Lagunitas Brown Shugga

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Petaluma, California USA

Moderate oat malt aroma. Dark orange color with a small brownish head. Initialy sweet moving to bitter in the finish. Caramel malt tangyness. Very Drinkable barley wine but nothing to spectacular as far as barley wines go.

It poured an opaque brown with a small, tan head. My first impression was a tongue twisting sourness, The malt was there but was overbalanced by the hops. The sweet malt experience, promised by the label, was not there. There were large,floating pieces of sediment in the bottom of the glass. Perhaps I was influenced by my son. After a couple of sips his bomber went down the drain.

22 oz. bottle - pours clear brown with tan head; sweet, sugary aromas with equally sweet flavors; slightly bitter aftertaste

Orange Fiery Glow with Autumn Hues and Off White Ring. Sweet Syrupy Barley and Piney Citrus Notes on the Nose...The Aroma is Amazingly Balanced.. Medium to Heavy Body and Syrupy Mouthfeel. Sweet Almost Creamy Malt Notes, Quickly Being Forced to Compete with Clean, Wet, Citrusy and Piney Hop Notes....Leaving a Sweet but Wet/Dry Aftertaste. Solid but Not Overbearing Hop Taste Stays in Your Mouth. Very Smooth Drinker and although the Aroma was More Balanced Than the Taste, it Proves to be a Very Nice Barleywine and Worthy of Aging.

Hefty sweet malty beer with resiny, thick hop aroma. Clear and dark amber with laces. A whole lotta malt dominates the flavour, that is thick and sweet, is complimented by the nice hopflavour of citrus, grapes and pine. Quite bitter. The palate is very balanced. A nice barley wine that is a bit on the light side..

Not a bad one, good for the holidays. Not as overhopped as many American barleywines, but enough IBUs to combat the intense dark sugar sweetness. Pours dark gold with little to no head, syrupy body with clingy mouthfeel. Treacle, toffee, yeasty bread. And w/ a pleasant punch.

Bottle - shared with Bager, Per, Jannik og Mette. Clear cobber - offwhite head. Brown sugar, barley, dark bread, berries, dried fruits, nice hoppy, citrus, grape, light flowery. A bit too sweet, not powerfull enough.

Bottle. Dark brown in colour with a medium sized offwhite head. Quite mild for a barley wine. Notes of caramel, malt, hops and citrus.