Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Rotating|
Score
7.33
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An oxymoronic 'Imperial Mild' - A redux to remember the '05 St. Paddy's Day Massacre. Defiant as to style ... The brewer can say for sure it is unforgiven and unrepentant.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Backlog March 2008. Bottle. Reddish amber body under a big, foamy off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, citric hops and alcohol. Taste is very sweet and malty with caramel, some alcohol and rather bitter. Balanced in body but otherwise I feel this beer is a bit messy with just a lot of everything. Too sweet, too boozy and bitterness out of balance.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2025
at 19:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft from Spring Lounge . Poured an orangish brown. Some orange fruit flower scents. Pretty drinkable and alco was ’flaged well.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 00:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Amber in color. Decent head. Very hoppy in aroma, grapefruit and bitter. Taste, also hoppy with grapefruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:31
8/10
RB score 3,74
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2025
at 17:52
6/10
meh. it's a slightly above average ale.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 27 Sep 2020
at 19:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours hearty golden with a thick white head. Aroma of resinous hops. Taste has resinous cascade hop elements, lemongrass. Palate has caramel, spices, grass. Citrusy and refreshing, diesel.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2019
at 02:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at lagunitas tapkabinet. Pours golden amber, nose is caramel, pine, resinous, taste is similar, some lemon, dry finish. 8/3/8/4/15
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Oct 2019
at 07:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Rattle N Hum West. Pours orange brown. Strawberry, caramel, toffee, biscuit, cherry. Medium body. Sweet and fruity without much booze. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2019
at 21:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from QClub at home. Transparent deep ruby-copper pour with sudsy white head. Aroma is heavy biscuit malt and aggressive earthy hop. Sort of like Arrogant Bastard, but less “arrogant”. Taste is sweeter than Arrogant Bastard, boozier too. Has the same big biscuit malt as the aroma, and a good bitter bite. May not be super fresh, or maybe just that slight Lagunitas mustiness. Heavy slightly slick palate. Big boozy biscuit malt bomb. Not bad but wouldn’t get again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2019
at 16:41