Lucky 13 alt

Well...one thing is obvious, this isn't an altbier. I think this is just a brewers beer. One that fails to fall into any style (at least by my taste).

In the glass this beer is very interesting. I was recently complaining about an experimental IPA that was overly sweet but the sweetness in this beer is welcome..very welcome. It's not sugar sweetness or residual sweetness. I've got it figured but hold up a second..

Aroma is light grapefruit, taste is also light grapefruit on the front that morphs into a middle of tangerine and finishes on that sweetness that is a nice pineapple. Malt weight is hanging in there pretty nicely giving a good body to this beer. I would not call it balanced exactly as it sort of moves around a bit but the effort is there and it's very pleasing.

I've got to say that Lagunitas hits at a very high %on their limited release beers. The bad part is that they are scarce. I really wish I'd bought 10 cases of that Imperial Red a few years back as it was amazing but yeah...they really crank it on they limited brews in my opinion.

No exception here, I like Lucky 13 Alt. It's sweeter than I like in my IPA's and it's lighter than I like in my maltier styles but the pinch of this and dash of that really works for me in this glass whatever style it's supposed to be or gets identified as.

I like it!