Lagunitas Sonoma Farmhouse Hop Stoopid

Bottle. Fluffy white head rests atop amber-gold. Aroma is piney, grapefruit, and freshly cut grass on a hot day, which also happens to be something with which this beer would go very well. For something at 102 IBUs, allegedly, I expected this beer to be abusively hoppy, but instead it’s pretty well balanced with sweet honey-like malt and the 8% ABV. Pleasant spicy notes bounce around in the flavor as well. Nice and smooth palate, with a fairly low carbonation level, or at least that’s how it seems to me. That’s not necessarily bad. If you’re looking for a nice hop bomb that still has a bit of balance, this is a good one.

A damned fine beer. Clear copper body with a creamy ivory head. Lots of hop in the aroma and a ton of hop in the taste. Simply delicious. Smooth mouthfeel and smooth finish. No issues with the high ABV. Deluxe all the way.

Pours peachy medium amber with a 1-2 finger creamy eggshell head. Aroma is grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, sweet caramel, light pine, strawberry, lemon drop, biscuit, white bread and a little sweeter cereal grain. Flavor is caramel, biscuit, citrus, woody pine, vanilla pudding, lots of sweet malts, some biscuit, blood orange, a light sour malt note, underripe pineapple and bread crust, gets a little sweeter more floral and biscuit-ier as it warms. Palate is medium bodied with a moderate to light carbonation and syrupy, then creamy then oily feel before a slightly dry finish. Good stuff, probably the best Lagunitas brew that I have had, decent as fas as IIPA’s go.

I’ve had this on tap and in the bottle. Keg was much better. Love the juicy hops in the aroma and the taste. A nice compromise on the ABV. In fact, it’s quite perfect in this regard as the lower abv allows it to be less sweet. I had no idea it was an "imperial" the first time I had it.

Super aroma of pine and fruit blossom. Pours clear golden orange with a short off-white head that fades quickly and leaves a coarse lace. Nicely balanced with grapefruit, orange resinous flavors. Bitter finish, good body.

Nice color, Aroma is fair Good bitterness, good balance wish i could get this more often. Lagunitas provides a great line a beers and this is at the top. I love the big beers and this is one of them. The aroma isn’t always there, but maybe I’m not always getting the fresh batch. Fresno is NOT that far away from Lagunitas, and I’m a little upset that we don’t get the full line of all their beers, but thats another story... I do love this beer, but it isn’t perfect, but it’s dang good!

Pours a nice golden orange with a nice head. Smells of fresh hops, grass and honey. Taste is smooth with hops with a little bit of honey, but not real complex. Good IPA, but not spectacular.

pour a golden orange wtih a long lasting white head. Great aroma os grapfruit, pine resin, lemon, and a little biscuit malt. flavor is of grapefruit, pine, and lemony hops, with a little biscuit malt in the finish. mouthfeel is smooth with a nice and dry finnish. overall, for the priuce this is a great DIPA.