Lagunitas Born Yesterday 2018

I have my fingers crossed that the Chicago brewed Born Yesterday will taste the same as the 2016 version. The 2017 version was good but the 2016 version was OUTSTANDING!

Cheers!

 

I have to agree with you. I'm looking forward to it either way, but 2016 was certainly something special.

 

Oh hell yeah!

My favorite IPA.

 

Pumped to get some of this!

 

Has anyone gone to a store and picked up a six-pack, or had it on tap yet? Just wondering about the taste, and what stores are carrying it as of the moment.

 

I saw that this is popping up on store shelves today, so it'll only be a matter of hours before we have a first-impression comparison to years past.

 

Hoping to see this in my area. Didn’t get a drop of Born Again or Founders Harvest, so if we can get 1 of 3 this would be it!

 

What a yummy brew! I'm excite!

 

The Chicago 2016 edition of Born Yesteryday marked history as in my opinion the BEST Nationally Distributed North-Eastern "style" IPA every produced in beer history!

 

I thought it was a west coast pale ale...

 

If you had the 2016 edition from Chicago you would understand why I made that comment. The beer poured out much much hazier, almost murky and had an intensified tropical blast of fruity juices on the aroma and taste that the people on the west coast were not "Fully" getting. In fact the west coast version poured out pretty clear with a drastic difference to the east coast version.

But it's not all about appearance, many including myself found that the east coast version of that beer fell more in line with what many today have come to expect from a Juicy New England style IPA.

Furthermore as a side note, since when are Pale Ales 7+%ABV?

 

Unless you actually had both the east and west coast versions at the same relative freshness, I would be skeptical about your claims based on appearance alone. Murkiness doesn't equal "juicyness", and anyway, the west coast version was far from clear, to my recollection. I agree that it was the best nationally distributed NE style beer ever, and I only had the west coast version. I would even say its my favorite widely available beer ever, of any style.

Either way, I'm greatly looking forward to this year in hopes it is anything like 2016.

 

"Unless you actually had both the east and west coast versions at the same relative freshness, I would be skeptical about your claims based on appearance alone."

I think you overlooked this part from my comment:

"But it's not all about appearance, many including myself found that the east coast version of that beer fell more in line with what many today have come to expect from a Juicy New England style IPA"

 

This and Xocoveza are going to make for a fun October

 

Hopefully it gets here quickly. I remember 2014 and 2015 hitting shelves literally the day after bottling. But then 2016 and 2017 took longer. I think last year's took almost 2 weeks.

 

I absolutely did. My apologies.

 

I recall having them at the same relative freshness. We received a murky version and a "somewhat hazy" version in Boston (at least I was able to find both versions) and the flavor profiles were completely different.

I had the murky version at a bar on draft as well, alongside a Trillium IPA, and it was the only nationally distributed beer I've ever had that tasted similar to their IPAs.

If I look back in the forums I might be able to find my posts, I might have even had pictures.

At 2 weeks it's a drain pour. Cinderella's carriage turns into a pumpkin, going from hazy to clear.

 

Here we go, see below for some pictures of the turbid 2016 version and my comments. The posts start my text is no long bold/italicized. Now let's see if I snagged a picture of the "clear" one. Gimme a minute...

Here's my contribution to this thread in terms of, "Is it a 'New England-style' IPA or not?"

First picture is of Lagunitas Born Yesterday from the bottle obviously. All the bottled beers are in the same lighting.



Next up is The Substance from Bissell Brothers. I assume many consider this a "New England-style" IPA.



And finally, Trillium's Sleep Street IPA.



I apologize, two part post...more images, and a conclusion...

Next up just for fun, two different drafts. One is a Trillium beer, the other is Born Yesterday. Not exactly the same lighting unfortunately. Can you guess which one is which? There's a free Born Yesterday for the winner...just kidding...or am I?





In my opinion, both in appearance and flavor, this is a "New England-style" IPA. And it was awesome. This could absolutely be a game changer if they can distribute beer this quickly to consumers. And most importantly, according to some at least, it is in the "style" that beer geeks love.

 

And the "clear" one, a week after the first picture in my previous post...