Lagunitas Sonoma Farmhouse Hop Stoopid

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

Bomber. Pours with a thin white head that rests on top of a clear amber body. The aroma is sharp grapefruit with a faint floral hint. Flavor is resinous pine, bitter grapefruit, and sweeter pineapple. The beer is more balanced than expected, it isn’t all about hop bitterness ("102 IBU 4 U"). A very solid beer.

Bomber. Pours a transparent orange with lots of carbonation streams rising to the surface and a thin and dense head. Aromas are my very favorite mix of hops: citrus and pine. Flavor is a little off the mark, however. There is a really nice hops presence there, but it is a little underwhelming and there is just too much sweetness in the finish. I thought this was going to be transcendental given the nose... as is, it is just a very decent beer.

Pours a slightly amber gold with thick white head. Aroma is wonderful of citrus hops, slightly floral, pine, and grass. Flavor is very pleasing, but no big surprise compared to aroma. Additional slight sweetness and caramel. Very solid DIPA and very happy that it is readily available and priced so well.

bomber. this ale displays an intense coppery orange color with a frothy and persistent off white head made of tiny little beads. the nose is loaded with citrus and tropical fruits like pineapple mango and grapefruit. very bright and aromatic. hmm... 100+ IBU’s? don’t get me wrong, its fresh, scrumptious, and full of hops, but not terribly bitter. the bottle says they used hop extract to make this. i’ve read extracts result in a less assertive hop profile. the flavor is there, the body is malty sweet and full, the palate is clean and the finish rebounds with a lovely resinous bite. but its not bitter enough. fine frothy lacing clings to the glass. this is a fine beer overall.

Bomber, Pours clear copper with tight off-white head. The aroma is quite hoppy--pineapple mostly, with orange, grapefruit, and some honeyish sweetness. The flavor has plenty of fruitiness, too, both from hops and fermentation. There are some more resinous hop notes and some hints of caramel after the initial fruity hops. Not as much straightforward bitterness as I had expected from "100+ IBUs" but there is a ton of juicy hop flavor. It finishes cleanly and leaves a dusty, hempy aftertaste. Yum.

Color is a deep gold with good carbonation and a nice tight white head. Aroma is a big fresh hop scent. Taste is hoppy and citric. Starting with a bold medium body it goes down with a rich feel. Finish is big with a bright hop taste, a touch of malt and a little bitterness. After taste is a citrus that ligers on the sides of your tongue. This is a well done Imp IPA, very well balanced.

22oz bottle Poured into a tulip glass. Amber/gold body that is perfectly translucent. Tight small bubbles form a creamy head that is thick, sits long, and leaves impressive lacing. Smell is of powerful piny hops. But not much else. Taste up front is strong on the hops, dry,m and piny. Back end of it is sweet and not too hoppy. The hop resin is not as strong as the aroma would make you think. Delicious, fairly balanced for a DIPA, and a great value.

Just had this last night with high expectations. And why did this not meet them? I’m picturing a pretty big IPA with a stoopid amount of hoppiness to it, but that’s not really what I got. A nice beer yes, but I don’t know man, I just wasn’t feeling this on an imperial level. Poured a bright clean orange colour with a small sticky white head. Noticeable sticky lacing. While aroma is dank and hopped with notes of pyne- it doesn’t pull through on the flavour part. Juicey tree bark is what im tasting. I really wish this would have been as astringently hoppy as i was hoping for.