Samuel Adams Latitude 48 Deconstructed IPA - East Kent Goldings

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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12 oz bottle: Aroma has more of the malt characteristics that the other beers. Hops are more grassy and a lightly nutty note. Appearance is a clear amber with a medium white head that lingers. Taste has got more of a rocky taste, buttery, nutty, hops are more subdued malts are there. The hops are bitter and nice. Palate is medium to low carbonation and a linger aftertaste of the hops. Overall, Decent. Cheers!

Poured a clear medium amber with a tall foamy beige head. This one was a slight bit lighter in color than the Zeus. There was a floral aroma with some pitted fruits like plum or apricot. There was a light amount of carbonation bubbles rising up in the glass. There was a very mild hops flavor initially with lots of roasted malt sweetness. The hops comes through again in the mddle with more of a tart mild bite with a good amount of that stone fruit flavor. The fifnish is milder along the English lines. This one also had good head retention and good clingy lacing throughout. A very good smooth refreshing IPA.

Bottle: This version of the L48 has less citrus in the aroma and more earth, much less bitter, and the ending is much less intense.

12oz bottle poured into a Shaker at 40°. Color is a bright golden with light carbonation and a thin tight head. Aroma of wet leaves and grain. Medium body with a smooth mouth feel. Flavor comes in with a rich feel then malt and a wet hay like hop taste, then a flat bitterness. After taste is flat and bitter. Overall this one isn’t as tasty as the other two I’ve tried so far.

Loos the same as the other latitude 48 varietals. Very British. Mellow hops, with some grassy or hay notes. Smooth and mellow throughout. Definitely the most subtle of the bunch.