Lagunitas Lucky #13

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Petaluma, California USA

Awesome awesome beer! Pours a semi cloudy amber colour with a huge sticky off white head. Aroma is hoppy. Strong aroma of grapefruit, caramel and lime. Taste is astringent, sort of chewy with big dank hoppy notes. As filling as it is. It is a very clean refreshing beer. Very round on the palate.

Attractive amber color, nice thick white head. Thick aroma of piney hops mainly. The flavor starts out with caramel malty sweetness, but hops come in relatively quickly to dominate. The finish is a well accomplished balancing act of nice malty sweetness, followed up by an increasing hop bitterness, leading to a nice clean finish. The palate lingers quite a while, with the same mix of sweet and bitter. Nice. complex beer. Great example of the style. (Like most Lagunitas, this guy is also very reasonably priced).

Draft. Deep caramel color. Large, 1 finger tan head. Piney hop aroma. Sweet malty flavor. Finish starts out slightly sweet, but ends lightly bitter.

pours deep amber with a light fluffy off-white head. aromas of honey, pine, citrus, and tons of malt and caramel. taste is a busload of hops: spruce, citrus, floral, spicy, you name it. moreso the pine/ spruce hoppiness. decent malt backing with slight honey. long, bitter pine finish. dear lord, do i love lagunitas.

Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, purchased at deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton), savoured on October 10 2008; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, creamy tan head that falls and turns into a tiny ring, a bit of lacing; nose: slightly resinous hops, caramelized malt, orange, light pine; mouth: hops (pine), grapefruit, caramelized malt, medium body, slightly creamy and slick texture, not much carbonation, light astringency, below-average carbonation; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, 8,3 %, achetée chez deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton); œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse fauve crémeuse qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, un peu de dentelle; nez : houblon légèrement résineux, malt caramélisé, orange, léger pin; bouche : houblon (pin), pamplemousse, malt caramélisé, orange, finale en houblon et malt caramélisé, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère, corps moyen, texture légèrement crémeuse et coulante, peu carbonatée, légère astringence, carbonatation sous la moyenne; en résumé : très bien

Reddish amber color. The glass arrived full, so there wasn’t a lot of head present, however as I drank the beer a nice coating of lacing remained all the way down. Nicely aromatic with fresh hops and some sweetness. Taste was a great balance between hop freshness and malty sweetness. The higher ABV was hidden very well. Smooth and creamy going down. Reminded me very much of Terrapin’s Big Hoppy Monster. Exceptionally drinkable and highly recommended.

Suprisingly nice flavors with a malty backbone. Scarlet and Copper tweener.

Slight hazy copper with average tan head. Wonderful aroma of sweet caramel. Wow, big bitter astringent bite that kind of took me back, a dry feel, solid bitter burn all the way down.