DayTime - Lagunitas Brewing Company

Brenden

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer is surprisingly light in color, and extremely pale, clear yellow though tinted with gold. It's got a simultaneously fluffy and craggy pure white head that rises to just over one finger, displays good retention, never fading from a thick layer of foam, and leaves craggy patches of lacing.
It smells like ganja. Honestly, this aroma is extremely raw and pretty intense, though not heavy. Lots of leafy and earthy rawness, as well as rind and a bit of spiciness, is displayed in the hops bouquet...
which translates almost precisely to the flavor. That rind really comes through, with lots of pith. There's just a touch of breadiness backing it and adding some balance.
Light-bodied but not weak, this beer offers a mostly crisp mouthfeel without neglecting smoothness, which comes through nicely out of a moderate carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

11-07-2012 12:45:03 | More by Brenden

heytomcat

Minnesota

4/5  rDev -1%

06-18-2013 22:11:48 | More by heytomcat

jaxon53

Connecticut

4/5  rDev -1%

06-15-2013 10:29:04 | More by jaxon53

Kerfluffel

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

06-14-2013 03:39:04 | More by Kerfluffel

JMUbrewz

Virginia

4/5  rDev -1%

06-12-2013 16:39:44 | More by JMUbrewz

dbossman

Nebraska

3.68/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

A: Clear, light golden hue with a large bubbly head and nice lacing

S: Lots of hops up front: pineapple and grapefruit especially; really mostly a lot of citrus aromas with just a touch of sweet maltiness underneath

T: Lots of citrus, grapefruit bitterness up front but nothing really to balance it out, so it's just hops; I like it and it's refreshing but it's missing a backbone

F: Too thin--though crisp and refreshing

O: I like this and it would be a fantastic mowing beer but it is pretty thin and unbalanced but I suppose that's what you are going to get when you have a sub 5% ABV on an IPA

Serving type: bottle

06-11-2013 20:35:24 | More by dbossman

MooseBoose

Wisconsin

2.75/5  rDev -31.9%

06-11-2013 13:28:53 | More by MooseBoose

DeutschesBier

Maryland

4/5  rDev -1%

06-07-2013 14:49:58 | More by DeutschesBier

pisano

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -1%

06-05-2013 12:28:49 | More by pisano

Paccamacca

California

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

06-02-2013 03:32:48 | More by Paccamacca

ajtorres311

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

05-31-2013 20:37:37 | More by ajtorres311

craftbeerasian

Florida

4/5  rDev -1%

05-30-2013 22:16:25 | More by craftbeerasian

Loveyourbeer

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

05-24-2013 21:55:18 | More by Loveyourbeer

Topher78

California

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

05-23-2013 17:43:02 | More by Topher78

likeemdark

California

4.5/5  rDev +11.4%

05-19-2013 19:08:07 | More by likeemdark

Bnoise11

California

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

05-18-2013 23:52:11 | More by Bnoise11

Pelican5

California

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

05-16-2013 07:30:16 | More by Pelican5

jwk7324

California

4/5  rDev -1%

05-16-2013 05:45:44 | More by jwk7324

touchmeimsac

Pennsylvania

4.75/5  rDev +17.6%

05-15-2013 14:16:00 | More by touchmeimsac

jgammoniv

Maine

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

05-14-2013 22:04:44 | More by jgammoniv

HarmonMW

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

05-14-2013 01:37:26 | More by HarmonMW

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -1%

05-12-2013 17:07:50 | More by mikeburd1128

Skunkdrool

California

4.75/5  rDev +17.6%

05-10-2013 19:15:10 | More by Skunkdrool

LarryK

Texas

4.2/5  rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

DayTime packs an absurd amount of flavor and taste for a sub-5.0% ABV beer and gives Stone’s Levitation a run for its money as the most delicious sessionable craft beer in existence. I’ve searched in vain for the hop profile, but I am fairly certain that DayTime is brewed with copious amounts of Citra. In fact, following my second or third time having this delightful brew, I realized what it reminded me of most — Zombie Dust Light, if such a thing existed. DayTime is pure beer-drinking delight, and the only misstep Lagunitas has taken here is the fact that it was issued as a seasonal/limited release. Still waiting for DayTime to get the call to the year-round big leagues; in the meantime will just have to wait for the 2013 iteration this fall.

Serving type: bottle

05-09-2013 18:21:51 | More by LarryK

leftoverburrito

Oregon

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

05-08-2013 02:59:13 | More by leftoverburrito