Lagunitas Maximus

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

12 oz. pours clear and copper with small head. mild citrus aroma with a bit of caramel. mouthful is bright with citrus and a smooth malt. finnish is crisp with little linger. great ipa.

22 oz bottle. Pours a clear golden-amber color with a slight white head. Aroma is very present, grapefruit/citrus and hops. Flavor is a very fruity, with tart hops and some grapefruit notes. Maximus finishes with a banana flavor and a hoppy aftertaste. One of the fruitiest IPA’s I’ve had, and I mean that in a good way. This is a very complex brew, something I’d recommend without hesitation.

Nice looking beer. Has a very nice head, and a transparent caramel/gold color. The head doesn’t fade away very fast. Very piney aroma. My word this beer is aromatic. There is also a citrus hop aroma that I can smell. I have had a lot of IPAs and I truly believe that this is the only one that I have smelled where the hop aromas are seperated. The other IPAs you have to try very hard to smell the different hops used, but this is obvious. There is also a slight sweet aroma in this beer, bringing out the malty flavour. The citrus hop and the pine hop are coming through in the flavor, and the malty flavour is also there. The hops are everywhere in this beer. It is very good. The beer is not as creamy as I would like it to be, but it is very good. I am surprised by how good this is. Fairly impressed with the hop profile, but the palate is not up to par with everything else.

This beer is exactly what they said. If you have had the Lagunitas IPA before, then this is pretty much a hoppier version of the same beer. It’s malty and sweet, and dangerously drinkable for 8.5%. The hops and malt are pretty evenly matched. The malt finally gives way to the a slightly bitter hops finish. The heavy malt presence reminded me of the Hop Devil.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber with thin head. Wonderful floral aroma of grape, pineapple, spruce and hops. Taste is maltier and a bit caramel-sweet, dryer, but tasty, finish with quite a sting of alcohol.

Bottle pours out an amber topped with a off white cream head. A very nice aroma of citrus hops. Tast more of the hops along with a little sweet caramel. Very nice brew to drink any time.

Good sweet malt, honey, and hops aromas with pineapple notes. Rose orange colors with a whitish head. Flavors are the same as the aroma with a good balance of sweet and bitter. Mild palate. Fruity and sweet with a good hoppy backbone. Very enjoyable and drinkable.

22oz bottle. Clear orange-amber with a small creamy head. Fruity and floral aroma with tobacco, mango, grapefruit. Pretty mellow flavor for a dipa, but drinkable as well. Creamy and citric, with light prolonged bitterness. medium body comes off a little thin for the strength. Small bubbles. Not enough flavor for a double for me, but their regular IPA is more drinkable and comes off as hoppier for me too.