Lake King
Big Lake Brewing in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Rotating|
Score
7.03
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Drake (22934) reviewed Lake King from Big Lake Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pint can from Bella's Sioux St. Marie, 7/12/21. Can't find a date on it, but good bet its years old even though I bought it last weekend. Gusher. Hazy orange, large white head. Yeah, smells old. Grapefruit and caramel malt. Taste is grapefruit, dank, resin, pale malt. Juicy. Decent despite the abuse it took from its retailer. I bet Bella's was awesome... on their opening day.
blackflag321 (2817) ticked Lake King from Big Lake Brewing 6 years ago
superspak (10160) reviewed Lake King from Big Lake Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 3/18/2019. Pours slightly hazy medium golden/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, lime, tangerine, red grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, lime, tangerine, red grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, lime, tangerine, red grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/sticky, and fairly crisp/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an awesome IPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Awesome classic Columbus profile. Very vibrant, dank, earthy, and fairly juicy hop complexity; with a great balanced bready malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering crisp resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on West Coast style example. Loved the hop profile as expected.