Lagunitas Cruising with Ruben and The Jets

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Petaluma, California USA

Bottle. Once opened the aroma filled my nostrils instantly. Chocolately, malty and roasted. Wonderful smell. Poured thick and dark with a small, creamy head. Tastes rich and roasted. Definitly worth it.

very dark brown, small creamy head. mellow nose of chocolate caramel and slightly fruity. taste is much more pronounced. more chocolate and caramel creamy maltiness with a little hop bite and dry finish.

Purchased 22-oz bomber from Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a clear dark cola brown brew with a thick beige head that has great retention and lacing. Aroma of smoked caramel and chocolate dark malt, a hint of white pepper, cinnamon, white raisin and some vanilla. Taste is medium to full bodied, flavors of roasted dark malt, some chocolate, vanilla, white pepper and Christmas spice. Finish is semi-dry with a roasted dark malt aftertaste with very little bitterness.

Pour: Bomber into nonic. Dark brown, close to black. Mahogany when backlit. One finger of light tan head. Decent retention, little lacing. Nose: Aromas of milk chocolate, cocoa, cinnamon, and raisin bread. Mouth: Milk chocolate and sweet cream up front. Midpalate is full of black and white pepper, with a tinge of spiciness. Finish is dry and roasty. Not a very robust beer but it hides the alcohol well. Medium body, easy to drink, but hardly flavorful enough to compare with regular stouts, much less imperial ones.

Bomber. Pours a deep dark clear brown with amber highlights and a massive lasting glistening tan head- nice lace. Aroma is spicy peppery and a nice earthy hop character but subtleto go with a good chocoalte malt backbone. Flavor seems a bit weak and strays from a stout character- more psicy phenolic herbal peppery, some hitns of vanilla and harsh herbal hops, yet the body and finish seem pretty smooth overall yet finishes somewhat on the thin side for a big stout. Easy drinking, but not great. Got a wicked headache from drinking this whole bottle though.

(22oz bottle) Small beige head atop cola black body. Aroma is medium sweet, milk chocolate, some pepper, roast, light vanilla. Taste is moderately sweet, milk chocolate, some coffee/roast, light pepper/alcohol. Low carbonation, silky medium body. Alcohol surprisingly well contained, making this quite drinkable.

Taste 2/9 Bottle(bomber). Looks: Dark opaque brown with a good inch of foam. Aroma: Smoke and sweet malt. Taste: Smoky, sweet and a little dry. Drinkable darkness. Alcohol only comes across below the tongue in a sparkle. a bit of stickiness and grape cough syrup. Lagunitas is always good per ounce/per dollar. My screenname is zappafan99...but no extra points for coolness.

Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in McKinney, TX. Pours a dark brown ith tan head. Aroma is smokey, dark roast, some coffee, light chocolate. Flavor is faint smokey, sweet, pepper, dark roast, light chocolate. Mouthfeel is medium body and medium carbonation. Overall, some good stuff.