3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 A2kenCdaisyC (16) - Michigan, USA - JAN 2, 2012Pours burnt orange with a nice head, good retention. Aroma is mildly citrus and piny. Hoppy and crisp up front with a creamy mid palate. Finish is perfectly bitter but not over the top. This balanced brew will please the experienced as well as the newbie IPA drinker. Easy drinking for the ABV!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 emartell (158) - Zapopan, Jalisco, MEXICO - MAY 19, 2013
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.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20 Bestbrew1 (45) - Minnesota, USA - MAY 18, 2013
Nice fruity and floral notes. Nice balance in the taste this is a great brew to drink in the summer.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 bugsizzy (35) - USA - MAY 17, 2013
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...
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4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 shrevis (8) - Illinois, USA - MAY 16, 2013 does not count
Delicious, but a little for me to really put my finger on what I specifically liked about it. Just an all around great ale.
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4.2 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 Ericular (226) - Minnesota, USA - MAY 11, 2013
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.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 want1DIPA (7) - - MAY 11, 2013 does not count
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!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 Nejhleader (1057) - Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 11, 2013
Really smooth, has a nice mild pine hop aroma, a good body with a nice spice taste blended in. Nice brew
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 SlackerMads (523) - DENMARK - MAY 10, 2013
Bottle. Clear yellow/orange with a medium sized good lacing white head. Bread, biscuit and caramel in the aroma along with citrus and pine. Taste is light/medium sweet and bitter. Pretty crisp and long lasting fresh mouthfeel ending in a light bitter and dry finish. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Brewdork (56) - Sanford, Florida, USA - MAY 9, 2013
Pours light amber with creamy white head. Great citrusy-hop aroma. Bright hoppy flavor with signature Lagunitas notes. I find a lot of their beers to have similar characteristics, but luckily I like those characteristics.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 KickInChalice (842) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAY 8, 2013
Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a tulip.
A monstrous off-white head fills up the top half of my tulip with an initial pour. I may not have poured it that gently, but the head is proud and robust. A sheet of lace sticks to the glass as the head recedes to a 3 cm froth after a few minutes and leaves more lacing as I drink it. The beer itself is a transparent golden straw color.
The nose is fairly sweet, with honey, wheat, and pale malt notes blending with juicy hop notes, with the sweetness emerging as the victor. The combination gives off a little bit of a cotton candy note.
There is some pale malt sweetness and a bit of honey at the beginning of the sip. Right between the initial malt presence and a tidal wave of hops is a nice, uncut wheat flavor. It is a very nice segue between the malt sweetness and the lightness it entails and the acidity of the juicy hops. From then on, candied grapefruit, lemon, and apricot flavored hops rip through my taste buds. Somehow the hops seem to race for finish line and then stop on a dime for a crisp, clean finish. There is just a bit of residual bitterness that reminds me to take my next sip.
The carbonation is smooth and creamy, with a body that feels light and fluffy but with enough substance for the ABV as well. A nice juicy acidity closes out each sip, but there is not much of a residue after the sip is over.
This is an interesting combination of styles, and one that I would be happy to have a few times over the course of a day.
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