Saturday, April 11, 2009

Lagunitas Hop Stoopid Ale: 23

Taste: 7 Finish: 8 Visual: 3 Aroma: 5
Total: 23

Hop Stoopid clocks in at 102 IBU. This should put it in contention with Arrogant Bastard and a few other excessively hopped brews.

The color is kind of bland. A very plain amber color. But it does have a large head. The aroma is great. Tons of grapefruit and orange. It's perfect.

Wow it's smooth. Yes there is a good hit of bitterness upfront. It's lightly carbonated which helps take some of the bite off of it. The hops make way for some nice grapefruit underneath. And unlike Arrogant Bastard, the finish is very clean.

Overall a nice brew but it's not as complex as I'd like. And I don't taste the 102 IBU. It's much mellower than that.

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