Lagunitas Maximus

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

An orange amber color with some sediment in the pour. Decent head with good lacing. Smell is strong citrus and piney notes. That taste as a good bite at the top and quickly is backed with a really sweet malt. The bite remains but there are little aroma hops backing it up. Metallic notes are present but mostly grapefruit and dry finish. Limited balance as the bitterness of the beer takes over but overall a good tasting beer. I would like to see less of a sweeter malt to it and more aroma hops but I really enjoyed this beer.

bottles from Beerlando and Liquid solutions. This one from L.S.
Pours clear amber with a nice offwhite and lasting head in a tulip. Smell is caramel mostly and a slighty hoppy twinge to it, but it is very understated for a double IPA. Perhaps the hops have just faded. Flavors of caramel and tea like hops. Mild bitterness, thin, yet syrupy sweet at times. Decent, I guess, but needs more hops, unless this is an old bottle...

bomber from grape & gourmet. aroma is very hoppy with hints of pine, pistachio, and fruit and almost sweet. the color is a light amber with very good lacing. flavor is impressive with a great balance of hops and malt with a smooth aftertaste. perfect amount of alcohol. overall, a very quality beer.

This is a good IPA..... Right up there with Lost Coast and LaConner in IPA’s from breweries whose name starts with the letter L...... Clear yellow gold color like Apple cider. Aroma of soap, cut grass, white wine and apples. Dry and medium astringent like white wine. Warming mouth that seems to melt away.....Very Nice palate. Flavor fruity up front, then strong piney citrus hops balanced nicely by malt. finshes with pancakes + Jam.

Bomber. Clear mid-orange color. Citrus hop aroma. Great hop flavor of pine, tangerines, and grapefruit. Nice sweet malt backbone complements the hops, great balance. Nothing overwhelms, perfect mouthfeel and great flavor. Good stuff!

1/3/08 @ the Tour @ the Brewery with Bikesandbeer, 8th Brewery of the trip, 1st of 3 of the day. Bomber @ the Brewery. Pours orange with an off white tan ring. Nose was dead on this bottle. Taste is sweet, piney, hoppy and mellow.

Bottle. Caramel orange coloring. Icy, static surface foam. Buttery, hoppy, pear, paint-thinner. Bitterness assaults the tongue and stays prominently present throughout. Tangy, ammonia, nectarine combination . . . a very odd mix. Like drinking a very pleasing household cleaner. Strangely, I like it.

22 oz bottle. Hazy orange pour. Aroma is strong citrus, very grassy. Taste is a nice mix of bitterness and citrus which trails off at the end. Think Great Divide Hercules at 70% strength. Very similar compositions.