Lagunitas Equinox

I have one for NBS, now I'm not so curious to open it. I didn't like Sumpin Wild at all.

 

Michael,

From the Lagunitas website:

“A creamy, pale oat ale hopped up with a huge charge of Equinox and Simcoe hops for a piney, eucalyptusy, cedary, sprucey, foresty blast. UNLIMITED RELEASE”

The only solely Equinox hopped beer that I have tasted was the Sierra Nevada Equinox IPA. I picked up some cedar in that beer but zero eucalyptus.

It would appear that Lagunitas has a eucalyptus quality; maybe from the combination of Equinox and Simcoe?

Anyhow, my guess is that you are picking up this eucalyptus flavor and you ‘register’ it as medicinal.

Do you find this flavor to be appealing to your palate?

Cheers!

 

I was planning on having mine for NBS too. Did you like it overall? I have found a similar underlying taste to most Lagunitas beers and always assumed it was the yeast strain.

 

You're right, maybe I'll dig it, maybe I won't. I'm going to slay some big beasts today though..(brews I know I dig). I might like it because I am an avid fan of the Simcoe and I really dig "Spruce/Resinous" Hop Profiles.

 

I had this a few days ago, didn't pick up any "spicy/medicinal" flavors at all. I thought it was piney, hoppy, and mighty delicious! Either way, at $4.50/22oz, it's worth a try.

 

I like that you guys plan out your NBS brews ahead of time. I'm so disorganized.

 

Lol, you should see my personal Schedule. It's unreal on how far in advance my thoughts ramble. Yet, I'm a chess player so I take those tactics into reality.

 

Haha that's quite a ringing endorsement. I'm sure I'll at least like it. It's a rare Lagunitas that I did not like at all.

 

IIRC Lagunitas uses hop extract in one or more of their beers. Perhaps that is the common underlying flavor?

I do know at least one small brewery that is totally uses only hop extract for hopping their beers and I've often thought the there was a "house flavor" to their beers that didn't seem to be related to the yeast.

 

Way too sweet for me

 

I play chess also, I'm always about 3 beers ahead of what I'm drinking . I usually have high ambition for the next day but that rarely comes to fruition.

 

I had this a couple of nights ago and really enjoyed it. Nice "hop pop" and the oats added a creamy texture that kicked it up a notch. I'd buy it again.

 

I had this one last night. Solid, but the oats didn't do much other than change the mouthfeel in my opinion.

 

I just had one and didn't really notice much in the way of eucalyptus or medicinal notes, nor a yeasty or estery quality out of the norm for Lagunitas. If anything I found this to be right in their standard wheelhouse, lovely citrus and pine hop bomb, terrifically affordable too. Oats create a full and smooth body and there is a good deal of caramel candy sweetness. I would never think to call this a pale ale (as opposed to a DIPA).

 

more unctuous mouthfeel for sure. i would buy again... i thought it was a very nice drinking beer. balanced, just enough hop bite to be interesting, and a surprisingly dry finish.

excellent little beer.

 

prob my fav new/easy to find beer of 2015. Love the smooth mouth feel the oats give .Im hoping this kick starts a new style of pale ales/ipa's with oats