Megafauna
Laurelwood Brewing Co. in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.68
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
473mL can. Pours clear pale gold with a white head. Pine, oily resins, and biscuit malt on the nose. Flavour has a nice and oily resin character, biting pine, some grapefruit peels. Big biscuit malt base and a crisp bitter finish. Great DIPA.
Tried
from Can
from
John's Marketplace - SE Powell
on 14 Jul 2026
at 22:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up at PDX, passing through. Medium, clear amber small ring of head. Aroma starts with some pungent hops before giving way to some leathery malts. Taste also starts with the hops, astringent and dank, but some solid malts bind the whole thing together. Lingering bitterness brings the palate back. Potent IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2018
at 00:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft 12 oz pour at Hop and Hound. Glowing orange pour with a thin oily head. Orange fruit and spicy hops aroma. I love an IPA that fights in heavyweight ibu class. Orange and dusty hops. Juicy, with an appropriate bitterness that lingers. Ideal IIPA overall. Punches you good too.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2016
at 16:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Skunky and herbal notes. Clear copper with a decent white head. Caramel and herbal, orange, light Skunky notes. Solid beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2016
at 00:36
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from The Beer Junction
Hazy bright amber and copper color with generous compact head. Very nice aroma of pungent hops, Nelson Sauvin? Soft mouthfeel, a bit of caramel flavor and sweetness but not chewy; plenty of resiny hops, a bit orangey; more caramel in the end. I’d like more crackery malts, but this is also excellent.
Hazy bright amber and copper color with generous compact head. Very nice aroma of pungent hops, Nelson Sauvin? Soft mouthfeel, a bit of caramel flavor and sweetness but not chewy; plenty of resiny hops, a bit orangey; more caramel in the end. I’d like more crackery malts, but this is also excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2016
at 00:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at laurelwood Portland pub. Pours out a crisp golden topped with a white head. Nose is pineapple dank hops and a nice sweetness. Taste is more of the pineapple dank hops and a nice end.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Apr 2015
at 14:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - thanks Chris! Pours clear orange, large off-white head dissipates slowly leaving lots of residual foam and nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is in your face pine, dank forest floor, some passionfruit. Flavor is light plus sweet, medium bitter, not harsh. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel. Not bad, but not top tier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2014
at 16:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
What do we have here, hmmm...a nice lookin’ DIPA from one of my favorite Oregon companies.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a nice hazy golden bronzed orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. The lacing was fairly light but carried a nice smooth glazing around the glass.
The smell started off with some grapefruit in front and then had a sharp spice that I can’t quite right place what exactly that is. I will say that there is a nice onion/garlic thing going on but to me, I like that. It really smells absolutely awesome.
The taste was slightly sweet and bitter and it carried over a nice spice from the garlic/onion I think I got.
On the palate, this one sat right at a medium on the body. I think I wanted to drink it, but found myself sipping it for the most part. ABV seems to be slightly deceiving however, the bitterness for a DIPA is there as it adequately pounds my tongue into submission.
Overall, wow, what a really nice DIPA, no flaws as this is one I super like for what it is and who it came from. I wish I could get it on a regular basis.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a nice hazy golden bronzed orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. The lacing was fairly light but carried a nice smooth glazing around the glass.
The smell started off with some grapefruit in front and then had a sharp spice that I can’t quite right place what exactly that is. I will say that there is a nice onion/garlic thing going on but to me, I like that. It really smells absolutely awesome.
The taste was slightly sweet and bitter and it carried over a nice spice from the garlic/onion I think I got.
On the palate, this one sat right at a medium on the body. I think I wanted to drink it, but found myself sipping it for the most part. ABV seems to be slightly deceiving however, the bitterness for a DIPA is there as it adequately pounds my tongue into submission.
Overall, wow, what a really nice DIPA, no flaws as this is one I super like for what it is and who it came from. I wish I could get it on a regular basis.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2014
at 19:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at weekly tasting. Pours orange gold white head. Nose/taste of grapefruit peel, pineapple juice, caramel malt and tropical fruit. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2014
at 22:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Golden-orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop, peaches, orange. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, peaches, orange, pine, alcohol. Full body. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2014
at 10:07