Lagunitas Sirius Ale

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

Has a nice orange coppery color, but not much head. Smells strongly of tangerine with some grassy hop bitterness in there as well. Flavor is citrusy again, and more bitter this time. Pleasant creamy mouthfeel. Medium-full bodied. This is not particularly complex or anything, but it has lots of flavor, and I simply love it. To me, it is a double IPA, but I can see why it got lumped together with American strong ales. It’s unique. And I like that.

A big bright orange with a tight sudsy head. Smells like pine and citrus. Have a bitter yet sweet hoppy beginning and finish. While it was called a cream ale on the bottle, I would put it in between an amber ale and a double IPA style wise.

Pours a bright orange color with a thin off-white head that settles down to just about nothing. Aroma is fruity and very floral. The taste is sweet and tangy fruits with spices and some light hopping. Dry in the finish with mild bitterness. This is nice, it’s all a little light considering the abv, but still a good beer.

On draft at Tyler’s, Durham. Fairly anonymous amber pour, glowing and rich hued but without any evident carbonation or liveliness to it. Modest spicy aroma with some hops dominating along with a smidge of zesty fruits. Less malty than some other Lagunitas beers, and it makes for an interesting mingle between the hops and the spice. But overall I found this fairly anonymous.

On tap @ redlight redlight. Pours a haze-free light amber with a small white head. Caramel citrus hops and toasted malts on the nose. Citrus hops and toasted malts, finishes with a nice bitterness. Very smooth mouthfeel, quite drinkable! Nothing off here, caramel and citrus hops are highlighted here and not super bitter for a Lagunitas.

Deep golden colored beer with a foamy off-white head. Spicey nose with some lemon. This is a hop forward beer, with nice citrus/grapefruit notes. Some spice and soap. The bitterness in the finish tends towards grapefruit. Easy summer beer.

Aromas of white chocolate and slight alcohol rise from this copper-gold beer. Not much head. There are three forceful, but separate, components of the flavor profile here: the hoppy bite -- apricot, nectarine, bitters -- then the shortest hints of cream ale, followed by the slick astringent finish. Not very well-balanced, but then again a Special High Gravity Cream Ale is bound to suffer a little from the ambitiousness of the task that lay in making it.

Pours clear copper color with off white head. Aromas of pine and bread. Grapefruit hop flavor and big caramel sweetness. Medium body with average carbonation and a syrupy mouthfeel. Another solid brew from Lagunitas.