty grapefruit bursting in the mouth.
Sep 01, 2024
Reviewed by Beejay from Virginia
3.34/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.34/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A: pale yellow in color with a white head.
S: light tropical aroma,
T: light in flavor. The hops are clean and tropical, but not overbearing.
M: clean crisp and light
O: overall refreshing, but lacking in flavor a bit.
Jul 27, 2024S: light tropical aroma,
T: light in flavor. The hops are clean and tropical, but not overbearing.
M: clean crisp and light
O: overall refreshing, but lacking in flavor a bit.
Reviewed by burnstar from Pennsylvania
3.34/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pale straw and hazy with minimal head. Smell is mild tropical hops- as advertised- but I'm really just getting pineapple and not very assertive. Taste is a touch of tropical hops. The malt and sweetness is rather low. Not a lot of taste here, but it's okay. Kind of watery. Very drinkable and nicely carbonated. It seems like a good idea to try to take a NEIPA and make it into a lighter sessionable kind of thing. But it doesn't work particularly well here. Although this would be a better alternative to something like Bud Light and the ilk.
Jul 22, 2024
Reviewed by BuxMontBeerLover from Pennsylvania
3.73/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Part of a Lagunitas Variety 12pk
Pours a light, straw yellow color but very hazy. An aggressive, two finger white head that last quite a while. Mostly opaque.
Aromas of tropical fruits like pineapple and mango.
An easy drinking IPA. Flavors of pineapple, mango, lemon with a light hoppy bitterness. A session brew for sure.
Thinner consistency with mild carbonation.
Overall, a perfect IPA to enjoy on a warm spring day here in PA. Outstanding?…no but sometimes an easy drinking IPA is what is called for. Still well crafted and a beer I’d try again…Cheers!
Apr 28, 2024Pours a light, straw yellow color but very hazy. An aggressive, two finger white head that last quite a while. Mostly opaque.
Aromas of tropical fruits like pineapple and mango.
An easy drinking IPA. Flavors of pineapple, mango, lemon with a light hoppy bitterness. A session brew for sure.
Thinner consistency with mild carbonation.
Overall, a perfect IPA to enjoy on a warm spring day here in PA. Outstanding?…no but sometimes an easy drinking IPA is what is called for. Still well crafted and a beer I’d try again…Cheers!
Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas
3.62/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Served on tap in a pint glass
Appearance – The beer is served a moderately hazed yellow amber color with a small head of white foam. The head has a good level of retention, fading over time and leaving a moderate sum of lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is heaviest of a tropical fruit aroma with a good showing of pineapple, mango, and papaya. Along with these aromas comes a decent showing of a bready malt and a moderate amount of tangerine and orange. Rounding it all out are smells of grapefruit and a bit of herb, as well as some light peach aromas.
Taste – The taste begins with a light cracker and biscuit malt flavor paired with a moderate showing of tropical fruits. The tropical fruit are as the nose would suggest with a decent showing of pineapple, mango, passionfruit, and papaya. There are some very light grapefruit and herbal hops upfront, which persist throughout, potentially getting a bit stronger toward the end of the taste transition. Notes of grain and lemon develop at the end, leaving one with a moderately light, tropical, and neutral taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew was on the lighter and thinner side with a carbonation level that was lower. I would have liked a little higher carbonation as it would have paired with the lower abv better, making for a more refreshing and light drinker.
Overall – An OK more sessionable hazy IPA. Decent, but nothing to go out of your way for.
Apr 23, 2024Appearance – The beer is served a moderately hazed yellow amber color with a small head of white foam. The head has a good level of retention, fading over time and leaving a moderate sum of lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is heaviest of a tropical fruit aroma with a good showing of pineapple, mango, and papaya. Along with these aromas comes a decent showing of a bready malt and a moderate amount of tangerine and orange. Rounding it all out are smells of grapefruit and a bit of herb, as well as some light peach aromas.
Taste – The taste begins with a light cracker and biscuit malt flavor paired with a moderate showing of tropical fruits. The tropical fruit are as the nose would suggest with a decent showing of pineapple, mango, passionfruit, and papaya. There are some very light grapefruit and herbal hops upfront, which persist throughout, potentially getting a bit stronger toward the end of the taste transition. Notes of grain and lemon develop at the end, leaving one with a moderately light, tropical, and neutral taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew was on the lighter and thinner side with a carbonation level that was lower. I would have liked a little higher carbonation as it would have paired with the lower abv better, making for a more refreshing and light drinker.
Overall – An OK more sessionable hazy IPA. Decent, but nothing to go out of your way for.
Reviewed by Suds from Missouri
3.23/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
From a twelve ounce can this beer has a light straw color, very hazy and opaque. The head is white and clingy. The aroma is faintly tropical with a touch of citrus peel and pineapple. It isn't as pronounced as I expected, given the name. The taste is similar...some juicy hop flavor but not very pronounced. Balanced. Lighter in body than I'd prefer. It's drinkable, a session beer for sure, but lacks in enough flavor to make it interesting.
Apr 20, 2024
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