Lagunitas New DogTown Pale Ale

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Petaluma, California USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Great pale ale. sweet caramel hints in the aroma with a little floral hop. Good smoothness and great finish. little lacing. Good golden color. great brew.

Outstanding citrus/pine aroma. Brilliantly clear gold in color with a thick frothy white head. Succulently juicy flavor of limes, tangerines, sweet toasty malts and some slight melons. Rather full bodied yet crisp with a nice bitter finish. One of the best Pale Ales in the USA!

UPDATED: SEP 29, 2011 Caramely pale malt, lots of bright piney hops.
Better and fresher hop character than most American pale ale’s.

Seriously killer pale ale. Poured with a nice, cream colored head with lots of lace. Color is a clear amber. Aroma is big citrus hop, malt, caramel, grain, fresh cut grass, earthy. Flavor is like aroma, thankfully only a hint of sweetness to offset the hop. Body is great, chewy, great carbonation. Finish is pretty long, like flavor and has a slow taper. No alcohol. Session if gone slow.

Had this on draft at Stubbie’s in Gainesville. Wow! It’s like Hop Stoopid Light. I love the hop profile and it goes down very easy. I don’t think I’ve seen this in the stores by me, but I will definitely start looking for it.

It smells like a lot of tropical fruits. Mangoes, pears, raspberry and some citrus all from the hops...fantastic. I also get a cracker like malt sweetness. I get all of those smells I just described in the taste as well with a sharp citric bitterness mixing in with the cracker sweet malt that mixes in with the sweetness from the hop flavors very well. Medium mouth feel not too light but definitely not heavy by any means. Definitely a pale ale by the way the mouthfeel is. If it was a bit thicker in body this could almost pass for an IPA pretty much. Excellent Pale Ale. One of my favorites for sure.

Bottle @ BrewDog. Golden amber colour, reasonable head. Fruity hop aroma & flavour. Light with citrus aftertaste. Great one.

UPDATED: MAR 18, 2010 incredibly clean hops used in this one. I was getting alll citrus, but fresh orange citrus and no rind or skin peels or grapefruit. Well there was some grapefruit but it was all fresh grapefruit. Clean and refreshing, I could drink a gallon of this stuff and not be full. Very good beer. Don’t know if it’s better than Dogtown though...

Pours rich golden with white head. wonderful aroma with rich pine and citrus as well as a solid malt undertone. Flavor is a beautiful balance of malt, bitterness and hop flavor. Rich, but not lingering with the bitterness cutting though. The medium high carbonation adds to the experience helping the malt come out as well as accentuating the hops. A really great APA and what the style should be about; balance.

Copper-amber with good, creamy beige head / Sharp cut pine and citrus nose / Light to medium body, a touch watery, but with good fruit and hop balance, and fine, sharp and bitter finish / Flavors of cut pine, brown sugar, grapefruit, strawberry (thanks Hoppo!), and vanilla / Could be improved, but a very fine beer.