IPA
Lagunitas Brewing Company

 

Pours a crystal clear vibrant golden amber from the can (two months old), huge fluffy 3" head, excellent retention and lacing. Hard to find any faults in terms of looks. Nose is orange, grapefruit, and lemon peel; pine and resin; green pepper and some slight astringency. Nose isn't as rich and expressive as, say, Stone IPA, but it still hits the classic West Coast notes (plus a little spice). Taste follows the nose - citrus sweetness (orange, grapefruit) and mild malt and bitterness. Juicy, candied, orange and grapefruit peels dominate. Finish is a little rough around the edges (green pepper). Overall, like the nose, it's most reminiscent of a dialed-down Stone. Mouthfeel is moderate with a touch of softness. As far as mass market pounders go, this is one of the best.

 

Can dated 4/12:
Pours a classic medium golden and clear, ignoring the chill that adds condemnation to the glass on a humid day. A classic citrus pith and pine, with a little more of the latter, comes out even on a cold beer. At this initial lower temperature, the grain cones out as lightly toasted bread crust backed by a husky to piney bitterness, evolving more towards the classic hop flavor. The beer finished in a classically WCIPA fashion at this point.

The beer gets a little bit of rye bread crust in the aroma as it warms, but a larger amount of pine relative to the colder version. The pine also starts to take hold of the flavor profile, and I’m starting to lose any citrus vibe in either attribute a quarter glass into the pour.

Feel is medium, leaning light (even a tad more so considering the state of IPAs today). Upon reaching what I would call a proper temp, the aroma gains a slight floral vibe pairing with grapefruit pith more than pine. Interesting how it seems to have evolved for me today. The taste also turns a bit pithy in the middle while continuing to finish a bit piney.

A nice, pretty much classic IPA that seems just slightly less brash than I recall from the era when this was a new thing to me.

Lagunitas Brewing 'IPA' @ 6.2% , originally tasted on tap @ GCBF'14 , this review from a 650 ml bottle & 500 ml can's
A-pour is a light gold from the tap/bottle/can to a golden amber in the glass with a small size white head leaving a fine spotty lace along the sampler/tulip/Spiegelau
S-piney resin , so west coast
T-big tasting California IPA , decent bitter swallow
MF-ok carbonation , feels full bodied
Ov-good beer (even at a $1.99 / can)
prost LampertLand

 

 

APRIL 2023.
Industrial (non-craft) beer, produced for my European market by Heineken (NED).
It can be found in 35.5 cl bottles and the price fluctuates between €2.60 and €2.90 in local supermarkets (which in these parts are not a sales channel for craft beers).
Sometimes it is more fragrant and gives a greater sense of freshness, sometimes it seems more stale.
Even the vivacity of carbonation is sometimes more lively than others, but on average it has a sufficient fizz.
Not an irresistible scent on the nose in which herbaceous and malt notes are felt.
Deep golden color, almost orange.
Abundant foam: soft but persistent.
Medium/light body.
Partly malty at the beginning with hints of caramel, then hops take over with a fair amount of bitterness.
Main hints of resin, citrus and herbaceous (pine needles).
Dry, fairly bitter.
Sometimes there is a ferrous note.
One of the least worst industrial beers, the intensity (medium, but perceptible even after drinking) of the final bitterness is the thing that most distinguishes it from the other industrial products available on the shelves.
Drinkable, but soulless.

Bottle pour on 04/03/2022.

COLOR: bright amber, quite beautiful in natural sunlight
HEAD: 1 finger of lace with a mix of large and small bubbles which slowly settles into a gentle ring of bubbles along the edges of the glass. I admit this was poured into a Belgian glass.
AROMA: pine predominant with lesser (but balancing!) notes of malt and, faintly, bread
TASTE: a dance of piney hop and classic malt, lighter in mouthfeel but well developed in taste with no off-notes.

OVERALL: drinkable and balanced; less heavy (but in the same vein as) than Bell’s Two-Hearted or Cigar City Jai Alai, but heavier and with a better malt backbone than a typical session IPA.

Drinkable and enjoyable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The taste light almost piney but for me personally. It is the IPA that opened the door to dipas and made me leave American lagers,I always tell people that dont like or have had a bad experience with ipas try Lagunitas IPA to get your pallet use too

Clear gold with a finger of off-white head that quickly settles into a cap and leaves sheets of lacing. Mild aroma of orange and honey. Orange blossom, honey grahams and light piney bitterness in the taste. Medium bodied with tight fizz carbonation. Easy-drinking, but not much else going for it.

 

Purchased a 12 pack at Legacy.
Had this several times and surprised to see than I never rated it.
LOOK: Pours a very clear gold color with a nice snow white head that holds and also leaves some copious side glass lace.
AROMA: Solid hop and malt mix balance stands out. Some floral aromatics and resinous pine hops.
TASTE: Great balance of hops with a malt background. A little bitter.
Drying finish. Really a great IPA.

 

Appearance: Clear golden amber, large off white head, good lacing.
Aroma: Dank. Citrus focused. Resinous.
Taste: Adjunct free. Some pine, some citrus. Earthy.
Mouthfeel: Clean, well carbonated, medium bodied, distinct. Good balance.
Overall: A classic that has not abandoned its roots.

 

Beautiful clear deep golden pour with an abundant clingy head with excellent lacing. Maybe some pine and biscuit malts, nothing outstanding but typical of whats expected of this type of beer. Moderately bitter hop , a resin touch of pine. Very balanced mouthfeel with a nice body and moderate carbonation. This is the classic beer you want after drinking super fruity, hazy IPA's , when your palate wants a solid traditional IPA to satisfy and cleanse the palate. Keep up the tradition, Lagunitas.

 

 

 

 

Served in a plastic cup at 30000 feet by Southwest Airlines.

Brewers Notes: Thanks for choosing to spend the next few minutes with this special homicidally hoppy ale. Savor the moment as the raging hop character engages the Imperial Qualities of the Malt Foundation in mortal combat on the battlefield of your palate!

This is our unique version of an ancient style. A style as old as the ocean trade routes of the last centuries of Great Ships. Not as old as the equator they had to cross twice en route, nor as old as the 10,000 miles or so of Di-Hydrogen Oxide and Sodium upon which they sailed, but older than the Circulithium-4 Lentoid that binds the Lupulin Quartnate onto your taste buds. Weird. Think about it. Now stop. OK, go again. Now stop. Think again. And stop. But we digress. Made with 43 different hops and 65 various malts, this redolent ale will likely float your boat, whatever planet you're on.


45.6 IBU


One finger creamy off white foam cap over a clear copper orange liquid

Aroma is citrus

Taste is orange citrus and pine

Soft gentle bite

Good beer

 

 

 

 

19.2oz can. Stamped on can bottom is '132 2 2 5812 1522'.
Pale amber colored body. Brief one finger off white head, which subsides to thin film cap. Leaves a few spots of lacing.
Aroma is faint, with the standard ingredients of toasted malts and hops which express sweet, slight pine, and slight citrus.
Taste is well balanced between the toasted bready malts and the citrus and the minor pine stickiness of the hops. Moderate level of bitterness. Malt and hops work together in the aftertaste.
Medium mouth feel. Good carbonation.
Nothing in the extreme. Easy to drink and surprisingly crisp. Leaves the mouth in a refreshed situation.

This is an incredibly popular beer, that I have tried numerous of times, yet while scrolling through the American IPA style, I realized I must have never rated it (along with Jai Alai, Blind Pig, and Fresh Squeezed apparently). Bought in San Diego, CA. ~11 for a six-pack of cans. Poured into a pint. Canned 07/20/22, consumed 10/18/22.

A&S: highly carbonated, transparent marigold-colored beer. Its fizzy white head pours half a finger and dissipates quickly to just globs of mist. Not a powerful aroma. Biscuit malts and lemon citrus are present.

T&M: Scary drinkability. Floral and citrus upfront. Some caramel malts. Pine dominates the finish. Not much bitterness, but dry in the finish. Lighter on the palate than most American IPAs. A little more carbonated than most too.

Overall: It's a classic. Nothing mindblowing or unique, just a good drinking, balanced beer. Even though my rating isn't fantastic, I buy this beer (stone IPA, two hearted, etc. you know the classics) a handful of times every year when I want a decent affordable IPA.

On tap.

A - Dark gold pour with a dense layer of foam resting on top.

S - Biscuity malt with citrus and pine.

T - Light malt base dominated with citrus, resiny pine, and a slight bit of pepper. Ends with a nice lingering pine bitterness over top of the malt.

M - Medium body with prickly carbonation and semi-dryness in the back of the mouth.

O - Good old school pinw and citrus. Totally works!

 

 

This is a 12oz. can with an aggressive pour into the 20oz. weizen glass. For starters I have a three fingers of thick foam that is not quite pure white. The ale has an orange tint, the brew is clear with a steady stream of carbonation. The head has settled to one finger, with thick lacing left behind.
The aroma is the IPA pine and sweet citrus., not overly strong but the scent is noticeable from a distance.
The flavor is sweet grapefruit, then a bit dry, with some light hop bitterness. This is a great blend, not too sweet and not too tart.
The feel is somewhat light, this ale is very refreshing and a great nightcap after cutting several trees up on this late August evening. I know I will revisit this IPA! I think if I was an IPA guy, this would be the one!!!