Lagunitas Brewing Company LAG Lagunator Lager

LAG Lagunator Lager

 

Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸

  California Common / Steam Beer Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.84
ABV: 7.9% IBU: 42 Ticks: 20
It’s a dry-hopped California Common with a massive malt character, rounded out by a bitter balance from some experimental hops from the Yakima Valley, this beer will leave you saying ‘I’ll be bock!’ He awoke from the time transfer naked, damp, dizzy, disoriented, and alone, except for the bottle of some auburn ale he still clutched in his sweating hand. He looked to the right and then to the left for some kind of shelter. In an instant, a towering figure cast a long shadow over him and he saw a single enormous hand extended his way. All of his synapses crackled as he recognized the massive and terrifying form as that of the Great Brewmaster. He heard a deep voice say, “Come with me if you want to live”. He now knew the bottle in his hand must contain the rare Lagunator and he also knew that he might survive to enjoy it. Experience all the terror and the drama…
 

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at yard house. Pours out amber color topped with a white head. Nose is rich malts caramel notes pine citrus hops kick. Taste is more of the nice malts and hop combo.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2017 at 18:54


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Hazy red brown.
Mix of caramel malt, toffee and aromatic hops.
Good caramel and bread malt up front and then the dry hopped hops move in and I don’t like that.
Good mouthfeel. Only worthy for a try.

Tried on 28 Jun 2017 at 17:28


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bomber from Total Wine Brookfield. Hazy dark amber, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, caramel, dark fruits. The taste is toffee, berries, cherries, grain, caramel. Medium bodied.

Tried on 26 Jun 2017 at 22:45


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at the Balpark Brewfest Hazy Amber full lasting tan head. Amber malts and plenty of fresh potter piney hop flavors. Fairly bitter nice balance

Tried from Draft on 17 Jun 2017 at 16:47


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Overly sweet, mixing caramel and coconut(?) notes with deeper lager esters and a medicinal fade. Heavy duty Lagunitas malts offer a sticky, sweet bun-ish middle, yet the bitterness doesn’t play off the breakfast pastry elements all that well. Dry hopping helps shore up the sugary side, and a citric-dank undertone pops up on the finish. Cat pee and coconut on the nose, pretty dark red color with a healthy head and ample lace. Creamy texture is nice as well. Just a tad too much on the sweet side for me.

Tried on 17 Jun 2017 at 12:20


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

22oz bottle picked up at the state store
Pours clear dark copper with a medium sized off-white head, some lacing. Mild pine and floral, caramel. Mild malts, caramel, floral and pine
Tasty, easy drinking

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2017 at 21:56


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Winco. Beautiful pour, deep amber with a lasting thick, creamy head. Nice malty aroma, grainy. Taste has a gentle sweetness, malty,caramel, toffee, butterscotch. Smooth and silky. Creamy lager goes down smooth.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2017 at 23:22


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bomber from a local grocery. Pours clear copper with a foamy light beige head. Aroma seems moderately fruity. Maybe a bit of slightly roasty malt. Maybe a very light touch of earth. Med body or nearly. Mild carbonation. Flavor is slightly roasty malt with not quite enough hop. Doesn’t seem very dry or very bitter. It’s a pleasant thing. Makes a nice change. Wouldn’t mistake it for Anchor Steam tho.

Tried on 08 Jun 2017 at 19:06


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 5/8/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy cream colored head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, mango, melon, citrus zest, caramel, brown sugar, and brown bread; with light notes of pepper, pine, nuttiness, toast, toffee, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and citrus/fruity hop notes; with good strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, mango, melon, citrus zest, caramel, brown sugar, and brown bread; with light notes of pepper, pine, nuttiness, toast, toffee, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine/grassy/spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, mango, melon, citrus zest, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, light toffee/nuttiness, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and citrus/fruity hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light dryness from lingering bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Very clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.9%. Overall this is a nice hoppy bock style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and citrus/fruity hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. It has the usual Lagunitas hop profile I expected, but it’s not overly bitter or drying; with a nice clean malt profile. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2017 at 20:24


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Brown with light brown head. Malt nose. Good malt profile. Smooth with no noticeable alcohol heat

Tried on 06 Jan 2003 at 12:33