LAGUNITA'S HOP STOOPID IPA @LagunitasBrewCo

Another offering from California’s Lagunitas Brewing Company!  Saw this sexy bomber of Hop Stoopid IPA at Friar Tuck a few months back when GQB7 and I were road trippin!  This is the third offering from Lagunitas I’ve had with the previous being their IPA and Brown Sugah Substitute.  I’m steadily becoming a big fan of this brewery and they’ve even managed to sneak into the cooler at one of the package liquor stores in my home town! 

Style: American Double/ Imperial IPA

%ABV: 8.20

IBU: 102

Brewery: Lagunitas Brewing Company

Price: $10.99

Beer Advocate: 94 Outstanding...truly! 

This was a true west coast IPA.  Hop Stoopid is basically a smooth, heavily hoped masterpiece.  To date I’d say this is one of my favorite double IPAs.  The beer poured smooth with a decent foamy head.  The color was a light to orange amber color.  Right out of the bottle the hop aroma was strong and floral.  Hop Stoopid had a lot of body for a beer boasting a whopping 102 IBUs.  The high hop content masked the strong taste which is common in most double IPAs.  The finish was a pretty bitter dry hop taste and that was awesome!  This beer is sneaky too.  it drinks so smoothly that one could realistically drink a couple bombers before either blacking out or wetting themselves.  Those are the type of things that happen with double IPAs!

Cheers!