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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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at Harry's Hofbrua. Piney, a bit cloying and bitter. Seems like more alcohol here than advertised, and tastes underattenuated.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2019
at 04:20
7/10
Tried
on 08 Jun 2019
at 22:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours translucent brassy gold with a white had. Aroma is complexly juicy with a dank note. Med body or about. Flavor is juicy. Mostly citrus and mixed tropicals - I pick passion fruit, mango, melon for those. And maybe pineapple. Complex. Juicily undry. Hoppy - almost hitting dank. Bitter in a pleasing, fruity way. Quite an ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2019
at 00:23