Samuel Adams Latitude 48 Deconstructed IPA - East Kent Goldings
Brewed with only East Kent Goldings hops, contributing a mellow bitterness and earthy, floral and apricot notes
3.2
270 reviews
Boston, United States
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Comes off like an English pale ale rather than an IPA. Hops are soft fruits and floral. Not much happening here. Mediocre.
Aroma of burnt hops, taste is burnt, bitter, no at all what I was expecting. Would not try again
My least favorite of the "Deconstructed" offerings.
Too earthy, with a lingering, unpleasant aftertaste.
Bottle: Soft earthy notes, moderate bitterness, a touch of tea leaves, simple, clean. Very faint apricot or peach. Light on the backside, bitterness fades leaving a little bit of hop oil. Enjoyable, nice flavors, low bitterness.
Beer #1 of 6. Golden/copper color. Slushy head, a decent swath of lace.
Aroma is sweet, caramel malts; candi sugars. The hops have an herbal quality. I do catch the apricot that is mentioned on the label; but it’s very subtle. Has a soil-like complexity; dirt. A touch of couch drop?
The taste is a very sharp hop, that has a weed-like quality. Very try and extremely earthy. Touch of black licorice. Bergamot, like Earl Grey tea. The dry spiciness is overwhelming. Very cereal-heavy grain bill, almost like Grape-Nuts. Basement mustiness.
Feels dry, fizzy, prickly. I’m not over the moon about this one, but it’s a solid beer. It’s no joke, and it’s no weak sister. The hops are strictly a bittering accent in this baby, and that’s quite all right.
clear copper color with a thin white head. aroma very light floral hops and malt. Flavor is caramel malt, floral hops, earth, and some pepper.
Dark gold pour mild white head. Little lacing. Aroma mild bitterness, citrus and floral. Taste is mild. Smooth bitterness, some citrus. Maybe apricot. A little malty but good balance. Aftertaste a little off. Overall ok.
Smooth and drinkable, but all I get is blueberry. I don’t get any apricot. Hop flavor Is pronounced, but on the low side. Too much fruit sweetness come into play with this beer.
a bit earthy and i would go further to say a little dead and seemingly muddled with a decent hop profile emitting from that overriding profile. some kind of toffee or caramel that is not at all sweet and a bit of chalk that seems inappropriate. flash of brightness takes one a bit back. not bad some pepper and fruity something or other in a light perfume...Scothchy with perhaps peat? burnt orange.
Poured from bottle into pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a nice amber color with a massive amber tinged head. The head has fantastic retention and last a very long time, with it eventually fading leaving a wonderful level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the beer is a moderate mix of bready and crackery aromas with some hop smells. The hop aromas are of a musty and husky grassy smell with some other aromas of a more herbal and vegetal nature. A little bit of tropical fruit is there is well, helping the aroma, but with the mustiness of the smell, it is a overall bit off putting.
Taste – The taste begins with thick bready and crackery taste with some more herbal and earthy hop flavors. The hops become more musky and dank as the taste advances with a very dirty hop taste being left at the end. From the start there is some sweeter fruit flavors which are later joined by some caramel. These sweet flavors mellow the taste a bit, but due to the dank hop tastes that really surge at the end and some more vegetal flavors that develop as well, on is left with a rather “dirty and musky” flavor to be left on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body is just above on the slightly thicker side with a carbonation level that is on the average side. A thinner body would have subdued some of the very dank flavors better and hence would have likely been better for the flavors of the brew.
Overall – Certainly not one I would take over the traditional latitude 48. The Kent Golding’s are good when blended, but too much of them results in an unbalanced IPA in my opinion.
Pours dark amber with a white thick head. Sweet but bitter apricot ? No pine taste at all.
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Poured from a bottle. Clear golden color, small white head. Rotten fruit and yeast aroma. Medium body with a mild rotten fruit flavor and mild finish.
Aroma of dried apricots, rich lasting head copper color. Amazing taste of dried apricots, creamy feel with a slightly bitter finish.
Completely original hoppy aroma. I can’t place it. Fruit of some sort. Good long lasting head.
Clear golden with a thick white head. Aroma is sharp Annam’s mildly fruity with a bit of citrus. Flavor is very citrusy with a bit of noticeable apricot. A bit thin, no make to speak of. Comes off a bit watery.
12oz bottle from 12 pack. Served in a New Holland tulip pint glass. Copper colored with a dense, persistent, off-white head. Peachy aroma as it warms up to compliment the earthy (like a rich topsoil) notes. Peach, treacle, earthy, grassy flavor. Lingering moderate bitterness. I really enjoy being able to try the single hops versions.
Bottle. Pours clear dark amber with thin off white head. Nose is apricot and ripe tropical fruits. Taste is ripe apricot and earthy.
Bottle, from Deconstructed 12 pack. Pours a deep clear copper color with a thick off white head. Good retention and lacing. Aroma is malt forward; sweet & bready. Taste follows with a bit of an earthy hop presence. Finish is dry & sweet with minimal bitterness. Not bad, but.....
Clear bronze, thin pale head, plenty of lacing. Pine and apricot. Earthy on the finish. Quite dry and not particularly hoppy. As others have said, doesn’t actually taste much like an IPA.
Bottle from the Latitude 48 IPA mixed pack. Pours a solid amber with a small, off white head. The aroma, well it wasn’t a skunk smell, but it did smell like my friend’s, from high school, feet! The taste was toffee and sweet with a mild, bittersweet finish. Really didn’t taste like an IPA, more of an English ale, makes sense with the hops. Get ride of the smell and this would be a real nice ale. Total wine.
Provided from a friend, enjoyed on a gorgeous Wednesday mid summer afternoon during a cool stretch. Appearance is a moderately dark golden brown with a rich and frothy white head that nicely laces to the glass. Aroma is very dry, mostly bready, light bitterness. Taste finishes lightly bitter, definite bready notes, not very IPA like at all, more like an English bitter ale. Not bad though.
I love this idea of taking a good IPA and breaking it down like this. Such a great 12 pack. Pours clear copper with a small white top. Aroma is earthy and apricot. Taste is sharp earthy hop bitterness with a light fruity finish and a caramel back.
Great reddish gold color, crystal clear. Lots going on with the malt side -- cereal, toast, caramel sweetness -- but this beer is about the hop. Earthy, some apricot. Pungent earthy orange rind. Kind of a darker flavor. Some floral. Low to medium resin at this quantity. Great idea for a box, and I’m learning a lot, but this is not my kind of hopping for an IPA.
Bottle. Pours a clear dark gold with a high, pillowy, large-grained off-white head. Nose is a big slug of apricots, wheat toast, and honey. Sweet on the front of the tongue, with more apricots and honey; not much bitterness, though there’s a subtle smoky or ashy note that counterbalances the sweetness. I don’t know that I’d call this an IPA at all, though I like it quite well. Finish is long and honeyed-stone-fruit. Quite good, but not at all stylistically correct.
Orange gold pour, small white head. Aroma is earthy and caramely. Flavor is toasty, floral, fresh, with notes of apricots and grass.
Bottle. Orange pour with a smaller head. Earthy notes and mild citrus. Another solid IPA in the series.
Bottle to English pint. Pours clear golden, two finger head, nice lacing. Aroma of flowers, tropical fruits. Taste solid slightly sweet malt backbone, very subtle earthy, fruity bitterness. Medium body, slightly creamy, medium carbonation. Finishes lightly floral bitter, toasted malts. This would be a great example of a British strong ale. Not bad.
Hazy clear yellow amber , sticky lacing.
Very light, even bitterness throughout.
Toasty, malty.
Smooth and drinkable. Kind of mild on the hops for an IPA. I can taste the apricot notes.
Bottle from wegmans. Pours clear amber with a medium sized white head. The aroma has plenty of pine, grapefruit, citrusy. The taste has a big sweetness, very pith loaded with orange, lemon, and grapefruit. Not as good as 48