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RATINGS: 1485   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.74   EST. CALORIES: 246   ABV: 8.2%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
At the height of the heat in the heart of the summer, we felt that the only cure was a raging mouthful of fresh hops and malt. Caution: May remove enamel from teeth. This is Lagunitas IPA pumped up by about 30%!


3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
aguyintx66 (78) - Humble, USA - MAY 17, 2009
Bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a tan head. Aroma of pine and malt. Has a creamy mouth-feel. Starts a nice sweet taste, then the hops hit. Has a nice bitter pine finish

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
cooplander (32) - - FEB 12, 2012
golden amber color, aroma is sweet citrus pine hops, slight caramel malt, flavor is citrus, pine, caramel, very balanced nice dry finish, I drink this one a lot, very good and not to hard to find

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Habanero (1096) - Tranbjerg, DENMARK - FEB 11, 2012
Bottled. Pours clear amber with a medium sized off-white head. Fai lacing. Clean hop nose of citrus, pine needles and caramel notes. Sweet fruity flavor with grapefruit, pine and caramel. Medium bodied oily texture and soft carbonation. More dry and nice bitter finish. A fresh and enjoyable IPA.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
PacNWDad (60) - Alabama, USA - FEB 4, 2012
Nice amber-copper color. Head dissipates quickly. Very little lace on the side, perhaps due to the large amount of hops. Very floral and piney notes, with some butterscotch. First apparent is the sweetness of the malt. Honey and some licorice. Nice bitter finish from the hops. Solid beer. Not much carbonation. Oily and resiny due to the hops. Very enjoyable beer. It’s really a pleasure to drink and remarkably refreshing given the amount of hops.

3.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
thicksuds (247) - Massachusetts, USA - FEB 4, 2012
Solid pour, lots of suds, smells fruity. Very fruity and sweet, with a nice hop kick and bitter finish. Tastes similar to other lagunitas ipas, abv not detectable. I think this is solid, basically a souped up abv of their standard IPA but very solid for sure. Not quite a top tier dipa but close.

4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
brian60625 (179) - Illinois, USA - FEB 2, 2012
Fresh and non-imposing, meaning it didn’t bomb my tastebuds. It has a heavy-hopped flavor with a nice floral smell and a bit of an abv kick. This was some great stuff.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
arkurzynski (722) - West Bend, Wisconsin, USA - JAN 27, 2012
Amber pour with thick white head. Moderate skunky pine and caramel malt. Sweet caramel malt and some biscuit followed by solid pine bitterness. Lightly dry finish. Solid beer just no wow factor here. Would love to try fresh.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
bkurtz (461) - PERU - JAN 26, 2012
Poured a clear golden with a nice head. Some sweet malts followed by a nice punch of hops with a slight bitter finish. Quite a beer, tasty.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Hansen (4228) - Assentoft, DENMARK - JAN 26, 2012
Dark golden coloured and clear. Has a white head, medium duration. Aroma has malty, sweet notes and heavy hoppy too. Faint citrus, herbs, harmonic. Flavor starts moderate sweet and finish heavy bitter. Dry texture, creamy too. Moderate carbonation.


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