Maximus
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.31
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Colossal Double IPA
Maximus is our Colossal take on a Double IPA. 9% ABV. Full of Simcoe and Cascade hops balanced against tons of rich malted barley—a bed of smooth malted wheat, biscuity Munich malt, and English Crystal. Maximus’ massive dry-hop bill entertains with spice, floral and berry notes … For the hop heads!
Maximus is our Colossal take on a Double IPA. 9% ABV. Full of Simcoe and Cascade hops balanced against tons of rich malted barley—a bed of smooth malted wheat, biscuity Munich malt, and English Crystal. Maximus’ massive dry-hop bill entertains with spice, floral and berry notes … For the hop heads!
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9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
650 ml bottle. Pours an orange brandy color with medium head. Big fruity aromas of orange candy and toffee. Smooth toffee and malt flavours with orange and light resin. Sweet and bitter after taste. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2013
at 16:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 8/3/2013. Pours moderately cloudy golden orange color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of big grapefruit, lemon zest, pineapple, tangerine, orange zest, floral, pine, light caramel, and floral earthiness. Fantastic aromas with great complexity of hop notes with a moderate malt balance; and great strength. Taste of grapefruit, lemon zest, tangerine, pineapple, orange zest, floral, grass, light pine, light caramel, and floral earthiness. Fair amount of earthy pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, pineapple, floral, light pine, light caramel, and floral earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity of citrus/floral hop flavors with a moderate malt balance; and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a lightly creamy, smooth, and moderately sticky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent DIPA! All around great complexity and balance of hop and moderate malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on the for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2013
at 19:28
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Nice pungent hop aroma, light amber with foamy beige head. Sticky lacing coats the glass. Taste is sharp and tangy, hops, citrus, caramel. Relatively smooth despite the hops and high %ABV, easy drinker. Nice! --- Beer merged from original tick of Maximus Colossal IPA on 06 Jun 2021 at 03:21 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: 12oz bottle from Boise Co-op. Clear amber pour, lasting fluffy head, solid lacing. Malty aroma, caramel, dark bread. Malty flavors up front which quickly give way to dank hops, sweet caramelly malts. No signs of the ABV yet, but I'm sure it will sneak up on me. Sweet, earthy, bitter.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2013
at 19:28