DayTime - Lagunitas Brewing Company

beagle75

Iowa

4.2/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a tulip pint glass.

A: Clear, pale golden color with over one finger of white foam head. Heavy lacing remains on the glass and diffuse bubbles rise across the column.

S: Juicy grapefruit and lush pine and enjoined into a pungent and classic West Coast hops assault on the nose. More delicate herbaceous qualities and a thread of light toasted malt are also detected. The intense dankness of the smell fades rapidly, revealing the secondary characteristics.

T: Begins dry, with sparse pale malt and metered hop aromatics that include floral, herbaceous, and restrained grapefruit peel. Acidity is mild into the middle where flavors are a bit juicier, carrying through but staying clean in the finish which is noteworthy for its very trace bitterness.

M: Thin to medium viscosity, wet and slightly acidic on the palate, with moderate carbonation.

D/O: This is a fine IPA that drinks effortlessly--one of the best beers in quite a while from Lagunitas. It deviates from the typical Lagunitas blueprint, instead emphasizing some pleasant dry-hopped qualities. It may suggest that Lagunitas just isn't that good at crafting high gravity beers, which is ironic and shameful since they do a lot of it.

Serving type: bottle

09-23-2012 14:06:01 | More by beagle75

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