Lagunitas Brewing Company Hazicus Maximus

Hazicus Maximus

 

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

  IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating
Score
7.18
ABV: 9.0% IBU: - Ticks: 15
This colossally hazy IPA has big juicy grapefruit bursts with hints of orange sherbet and ripe stone fruit flavors, all balanced by a touch of resinous terps from our pals at Abstrax.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Hazy dark gold pour with a small white head. Aaron's is grapefruit, pine. Initial taste is grapefruit, pine, sweet citrus. Fades to a very mild bitterness. Medium body and carbonation that bites just a bit. Nothing crazy. Enjoyable!

Tried from Can on 09 Nov 2025 at 03:14


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

Can. Slightly hazy amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit aroma. Tropical fruit and light pine flavor with grapefruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and tropical fruit linger.

Tried on 09 Sep 2025 at 19:34


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Pours hazy yellow with a one finger off white head. The aroma is of piney and citrusy hops. The dank flavor has pine, citrus, and pale malt. Good brew.

Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - Lima Rd on 31 Aug 2025 at 04:23


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7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Are almost are lots of grapefruit and MJ with some malt. Flavors are similar to nose and on the sweet side. A little too sweet for me. Carbonation helps cut the sweet but not enough.

Tried from Can from La Crosse People's Food Co-op on 13 Aug 2025 at 01:13


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7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Can from Nugget Market in Woodland, CA. Pours slightly hazy gold with a small white head. Aroma suggests dank resin and guava. Med plus body. Juicy but not very sweet. Bitter for sure with dank resin, grapefruit, and a light touch of guava. Some melon. Excellent flavor.

Tried from Can from Nugget Market - Woodland on 04 Aug 2025 at 23:27

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5.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

12 oz. can from Publix. Pours a hazy deep gold color with a khaki head and very good retention. Good lacing. Grapefruit juice aroma. A little grapefruit flavor that's quickly washed away by the 9.0% ABV finish. For a hazy IPA, the flavor is more chemical versus juicy. Is that from the terpenes? Orange sherbert and stonefruit notes? No! At least the 65 IBUs are more hidden than I expected. Medium body. Oily texture. Medium-light carbonation. Moderate bitterness. Tick.

Tried from Can on 13 Jul 2025 at 21:47

gave a cheers!

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

19.2 ounce tall boy can from Spirits Unlimited in Manahawken, NJ. Hazy orange gold pour. Fluffy white head. Aromas of dank citrus and pine. Notes of grapefruit, pineapple and apricot. Flavor mirrors nose. Dank citrus, juicy fruits and sticky pine. Remarkably smooth and easy-drinking for 9% ABV. Interesting.

Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2025 at 03:54

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

19.2 ounce can from Festival Green Bay west, 5/30/25. Hazy orange, large white head, average retention. Aroma of melon, grapefruit, hay. Taste is grapefruit, melon, orange, passionfruit, pale malt. Juicy, no booze, no bitterness.

Tried from Can from Festival Foods - Green Bay (West) on 30 May 2025 at 05:40


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Gotta say, Lagunitas Maximus is my go-to IPA, usually available and a fine beer. Now I have the hazy version to try thanks to the people at Half Time. 12 oz can opened and going inside of my Cowtown snifter. I view a semi-hazy, amber-orange liquid that carries a decent head of completely white foam. The scent is citrus, hops and the promise of tropical fruit. I take a drink. Pineapple, subdued grapefruit, hops of course, melon and enough dankness to register, all nice. The sensation is one of fullness, rather dense, also nice. Significantly sweet, slightly bitter. Glad to have this one.

Tried from Can from Half Time on 03 May 2025 at 22:17

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Very resinous and dank with a heavy orange marmalade undercurrent. Sweet, and the weed notes come on too strong, but quite drinkable for such a big beer.

Tried from Can on 02 May 2025 at 01:06

gave a cheers!