Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shut-down Ale


















































Lagunitas Brewing Company
Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shut-down Ale
Petaluma, CA
6/20/2010, Victoria Gastropub, 9.7 abv.

Smell

The smell is sweet, piney and citrusy.

Appearance

Deep, clear amber red with a big, fluffy off-white head.

Taste

The taste is spectacular. Starts off with sweet malt flavor, followed by some pine and finishes with a big, clean, grapefruity hop finish with no lingering bitter aftertaste. Very well balanced. The fairly high alcohol is extremely well hidden, in fact, I didn't taste it at all. I felt it, but I didn't taste it.

Quite possibly the best beer I have to date. Thank you Lagunitas.

Comments

This beer goes down dangerously easy. I had 2 at a restaurant and the wife had to drive home. Exercise caution.

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2 comments:

  1. Lagunitas Undercover vs. Pliny the Elder...thoughts? Lagunitas is available here in MD.

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  2. I would go with P the E any time. I was even thinking about demoting Undercover...I bought a 6 pack shortly after the review and was somewhat disappointed. It is much better on tap.

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