Lagunitas Maximus

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

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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12 oz. bottle. Pours a dark copper with virtually no head and minimal lacing. Nose is hoppy; dominated by west coat hops (cascade?). Flavor is pretty boring for an IIPA. Not much going on here...

i imagine this would have been better on tap. amber, aroma was more subdued than expected and quite citric. a little flat, peach nectar texture, hint of white grape, finish of aluminium roofing

Hazy orange beer with a white head. Hoppy floral aroma with a malty caramel sweet background. Malty, light toffee sweet flavor with a fruity hoppyness.

(On bottle)Impressive title, but kind of a quiet drink. Has a good hopping, nice berrÿ/sugarish aroma and a full malty finish, but not enough to be a real kicker.

Small head, no lacing. Smells like... not much, actually - subtle caramel and citrus. Yellow amber color. Lots of malt, hides the booze well. Not very impressed with the hop presence here. Meh. Too thin - goes down like water. Very bitter on the finish but doesn’t linger. Overall disappointing but generally what I expected from Lagunitas. Price is nice though!

My New Years beer.. opened 10 minutes to midnight, finished 30 minutes thereafter. Extremely over hopped, and not in a good way. Matches your Dogfish Head in the extreme hop category, but it was so overpowering that that the subtletry is gone. A little chewy malt, that if you let it sit on your mouth a while an let the hops wash over, you can get. Not thin on the tongue, bridging on chewy. Golden orange/yellow color when poured. Little fizzy, but since this is not a winter beer, it was not what I wanted after-all, I’ll re-visit this after the second bottle, but style-wise, as the D-IPA, it is at least representative. (Bottle Pour 12/31/2007 -1/1/2008)

Bomber. Pours golden amber with small off-white head. Piney hop aroma follows through in flavor. Hop nuggets were actually floating in the beer. Cloying finish.

335ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy bright copper with little head and lace to speak of. Dominant hops on the nose, but not overpowering; kind of lacking I’d say. Very confused in the mouth with a sweet almost wheaty entry but a nice long bitter resiny hop finish. Overall mediocre. Do yourself a favour, drink their Hop Stoopid instead.

On cask at Max’s in Baltimore. Opaque tawny gold with one finger white head. Brilliant nose on this beer. Big citrus and tropical hop aromas. I can identify tangerine, grapefruit, mango and pineapple. Amarillo and Columbus hops? Great nose...unfortunately, the enjoyment ended there. I’m guessing this was the end of the cask or the cask had been mishandled. The beer had a cardboard and soapy flavor. Not enjoyable at all. Some sweet malt and some hop flavors, but they in the background compared to the soap. Bummer.

Semi-clear orangish color with one finger of head with good retention. Smell of citrus with earthy pine. Earthy taste of orange with yeast and grass detectable. Bitter as IPAs usually are but not overbearing. Warm alcohol feel. Good for the style but not to my taste.