Samuel Adams Latitude 48 Deconstructed IPA - Mosaic

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle: The aroma consists of caramel, citrus, and earthy notes. It pours a transparent amber with a two finger off-white head that eventually settles to a thin film. There’s a good amount of sticky webbing left on the sides of the glass. The flavor starts with a quick dose of caramel and light fruit. The finish has moderate grapefruit with just a touch of spice. It’s light-medium bodied with light-moderate carbonation. Overall, I’d say it’s in the middle of the pack as far the other hopped versions. I preferred the Zeus and Simcoe versions.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Giannone, 5/10/13

Aroma: The nose has herbal, pine, and citrus hops, caramel, and toasted bread
Appearance: It pours reddish-orange color with a beige head and heavy, coating lace
Flavor: Tastes lightly sweet, with a bit of fruity flavors, a nice malty presence, and a clean hop finish
Palate: The body is medium, it has average carbonation, and a clean, dry finish on the mouth
Overall Impression: This is a really solid IPA for sure. It’s not an absolutely standout, but it absolutely hit my expectations (and then some). Personally, I enjoyed this one more than the previous recipe.

12oz bottle - pours medium amber with just offwhite head and great lacing. Nose is borderline cat urine and pine. Flavor adds lemon peel. Moderate to strong bitterness. Caramel notes. Solid.

Bottle. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is peaches, malt, hop, pine. Flavour is peaches, malt, hop, pine. OK beer.

Copper, clear, persistent white head. Aroma of honey-sweet malt with some toast, big hop aroma bright and lemony with sweet, fruity tangerine, a little spruce. Flavor is very similar with a little caramel sweetness and fruity, citrusy hops, a little lingering bitterness. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours orange copper with a small white head. Smells of citrus and tropical fruits. Taste is bitter, lightly fruity, and light on the citrus with a solid sweet malt backbone. Medium-bodied with a wet texture and soft mouth-carbonation, Samuel Adams Latitude 48 Mosaic IPA finishes with a soft, gentle bitterness.

Bottle: Bright copper color, modest beige head. Nice aroma of citrus and pine, lightly sweet, but potent with hops. Taste is good, but the maltiness subdues the hop whallop I anticipated from the aroma. Overall a solid offering.

12oz bottle. Crystal clear amber body with large beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange, pine/lemon. Taste is moderatel6y sweet, orange, grapefruit rind, light caramel. Medium body, some resin.

Bottle; poured a nice, slightly dark orange color with a small to medium off white head. Aroma of earth, fruit, citrus, and caramel; definitely a NW aroma. Flavor was smooth and quite drinkable, showing a nice balance and complexity. The NW hop flavor profile shines through, with some balancing notes of caramel and a touch of toffee. Finish is nice and long. Very nice.

12 ounce bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a large off-white head. Good head retention. Aroma of herbal and floral hops with a bit of a tropical note and some pale caramel malts. The taste is floral, herbal, citrus and tropical hops with pale caramel malts. Medium bodied.