Lagunitas Freak Out

Formerly brewed at Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Petaluma, California USA

Lagunitas Brewing Company--Freak Out Stereo Ale--2006 Release--22 oz. Bottle--7.30% ABV--40 IBU’s? (4.0 / 5.0) Malt Ale Liquor?--Mild lace head. Slightly hazy bright rich golden color. Mellow floral hop front. Crisp clean mild sweet malt liquor Pils dry sweet mild caramel body. Easy hop spice clean end. Like #10? Sampled 10/30/2006.

Tried at toncatcher’s T3 tasting. Bottle from who else lagunitasfan. Amber yellow color. Lightly hoppy. Easy to drink. Good pizza beer.

Bottle awesome artwork reminds me of posters my uncle had when i was a kid. Pours a golden body with an off white head. Grassy peach with a light dried fruit, caramel notes and a light warming. Pine with a hint of lemon. Nice.

First off, I really enjoyed the Zappa tribute on the label; certainly took me back to the late sixties. This poured a fairly cloudy and dark gold colour underneath a foamy white two-fingered head. The aroma was a nice combination of hops and malt. The taste was much more of hops than malt, with the right amount of bitterness. Mouthfeel was okay, but I did think it was bit on the ’gritty’ side. Finish was a bit on the sweet side; not bad and overall better than I expected, given some of the slagging that Lagunitas beers have taken on another site.

***review from June 18, 2007***

Nice apricot colour with some opaqueness, light carbonation and an average sized offwhite rocky head. So-so retention but suprisingly good bubbly lacing. The aroma is excellent with its aromatic sweet candy grapefruit hops (quite candy-like), canned peaches and lichi nuts and a hint of flowery yumness - one of the better smelling Lagunitas brews. It has a good fresh flavour. Noticable floral hops (?) - very bitter! Yum yum! Some malt and a slight peppermint taste is also detected. I can’t directly taste the alcohol but it’s there. Even though it does taste pretty good it still falls short on interest. Mouthfeel is thick and creamy with an excellent bitter finish.

Beer pours a bright hazy brow when held up the light it appears to be bronze in color a off white fluffy head was produced that had some pretty good retention, this beer looks yummy. Very hoppy aroma as to be expected, grape fruit hops and a caramel malt back bone are making my mouth drool, can’t wait for the first sip. Brew starts off sweet and then finished with a dry bitterness, lots of citusy hops that are almost candy sweet, and a malt flavor that reminds me of leather (in a good way) I would have not say the after taste is tart and I’ve never had that before. This is highly enjoyable it’s pretty much a standard IPA but this is a very high quality one that is well balanced. Review done while watching Canada’s worst handy man."

This was enjoyable. Bottle shared between two. Aroma and taste are pretty balance. Efervescent and crisp. Lots of bubbles and some almost spicey yeasty taste. Nice hops are pretty crisp. Nice.

2006 bottle at the T3. Been sitting on this one a while. Nose is bread, yeast, malt, sweet and honey. Belgian citrus. Amber orange with lots of carbonation. Sticks to the glass. Flavor is not as special as the nose. Bitterness and sweet sugar. Oh well.