Lupulin Thrill IPA - Bootlegger's Brewery

UCLABrewN84

California

3.74/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75

On tap at Bootlegger's Brewery in Fullerton, CA.

Pours a murky orange with a foamy bone colored head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, citrus fruit, and citrus zest. Taste is much the same with a citrus zest flavor on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with some solid aromas and flavors.

Serving type: on-tap

02-26-2013 00:03:58 | More by UCLABrewN84

DoubleJ

California

3.88/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at Bootlegger's itself, on to the beer:

This IPA has a toasted orange color, decent lace, and fair head retention. Its nose is soft, not pungent as many of the west coast IPA style can get. Soft mangoes come to mind.

What went soft with the nose gets explosive in the taste. It's an explosion of hops, juicy hops, and that malty base isn't overwhelming that it kills off the hops. Medium full bodied, and not very bitter. Turns out to be a very good IPA, just another out of the works from Bootlegger's.

Serving type: on-tap

07-13-2012 22:51:53 | More by DoubleJ

womencantsail

California

3.68/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at Bootlegger's

Pours a light amber color with a white head. Smells like a fairly decent IPA, but lacks the usual punch of a Bootlegger's hoppy beer. Decently fruity with some citrus and citrus peel aromas, definitely a bit of pine, too. A slight bready note to it as well. The flavor has a citric character with some grapefruit flesh and peel notes. A moderate bitterness with some pine and a dry finish.

Serving type: on-tap

01-29-2012 08:37:08 | More by womencantsail