3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nice hoppy beer from lagunitas. I have to say that I’m liking the draft beers from Lag way better than their bottled offerings. This one I had bottled and it was just ok. Decently floral IPA that’s not as clean as it could be. Not too crisp, and there’s a skunk to it that I was not too big a fan of. I would buy it again though.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
From a bottle poured brown with a fair amount of head. Nice piney hoppy flavor with a lasting aftertaste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle pours reddish amber with some white head into a tulip. Aroma of an extra load of the typical Lagunitas hop-bomb grapefruit, caramel malts, floral/honey sweetness, bit of pine. Taste is essentially the same as the nose: caramel malts and pine/grapefruit, bit of breadiness, finishing with some floral sweetness and an ever so slight touch of alcohol. Medium to full bodied with light to medium carbonation and a soft, puffy mouthfeel. Good stuff.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JUL 29, 2010 Hoppy, but not overpowering. Sweet finish. Smells delicious and the beer has a deep, but bright, red/orange hue. I drank from a bottle, but I bet it would be better on tap.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JAN 24, 2010 Bomber from Hall’s in Colleyville. Clear orange/amber pour with 1 inch of off-white head that leaves some lacing. Citrus, hay, grass aromas combined with a faint honeysuckle sweetness. Good, short-lasting, citrus/resin bitter with an appropriate level of opposing sweetness. No alcohol presence noted. Like most other Lagunitas beers I’ve had, balance seems to be en vogue. Not a hop-bomb, but a really easy to drink DIPA(?).
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Golden honey in color with a minimal white head. Smells of sweet lemony orange citrus with a slight honey (maybe even molasses) undertone. Starts mildly sweet with a hop finish, but the sweetness balances the hops so the finish is not bitter. Slight alcohol finish on the nose.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours golden orange with a billowy head and heavy lacing. Aroma is fruity and strong, big citric notes with an underlying syrup sweetness. Flavor is similar in progression, though the middle possesses a bitter, somewhat chalky moment. More balanced than the lesser pales of this brewery.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a nice golden / orange color with wonderful white head and then followed with nice lacing. Good overall aroma and strong taste of sweet hops. This one is strong. Great brew.
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