A Little Sumpin' Wild Ale
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.35
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A higher gravity seasonal version of the year-round Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale. It’s made with Westmalle Trappist yeast that creates those curious phenolic off-flavors that are freakin’ everyone out these days. Massively dosed with boatloads of wheat and pale malt and finishes with a big, hoppy ending.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Gold with an off-white head. High bead. Aroma of citrus, pine, wheat, dough, pears, cut flowers. Sweet with caramel, pears, tropical fruit and light biscuit, doughy yeast, window cleaner, citrus, a little spice. Bitter finish is piney and spicey. Alcohol pokes out a bit much at the end. A _little_ more Belgian-accented than Hop Stoopid I suppose and that punchy spice is recognisably Westmalle, but I don’t see how one could mistake this for a BSA. The sweetness is softened by the yeastiness, but not enough. Still, a tasty and rather charming drop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2011
at 05:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Mekong on 09/30/2010. Clear golden body with a medium frothy off-white head. Big resiny, piney hop aroma with some floral notes. Big resiny and fruity flavor with some light spicy character and caramel. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2011
at 10:23
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate to light light heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, grass, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110223]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2011
at 23:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A golden translucent ale with a thin creamy off white head. In aroma, nice caramel butter with floral hops, meaty and smooth. In mouth, an oily spiced up malt with mentolated hops, smooth berry notes, like a fruity DIPA, pink grapefruits. Bottled at ROC Empire Brewfest, Feb. 19 2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2011
at 18:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
bottle at papsø clear yellow, smooth white head. spicy aroma, belgia yeast spices, sweet malts, spicy fruits, spices resemble those in apple pie, also flowers, exotic flowers. flavor is hops, flowery hops ,fruits , mild spices, belgia feel to it all, quite sweet malty, and quite flowery hoppy though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2011
at 08:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
75 cL bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and slight citrusy. Light spiced. Dry hoppy, caramelish and peachy. Slight grapefruity. Ends dry and hoppy, light spiced. Bitter and dry peachy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2011
at 11:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of RCL. Pours a clear golden with a creamy off-white head. Very fresh citrusy and piney hops. Medium body, sweet fruit, lots of pine and yeast with a somewhat astringent and quinine-like finish. 230211
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2011
at 11:50
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bomber poured into tumbler. Pours a faintly hazy golden with a medium off-white head with great retention; leaves some neat lacework. Aroma is very IPA-ish with pine and grapefruit dominant; there’s also some bready character here. Taste is bittersweet and funky. I taste cheese and apples. Carbonation is medium high, mouthfeel is creamy, body is medium-full. A tasty, yet very odd beer. When I bought this, I thought it was going to be a sour/wild ale, considering the name. It turned out to be a weird American IPA-Belgian hybrid. Not what I was expecting, but still good.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2011
at 18:31
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Best beer of the night at Swingbridge grand re-opening. Bright golden color, large off white head. Aroma of citrus and pineapple. Taste is floral, pine, citrus, slight dust and a very subtle and soft sourness. Excellent.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2011
at 21:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Whole grapefruit and rosehip aroma. Clear amber, thick lacing head. Full bodied and well hopped. Sweet rosehip and grapefruit flavor. A little too sweet for my taste. Devoid of Belgian characteristics, drinks like a sweet DIPA.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2011
at 15:10