Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Petaluma, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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12 oz bottle. Pours a clear golden yellow with a big white creamy head and great lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, citrus, and some wheat malt. Taste is moderately sweet withe some citrus hop bitterness.

Ar: Zesty orange, lemon, pine, and grapefruit - some caramel, too. Ap: Clear orange with a large off-white head - great retention, and a thick rings and fingers of lacing. T: High, clean bitterness up front - medium-low sweetness, with a light caramel note - lots of hop flavor, with grapefruit, fresh orange, pine, lemon, and tomato plant - finish is cleanly bitter, with some lingering pine and grapefruit notes. P: Medium bod with high carbonation - finish is dry. O: Very good IPA - big, bright hop flavor, a firm, clean bitterness, and a touch of malt to balance things out just a bit.

I think this is actually an American Pale Wheat Ale. Normally, a Wheat ale is not a go-to beer for me, but this one is an exception. I drank one of these without knowing it was a wheat beer, I thought it was an unusual but exceptional I.P.A.. Whatever it is, it’s really good. It has some nice yeast esters in the smell and flavor. It has a variety of fruity flavors and a nice malt backbone: quite unique. Good on ya, LaGunitas.

On tap @CBC13. Clear light amber with white head. Aroma of bread, caramel, citrus, perfume and pine. Taste follows with same notes and finishes with a nice bitterness.

Muy buen aroma para esta IPA. Se perciben las notas características dulzonas, frutas tropicales, piña, coco y principalmente notas citricas y cascara de naranja. Aromas fresco y que denota lupulo y mucho lupulo. En cuanto a su apariencia, color naranja intenso, transparencia importante, carbonatación casi nula, espuma media de escasa retención. En boca suave, equilibrada y algo citrica. Al paladar es una cerveza bien equilibrada. Entra suave y destacan en primera instancia sus sabores frutales, notas cítricas principalmente a zumo de naranja. El dulzor de la malta se percibe en el primer trago, sin embargo al final del trago los lupulos equilibran con su amargor, logrando que nonguno de sus principales sabores destaquen sobre el resto. Sin embargo podriamos haber esperado un amargor mas intenso para una IPA. En resumen una muy buena cerveza, la cual cumple con las características de una buena cerveza IPA. Aromas y sabores frutales pero principalmente cítricos. Muy buen equilibrio entre dulce y amargo, aun que en lo personal, quedando a deber en el uso de los lupulos.

Nice fruity and floral notes. Nice balance in the taste this is a great brew to drink in the summer.

A: slightly hazy yellow with some orange. Thin head; spare lacing Aroma: not much that stuck out Flavor/palate: malty, slight wine feel somehow, bready... ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Delicious, but a little for me to really put my finger on what I specifically liked about it. Just an all around great ale. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours a clear gold with medium white head and decent lacing. Aroma is juicy orange peel dominating with other citrus - apricot, mango, grapefruit - and pine in the background. This smells really great. Taste is a second or two of sweet malts and citrus hops, then into a moderate hop bitterness - a bit more resiny pine here. Bitterness fades in the aftertaste, letting a little sweetness of the malt come through, but this is still a hop-forward brew. Really tasty overall. My kind of summer beer.

This beer shouldn't beer a surprise to anyone that knows the great beer that Lagunitas makes. A text book IPA, readily available all the time that tastes great. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone so go have a DIPA!