latitude 48 deconstructed

[sjjn]

Anybody see this around the NYC area? I tried a couple of beer distributors on Long Island but no luck. Is this a year-round offering?

 

[Bobby_M]

I've seen it all over NJ. We did a tasting at our last club meeting and it was extremely well received. Each of the single hop beers were better than the Lat48.

 

[sjjn]

I've seen it all over NJ. We did a tasting at our last club meeting and it was extremely well received. Each of the single hop beers were better than the Lat48.

Any where in particular? I have a friend in Clifton (off rte 3) I could ask to pick me up a case.

Thanks

 

[IrregularPulse]

This is a very cool idea. I am a fan of the Latitude.

 

[Chuginator]

I've got a box sitting in my garage and need to get it fridged up for a sampling this weekend. I think this is an extremely cool thing for Sam Adams to do. Great concept, obviously aimed directly at home brewers, and might influence some others to get into it after tasting the differences. Kudos!

 

[RIT_Warrior]

I've seen it all over NJ. We did a tasting at our last club meeting and it was extremely well received. Each of the single hop beers were better than the Lat48.

I've noticed the same, and it has sort of inspired me to have simpler hop bills. I've modified most of my IPA and pale ale recipes so they either have a separate bittering hop and a single flavoring/aroma hop, or simply a single hop throughout.

 

[heferly]

yeah, this was an awesome pack...i'm going to have to buy another (someone drank 2 of the individual hop beers....)

 

[moosetav]

never had the 48 until tonight....very nice. I forgot what it was like to drink an IPA and not get slapped by 920192238 IBUs. Great malt flavors balance the hops well. I'll buy it again. On to the individually hopped beers!

 

[Chuginator]

I'm a little behind, but I finally had a chance to sample this last night. I'm not a professional taster or judge, but my taste buds have experienced hundreds and hundreds of different beers.

Lat48 isn't my favorite IPA, and all of these were a bit too malty for my preference of the style - but it was a joy to try.

Tasting notes are as follows. Wish I had a better "vocabulary," something I'll have to work on. Plus, I started getting congested shortly after starting, so my sniffer wasn't up to snuff.

East Kent: no significant hop aroma, nice moderate-bitter finish.

Hallertau: no significant hop aroma, not excessively bitter, wonderful finish.

Simcoe: citrus/grapefruit aroma, quite bitter.

Zeus: neutral aroma, middle of the road, fairly bitter finish.

Ahtanum: grain aroma? Bitter, piney finish.

Latitude 48: floral aroma, great flavor balance.

My top three picks were Hallertau, East Kent, and Lat48 in that order.

I'd like to see other tasting notes - surely they're more detailed than my poor attempt!

 

[Thefirebuilds]

I am drinking a kent right now. I find the yeast to be the most significant aroma, but there is a definite initial hop bitter when tasting it. the finish is quite sour, and there is a very nice gentle malt flavor that is pretty well disguised in the full fledge lat48. I taste strong lemon flavors, where I consider the full fledged lat to be very grapefruity.

 

[Thefirebuilds]

mm, love the hallertau aroma! This most reminds me of my own brewing activities. It has the smell of a fresh packet of hoppies ready to boil up.

I taste a leafy/grassy flavor, but more like gnawing on a hop vine. The initital "bite" of the beer isn't quite as smooth as the kent and it carefully/subtlety covers the taste of the malt. I find a very "bright" finish. like swimming flavor in my mouth.

while the kent has the taste of the Swedish chef "forgetting" some ingredients (simple, uncomplicated beer) the hallertau very much speak for themselves. I can sense where a lot of the complete lat48 "business" comes from.

both beers struck me very much as "Sam" beers - it is quite their own style.

And I'm a lightweight so I may need to contemplate more tomorrow. Thanks for letting me ruminate oops, and sorry for letting me bump an old thread, I just bought my box end of July after searching most of the summer, and decided tonight would be my exploration night

 

[Thefirebuilds]

aahhhh simcoe, so you are the mysterious keeper of that super bitter grapefruit flavor. It's like straight grapefruit juice. fruity and juicy. and face squirreling sour.

 

[Thefirebuilds]

what psycho path puts these flavors together?!

 

[Thefirebuilds]

zeus - full, robust, lemony flavor. sour aroma and finish.

 

[Stoutman82]

The zeus was rough didn't much care for it. While it was interesting it wasn't for me.

 

[Thefirebuilds]

The zeus was rough didn't much care for it. While it was interesting it wasn't for me.

I definetely couldn't drink a 6 of it. it was the most challenging of the 4 I've tried.

 

[Stoutman82]

I definetely couldn't drink a 6 of it. it was the most challenging of the 4 I've tried.

Yeah most challenging but intresting

 

[IffyG]

I got a 12 pack of this and honestly couldn't tell much of a difference between the 5 single hop version (but I could notice a difference between the regular version and the single hop varieties). Perhaps I have blown out my palette with my Simcoe IPA or I got some mistreated beer...

 

[bovineblitz]

I got a 12 pack of this and honestly couldn't tell much of a difference between the 5 single hop version (but I could notice a difference between the regular version and the single hop varieties). Perhaps I have blown out my palette with my Simcoe IPA or I got some mistreated beer...

Isn't it a little old at this point?

 

[IffyG]

I bought it in May and my roommate and I split 6 bottles at the end of May, then we did it again a last week. They all tasted pretty much the same to me on both go arounds and my roommate said he could barely differentiate them.

 

[Stoutman82]

I bought it in May and my roommate and I split 6 bottles at the end of May, then we did it again a last week. They all tasted pretty much the same to me on both go arounds and my roommate said he could barely differentiate them.

Lol wow I think that's the first time I've heard that about this creation.

 

[IffyG]

That's why it makes me wonder if I got something that was mistreated. The beer stores around here don't take great care of their inventory and it's overpriced, so the turnover is fairly low (which is why I started homebrewing). I figured since I got to it soon after the release it would have been OK, but I bet they found another new and exciting way to ruin beer at the store.

 

[Stoutman82]

That's why it makes me wonder if I got something that was mistreated. The beer stores around here don't take great care of their inventory and it's overpriced, so the turnover is fairly low (which is why I started homebrewing). I figured since I got to it soon after the release it would have been OK, but I bet they found another new and exciting way to ruin beer at the store.

Lol I hear that just like how a unamed store by me was trying to sell a bottle of ******* brew that sat ontop of a cooler where it was hot as can be....wasteful jackasses

 

[Rivenin]

OoooO! i dig this... i wonder how long it'll take them to get it out to oregon

 

[makomachine]

This is a great idea - props to SA! Need to see if I can find in my area as I'm willing to buy just to support the concept frankly! (that, and it's a ready made tasting session)

 

[Stoutman82]

It might be a bit hard to find now it's been out for a month or two at least. But if you can find it your in for an intresting session. I hope sa hopes on doing some more of these.

 

[Thefirebuilds]

I know it's still on the shelves here and there, I bought mine not too long ago (week or two)

 

[BrewMan13]

I had this a while back. I'd say the ahtanum and simcoe were my faves (but I already knew I loved simcoe hops ). Hallertau and EKG were more or less dominated by the malt. Zeus was pretty good as well, #3 for me.

 

[Ernst-Haeckel]

Tried to find it in western Mass today, no luck! I may have to drive down to Springfield to Table and Vine. Dang, if I can find this it sounds like a fun night in the making!

 

[makomachine]

Still had 6 cases at my local shop and picked one up on the way home. Chilling for tomorrow's brew session.