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Lagunitas Maximus

Score
9889
OVERALLStyle
Serve in Snifter, Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 1548   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.73   EST. CALORIES: 246   ABV: 8.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
At the height of the heat in the heart of the summer, we felt that the only cure was a raging mouthful of fresh hops and malt. Caution: May remove enamel from teeth. This is Lagunitas IPA pumped up by about 30%!


4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Lagerboy (406) - British Columbia, CANADA - MAY 19, 2012
Clear bright orange yellow, fine rocky white head lasts, leaving definitive stepped lacing. Strong piney citrus hoppy aroma and taste, with a subdued sweet caramel malt background. Average carbonation, medium bodied, moderately hopped. Alcohol well hidden. Dry hoppy finish. Very good. LBW (Lagerboys Be Wary)

3.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
nevets4433 (439) - - MAY 18, 2012
12 oz. bottle from a shaker. Pours a lively, vibrant yellow orange oclor with a small, cola-like tan head. Aroma has a lot of bright hop citrus character. Sweet and astringent. Taste has a lot of nice citrusy hop notes and a very mild, but well balanced caramel malt. Super dry in the finish. Very good DIPA. Not extreme with the hops, but very well balanced.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
boozedude (247) - norwalk, Iowa, USA - MAY 17, 2012
Pours hazy orange..big head...aroma is caramel hopps fruit.. Taste us similar ..awesome taste..well balanced with smooth finish

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Discgolfin (26) - - MAY 15, 2012
Aroma rich bready malt caramel..hidden under big citrus...expected bigger hop aroma. Pours golden amber crystal clear with white head that goes away quickly. Big piny hop flavor with malty richness and alcohol finish..sweeter than expected...balanced toward malt, finish has sweet the lingers in palate.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
jbruner (107) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - MAY 15, 2012
Pours a nice copper with a great two finger head that dissipates and leaves solid lacing. Aroma is citrus and pine, all hops. Taste is also pretty much all hops, a bit of alcohol burn. Nice california DIPA.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
kryon (259) - SWEDEN - MAY 13, 2012
Pours copper with low head. Aromas of caramel malts, brown sugar, toffee, hoppyness of some tropical fruits Very nice palate that starts out sweet almost vanilla fudgy like and moves over to a medium bitter ending. Some oakyness there as well. Really good!

4.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
gplewis1324 (1) - Kansas, USA - MAY 12, 2012 does not count
Lucious, one of the better IPA’s I’ve ever tasted. My wife normally doesn’t care for IPA’s, and she loved this one.

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Etm2287 (1) - - MAY 12, 2012 does not count
Hops don’t overwhelm the flavor. Alcohol is smooth. Light on the palate. Clean finish. Great with spicy food--just had mine with jerk chicken.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
banbeernot (20) - Washington DC, USA - MAY 10, 2012
In a word, Bold. Upon the first sip, you are immediately impressed by the attack of malt and hop. This beer pours amber copper with little head. That should already give you a hint of what’s coming. The finish is not as impressive but overall, this is a great beer.

3.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
jkwalking05 (2017) - Arlington, Texas, USA - MAY 10, 2012
Bright orange in color with a good sized white head. Aroma is of grapefruit, floral, light grass. Taste is of caramel, grapefruit, lemon, light pine.


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