Passion Grass
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Short's Brewing CompanyPale Ale - American Style / APA Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.52
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A WEST BY MIDWEST ALE BREWED WITH LEMONGRASS AND PASSION FRUIT
This ale was brewed, bottled, and released together in Joint Session with the Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA & Chicago, IL and Short's Brewing, Bellaire, MI. Why? Well, a wise woman once said, “Friends are the family you choose” …It’s good to have friends.
This ale was brewed, bottled, and released together in Joint Session with the Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA & Chicago, IL and Short's Brewing, Bellaire, MI. Why? Well, a wise woman once said, “Friends are the family you choose” …It’s good to have friends.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle thanks to Toby. Pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is big passion fruit notes some tropical bubblegum notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet tropical fruit hops passion mango and a nice end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2018
at 00:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle, 8/22/18. Nearly clear pale amber, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of passionfruit, lemongrass, hay. Taste is citrus, lemongrass, pine, passionfruit, pale malt. Medium bodied, sharp, juicy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2018
at 01:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Straw beer with an off-white head. Passionfruit aroma. Grass and tropical fruit flavor with light grapefruit. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and grass linger with light tropical fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Sep 2018
at 23:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From somewhere: pours clear gold with a white head. Aroma is passionfruit and fleurs. Taste is fruity. Lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Not too complex. Simple.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2018
at 04:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 7/26/2018. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lightly tart/tangy passion fruit, lemongrass, tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of passion fruit, lemongrass, citrus/fruity/tropical hops, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lightly tart/tangy passion fruit, lemongrass, tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, grassy, spicy bitterness; and slight fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy passion fruit, lemongrass, tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of passion fruit, lemongrass, citrus/fruity/tropical hops, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and slightly acidic/resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.6%. Overall this is an excellent fruited session IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of passion fruit, lemongrass, citrus/fruity/tropical hops, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish, not aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Feels like Galaxy hops to complement the passion fruit flavors. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops/fruit; nice pale/wheat malt backbone for the ABV. Minimal residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and great session style example as expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2018
at 01:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
$2.35 bottle, Wine Warehouse. Pours slightly hazy pale gold with a small white head. Aroma is passion fruit, lemongrass, light grapefruit. Flavor is tangy lemongrass, grapefruit peel, passion fruit, wet paper bag. Finishes slightly sour. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2018
at 16:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle sent by Lagunitas for review. The initial pour is nice and spritzy, with a thick, quickly dwindling sudsy head. There is plenty of tropical passion fruit In the nose. I suppose I could claim to catch the lemony note of lemongrass, but I wouldn’t be sure. The taste is an interesting, yet balanced, blend of flavors. The passion fruit gives it a tart note, but then there’s some malt sweetness right alongside. They do not list the hops involved in this brew, but I am thinking there’s some exotic new varietals amplifying the tropical fruit profile. This goes down pretty easily, not just as a pale ale, but as a relative of a Berliner Weiss. It’s light enough to be a main course beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2018
at 04:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours hazy golden, medium white head, dissipates leaving good residual and lacing. Aroma is prominent on passionfruit, hints of grass, citrus. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, lemon, grassy with strong passionfruit notes. Medium body. Perfectly drinkable. Not sure why the hate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2018
at 02:04
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Passion fruit and lemongrass, certainly. Amber pour with ok head. Tangy finish. Even my wife wasn't a fan. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2018
at 23:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle. Honey gold color. Frothy white head. Bright lemon and passionfruit aroma. Tart, crisp, fruity malt flavor. Citrusy and tangy. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2018
at 05:27