Double Agent IPL
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - India Style Rotating|
Score
6.82
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Brewing innovation is about asking "what if?". What if we gave an IPA a new identity and used some of our favorite West Coast hops, with their grapefruit, piney, & tropical fruit character, in a lager? The result is this boldly hoppy & and flavorful brew with the crisp smoothness of a lager. Cheers!
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pour is a nice clean orangish gold with a decent head that dies down almost immediately. Aromas are weak... A little grain dust and a mild hop presence is all I pick up. Flavor is more interesting, but pretty washed out. Caramel malt up front with a bland tropical fruit finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2013
at 18:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a caramel-orange color with a large foamy orange-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sweetish caramel, pine and a bit of dish soap. The flavor was tangy sour caramel, moderate pine and a touch of perfume. Medium length pine and perfume finish. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2013
at 16:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Sparrow, 2/24/13
Aroma: It has a clean grassy nose, some citrus zest, and some pine hops too
Appearance: Pours a clear golden-orange color with a small head that leaves coating lace
Flavor: The taste is nice and clean, with some light sweetness and a nice, clean hop finish
Palate: This one has lots of drinkability, it is tingly, clean and soft, with a smooth, dry finish
Overall Impression: I was fairly impressed by this one. It is a quite nice beer. This one is very clean and has a nice, crisp hoppiness to it. Good idea, good execution. Quite sessionable.
Aroma: It has a clean grassy nose, some citrus zest, and some pine hops too
Appearance: Pours a clear golden-orange color with a small head that leaves coating lace
Flavor: The taste is nice and clean, with some light sweetness and a nice, clean hop finish
Palate: This one has lots of drinkability, it is tingly, clean and soft, with a smooth, dry finish
Overall Impression: I was fairly impressed by this one. It is a quite nice beer. This one is very clean and has a nice, crisp hoppiness to it. Good idea, good execution. Quite sessionable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2013
at 16:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle from the spring variety pack. Pours slightly hazy copper with a medium off-white head with good retention and lace. Aroma is doughy, floral. Taste is bitter with some sour in the finish (along with more lingering bitterness). Nice and hoppy. Creamy mouthfeel, high carbonation. Crisp and refreshing. Not bad at all, although not near as good as New Belgium’s Shift when it comes to hoppy lagers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2013
at 17:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Filtered, quite pale orange-tan. Fast rising, factory carbonation bubbles. Thin, soapy residue of a head. A pretty enjoyable offering, has a nice pronounced hop character which gets to shine above the muted caramel and golden malt backbone. A tasty beverage all the way, just not impressive visually in most all respects.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2013
at 23:07