Lagunitas Maximus

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

Pours orange/amber with no bubbles and a medium off-white foamy head. Nice fresh hop aroma with citrus, mango and peach. Pretty salty stuff with a somewhat weak body. Still the flavor is impressive. Tropical fruits emerge and it gets quite juicy. Some tingle in the mouth from the hops. Not the greatest double... but pretty damn good.

Pours a beautiful rusty orange color with a small frothy head. This beer has a strong earthy/piney flavor along with the typical hoppiness IPAs are known for.

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.

Orange body with a large, light orange head. Flavor is intensely hoppy with a nice hint of sweet caramel malt. Nice, fruity aroma is not overwhelmed by the intense hops experienced in the taste.

Surprised to find I hadn’t rated this one. Nice amber color with a medium head. Aroma is very citrus-hop centric with a nice bit of malty sweetness coming through. Flavor is a nice grapefruit/citrus/sweet bready malt combo that works well all around. Nice tingly, hoppy mouthfeel. More like a stronger IPA than a DIPA, but who cares? Similar to Kill Ugly Radio in many ways. Solid DIPA!

Lighter amber color, kind of a vibrant oragne color; only slightly hazey. Lively carbonation with a lasting pale yellow head that stays around and leaves a generous amount of lacing. Aroma is subtle, but complex with hints of citrus. Flavor is sweet citrus (not overpowering) and the bitterness is good, but subdued at first and slowly builds up through the sweetness. The 72.41 IBU doesn’t nail you all at once. The bitterness lingers through the finish and becomes a little dry. Alcohol is very well integrated with only a hint in the flavor toward the end. Gets better and better the more you drink. Lagunitas is another brewery that is quickly gaining my favor! 12 oz bottle (7.5% alcohol), $ from Belmont Party Supply.

FAR sweeter than any IPA or double IPA i have ever tried, with a fair amount of fruitiness.. A great beer, but definately not what I was looking for in the style. An extremely sweet burnt raisin and caramel flavor with a peppery hop bite, but little bitterness, followed with a very pronounced, almost porter-like roastedness.

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.