Phase Change
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Rotating|
Score
7.06
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SEASONALLY UNEXPECTED WET-HOPPED JUICY ALE
Hops are good, fresh hops are better, wet hops are best. We say 'wet hops' because they have not been dried after harvest. We say 'better' because they possess the fullest expression of hop flavor; vine-fresh. Since harvest only occurs one time a year, achieving year-round wet-hop flavor has become the Holy Grail pursuit of hoppy brewing. Our quest led us to develop a new hop liquification process which Born Again Yesterday first proved damn-near divine. Today we're changing things further: bringing that Seasonally Unexpected wet-hop flavor to an unfiltered, juicy nectar that's somewhere between a solid and a liquid... a Phase Change of sorts.
Hops are good, fresh hops are better, wet hops are best. We say 'wet hops' because they have not been dried after harvest. We say 'better' because they possess the fullest expression of hop flavor; vine-fresh. Since harvest only occurs one time a year, achieving year-round wet-hop flavor has become the Holy Grail pursuit of hoppy brewing. Our quest led us to develop a new hop liquification process which Born Again Yesterday first proved damn-near divine. Today we're changing things further: bringing that Seasonally Unexpected wet-hop flavor to an unfiltered, juicy nectar that's somewhere between a solid and a liquid... a Phase Change of sorts.
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7/10
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2020
at 18:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Systembolaget. Hazy golden/orange with a medium white head. Aroma of citrus, hops, tangerine and mild flowers. The same in the taste. Quite bitter and with a slightly short finish. A decent one.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2020
at 12:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 3/27/20. Hayz amber, thin foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of floral, earth, onion, dank, pale malt. Taste is lemon, lime, earth, pale malt. Some tangerine and passionfruit as well. A bit thin, lingering bitterness. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2020
at 01:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very snappy initial hops. Nelson is what it tastes like on first sip but not sure about that. Fresh indeed. Orange amber pour with good head and lacing. Some lime and some grapefruit. Tangy bitter end. One of the nicer wet hop IPAs I've had. Tall can.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2020
at 01:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a clear gold with a finger of white foam that dissipates. Big citrus and pineapple focused nose with some light alcohol and dank aromas as it warms. More tropical fruit and citrus on the palate. Light and easy drinking for the abv, but the alcohol is a touch noticeable at times. Crisp and clean finish with light pine and dank lingering.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 08 Mar 2020
at 04:14
2.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
Coded 135 9 2, 3802 0503. Typical Laggy bottle. Smells like viscous IPA. Pour is pale with chunks in it. All floating around and shit, but surprisingly still. Head fades to 1/2 inch. First taste is just the most plainly rude straight up ass IPA I've had in a fortnight, it must be imperial. I swear it almost gives me a gag reflex, but not. Come now, how is this not in the IPA style? Too big boozy & bosomed for an APA. Just asking. Pretty soon they are gonna have to make a new style APA wannahbee IPA. Yes, terribly on style with the best of the IPA and many imperial IPA, or should I say double IPA, or should I say double imperial india pale ale? JMHO, there you have it. Yes, this is not an APA, please change the style admin, hehehehhh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2019
at 19:05
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
32oz crowler pours with a nearly clear deep gold body that supports a thin light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up tangelo, clementine, a spike of floral hops and faint mango. The taste delivers juicy clementine and tangelo citrus juiciness as well as tangy tangerine and mango and then mildly bitter grapefruit like hoppiness. Solid IPA with tasty depth and balance.
Tried
from Crowler
on 19 Sep 2019
at 17:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a slight hazy orange with a large white head. Aroma is some peach hops with honeydew melon. Flavor is more honeydew with some honey malt sweetness. Decent hop flavor but nothing over the top. A bit of a high abv for calling this a pale ale.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2019
at 21:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy gold into a shaker. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Dusty mango and citrus aromas. Medium bodied with sweet citrus, dusty yeast and pineapple upfront turning to hot mango peel and pith in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2019
at 01:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Slightly hazy deep gold with a dense white head. Aroma of grapefruit, mango skin, kumquat, bread, light pine. So it tastes. Sweet and fruity - maybe a touch of lime as well - with a finish that's moderately bitter but not very dry. Like other Lagunitas hoppy beers, it's tasty but there is too much alcohol for what it offers (not because of its style designation, but yes, that's silly too).
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2019
at 13:52