Lagunitas Maximus

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Petaluma, California USA

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bottle. Tasty balance of sweet malt and bitter hops, though this double IPA leans toward the bitter side. Golden orange body with a nice looking off-white head. The initial pour yielded an aroma that was full of pineapple and orange along with notes of pine, resin and grapefruit. Just a hint of doughy yeast. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and moderately bitter. The finish remains moderately bitter with a moderate amount of acidity. Medium body with lively carbonation. Soft texture that is slightly sticky. Enjoyable.

The beer pours a penny copper amber with a pale white head. The head is mostly lasting. The nose is a strong mix of bitter floral hops and citrus notes. The front of the beer is surprisingly smooth, the middle is where the action begins. The middle of the beer is full of sweet bitter hops the finish is full of floral hoppyness. The after taste is very staying.