Lagunitas B3K

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Petaluma, California USA

Bottle. Clear red brown coloured with a beige head. Sweet aroma of malts, hops and pine needles. Sweet flavour of malts, hops and pine needles.

A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet alcoholic combined with notes of malt and caramel, while the flavor is sweet malty with notes of wood and over ripe fruits.

(Bottle 65 cl) Clear mahogany with a reddish hue and a beige head. Hoppy aromatic nose with distinct alcohol. Medium-bodied with notes of roasted malt and sweetish caramel. Rather light, hoppy finish. 030306

Aroma of raisins, plums, cinammon and gingerbread. Appears a ruby brown color with little to no head. Flavor starts sweet and malty, with notes of toffee and molasses. Flavor ends with a big bitter green hoppy finish. Palate is a bit light for a beer of this magnitude, but the alcohol is hidden pretty well. Overall, this a good brew, and it is equal or better than the sum of its parts.

22oz bottle obtained a while back via trade I believe with DarkElf - Thanks! - Pours ruby with a nice creamy tan head that stays pretty well and laces some on the trappist glass that I consumed it in. Aroma is caramel, orange, pineapple, toffee, and a little spice. Flavor begins sweet with some caramel up front and just a touch of toffee, then there is a lot of fruit there. Orange, grapefruit, and even a little pineapple, then some raisin flavor at the end blended with a little pine. Interesting indeed... Palate is medium bodied for a beer this big. Rather soft mouthfeel with a fair amount of carbonation. Easy to drink and no sign of the 11.3% alcohol.. Unique and complex.. I liked this one!

Orange ruby. Cream-colored head settles into a jagged ring. Fruity, but dull, papaya puree and mango aromas. Subtle sherry/oxidation. Fuzzy carbonation. Opens with layers of slickly fruity esters and juicy hops. Lush malt frame delivers sweet notes of bread which retain their softness and continually strengthen the body. Well balanced, but a tad mushy. Hop character reveals a hint of citric acidity, which, along with the faint oxidation, weakens the body. And to worsen things, the undefined esters are amplified by the fuzzy arrangement of flavors. Delicate brush of piney bitterness tightens its clinch for a brief moment, only to be outmatched by the body’s limpness and more flabby fruitiness. Finishes overly tacky and fruity, with a slick base of melon seeds balanced by a soft, yet stable, nutty-malt sweetness. Has an okay malt character, but the overt fruitiness ruins much of the experience. Thanks, beerguy101.

Large, light brown head, rocky with a fair retention and bubbly laceing. A hazy amber colored brew. Nose is of caramel, toffee and a light spiceyness. Med/full body, lightly oily. Big malt flavors are medium sweet, caramelly, chocolatey with hints of raisins and dates. Pine and citrus notes are buried underneath all the malt. Finish is lightly sweet and spicey with some butterscotch showing up as well as a fair amount of alcohol. Thanks for the bottle Cliff !

This was a nice choice for beer #800, thanks a lot for the beer Mitch! This puppy pours a deep copper color with a fairly active fluffy tanned head with a nice degree of lacing if shaken, not stirred. Good lacing around the side of the glass. Aroma is pleasant with citrusy hops, syrupy resins, wood, and vanilla with no alcohol presence in the nose. The flavor is medium to full bodied with a nicely developing malt flavor mixed with a whopping hoppy body. Not a dry hoppiness either, it definitely does not interrupt the malt. Grapefruity, caramel body with hints of vanilla and once again...NO alcohol presence whatsoever...these guys are houdini when it comes to hiding alcohol! Hardly any dryness whatsoever, sweet sweet sweet and a woody aged presence...frickin great!