Game Day Beer Review: Lagunitas Brewing A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' American Pale Wheat Ale

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Columnist James, distraught over the prospect of rooting for an AVB-led football team, decides to focus his energies instead on ABV....

Beer: A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' American Pale Wheat Ale

Brewery: Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, California

ABV: 7.5%

Appearance:  Pours honey gold, looks almost like a macro lager, very light gold with voluminous and quickly dissipating head

Smell:  Honey and malt, balanced with light hops and touch of grapefruit

Taste:  Wow!  The smell lightly previews what can only be called a wheat beer IPA.  Pine, citrus and hops balanced by malts and honey - somehow strikes the perfect balance between the lightness  of a wheat with the substance of a serious pale ale.

Mouthfeel: The lightness and carbonation of a wheat with the substance of an ale.

Overall:  Superb!  A fantastic redefinition of a wheat beer striking a perfect balance of wheat crispness and hoppiness.  A-