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Dogfish Head Lupu-Luau IPA

Dogfish Head Lupu-Luau IPA

Rated 3.200 by BeerPals
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Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery

Milton, DE, United States

Style:  IPA

7.3% Alcohol by Volume

45 International Bittering Units

This is a limited edition beer


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The story of Lupu-Luau began when Sam was hanging outside with coworkers during an overly-sunny day. One present coworker in particular was lacking heavily in the melanin department, to put it lightly. A friendly joke about a total tan aversion led to this legendary comment, “You can say it, Sam, I’m pale as f**k.” The brewer in Sam thought that would make a cool name for a super pale beer. From there the wheels started turning and the iterative R&D process began. Sam set out to make a hazy, overly pale, beer but the test batches weren’t quite there yet. However, during that process, he found out how great coconuts work in an IPA and decided that the new goal was to make an IPA using as much coconut as possible. We started with a combination of Pils malt with flaked barley, rolled oats, and malted and raw wheat to get it all hazy. Then we introduced coconuts three ways by adding toasted coconut, dehydrated coconut water and an experimental hop variety that provides a unique coconut & woody aroma. The result? A lupulin-loaded, coconut-centric ale. Our Lupu-Luau IPA!

ID: 75826 Last updated 4 years ago Added to database 4 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank20117
Overall Percentile62.4
Style Rank2437 of 5756
Style Percentile57.7
Lowest Score3.8
Highest Score3.8
Average Score3.800
Weighted Score3.200
Standard Deviation0.000

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  • CYBERCAT 11711 reviews
    rated 3.8 4 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Pours hazy apricot with a good eggshell head. Aroma features piney hops, tropical and malty notes, a hint of coconut. Flavor gives up zesty tropical and citrus, piney hops, coconut and raw malt. Texture features fairly firm body and jazzy fizz, and a piña colada finish. Distinctive and luscious.

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