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Lagunitas Maximus

Lagunitas Maximus - Imperial/Double IPA

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Petaluma, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
11263.73/5.03.73/5.07.5%76.6Snifter, Tulip
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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%!
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 wilkie (1189), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
May 10, 2008  
Bottle, at the WBF in Raleigh. Copper, beige head. Very nice hop aroma, citrus, pine, and caramel. Flavor is similar, very tasty.


 nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
May 9, 2008  
12 oz. Clear copper with a very small head that tries to persist. Aroma of honey, resin, tea leaf, grapefruit, and slight cocoa. Flavor of earthy tea leaf, honey, evergreen resin, toasty nut, cocoa, and grapefruit. Near the end of the glass, the taste becomes mostly just resin and grapefruit though. Light-medium body is soft and dry.


 Swalden28 (1439), McKinney, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
May 8, 2008  
Bottle, Kegs & Barrels in McKinney, TX. Pours a nice orange copper with off-white head with good retention. Aroma of nice grape fruit. Flavor was sweet with nice hoppy flavor and nice bitterness in the end. Palat is medium-full mouth feel with medium carbonation. Good IPA.


 WickerBrew (312), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 8, 2008  
This was pretty standard for a Double IPA, no big surprises. Its a little unbalanced but I knew it would be going in. By the taste I would have guessed it be a regular IPA, not quite thick and sticky enough to be of the double variety. Up against some of the real DIPAs this seems like water.


 bdigital (585), Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
May 6, 2008  
Bottle: Beautiful copper color with a small lingering white head...decent lacing. Solid nose on this...pretty much a citrus-hop bomb. Some notes of light malts, soft spice tones and candied sugar tend to pop up erratically. Very crisp and biting mouth feel leads to a solid floral and resin hop base with some of the mild citrus (pineapple and orange rind) coming through on the finish along with the light malt. Solid brew, but seems to fall b/t an IPA and a IIPA.


 ReademNwheat (174), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
May 5, 2008  
From a bottle. Pours a capper color. Aromas of piney and citrus hops. More citrusy, piney hops in the taste with some caramel malt. Very dry finish. Good double IPA.


 kidmartinek (972), austin, Texas, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
May 4, 2008  
A yellow tinted caramel beer. Pours with a 2.4 inch head, (yes, 2.4 inch) that just won’t quit. Super bitter, hop aroma. Taste is like pure hop bliss, It’s perfect. It’s a lot, but not too much, and definitely enough. Texture is medium, and full. After taste is bitter, which if you’re drinking this, you know how good it is then.


 yespr (11645), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
May 4, 2008  
22 fl oz bottle, comes as Lagunitas Limited Release IPA Maximus Ale. Pours hazy orange with a huge off-white head. Pinewood needle aroma, dry and quite inviting. Flavour is light acidic pine wood - dry wooden hops note following. Mild sweet caramel malt base appears before the finish. Dry wooden finish. Nice one! Goes great with barbeque.



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