StereoHopic Vol. 6
Lagunitas Brewing Company

RB transfer

12 oz bottle into a Becher glass.
L: Pours true candy caramel color, not quite clear, with a thin soapy eggshell white head that has OK retention, steady fine carbo bubbles, medium-thick lacing with loose sheets and broken frags.
S: Caramelized malts, fruit bread, honey.
T: Fruity, a hint of hard candy, caramelized malts, brown sugar, citrus, berries, honey, notes of sweet bread, a hint of dried fruits, apricot, pine resin. Caramel malts are a bit sweet and are bready. Has a lightly fruity and gently resinous aftertaste.
F: Gently brisk, moderately smooth medium body with a medium length finish that gently dries.
O: Interestingly not as sugary sweet like many other offerings from this brewery. It has the signature Lagunitas brown sugar approach, great balance, slightly hop frwd with rich malts which return in the finish. It is excellent in its style.

 

 

 

 

Too malty/heavy for me. Reminded me of a DIPA, but nothing stood out.

Found at local grocery outlet $6/6pak. Bottle pour - clear golden straw color with white head leaving scattered frosty lacing. Looks and tastes like a version of their IPA , aroma and flavor are rather muted. Past it's prime but still totally drinkable.

 

12oz bottle. Remarkably clear, with a smooth white head. Danky hop flavor, strong apricot as well. Very smooth for 65 IBU, immensely enjoyable.

This bottle is a little old, but holding strong. Bought at a local supermarket, in a choose your own 6-pack. Really glad my store sold it like that, wouldn't have tried it otherwise.

Great IPA.

Look: Clear, medium gold with a white head.

Smell: Dank and fruity hops.

Taste: Bready, citrus, dank pine resin, apricot.

Feel: Crisp with normal carbonation upfront, leaves a sort of dry, warm mouthfeel.

Overall: Pretty solid IPA!

 

Bottling date 09/13/22

Appearance - Pours clear and golden orange in color with an off-white, finger width head. Decent retention before dying to a thin, broken layer of suds, thickening up around the edge of the glass. Good lacing, with thick rings, blotching, lines and small spotting.

Smell - Aroma is candied orange, cream, apricot and lesser dank.

Taste - Follows the nose. Nice fruity notes of apricot, orange, lesser berry by mid-taste, light peppery spice and a hint of dank. Faint, underlying cream quality. Malts lay beneath with a light, bready flavor. Hint of pith in the finish.

Mouthfeel - Medium-bodied with fair carbonation. Slick, easy drinker with a light, crisp and semi-dry finish.

Overall - Holding steady as this one is nearing the 5 month mark. Nice fruity notes with a somewhat bready backbone. Sorry I missed it when it was in it's prime, but it's still very much a drinker now.

 

Bought a 6-pack bottle $11.29 Tamura's
No bottle date
Smell of pine, apricots
Medium mouthfeel
High carbonation
Taste of pine, lemon, tangerine, citrus, bitterness
Overall a better than average IPA

 

12oz bottle from Boise Co-op. Clear golden, thin silky white head. Fruity aroma, part citrus, part stone fruit. Taste brings forth bready malts, then stone fruit flavors. Tangerine comes in very late. Minor hop bitterness