Lagunitas Cruising with Ruben and The Jets

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

Bottle 65 cl. Opaque dark brown with a dense light brown head. Mashy aroma, nuts and roasted malt. Quite full-bodied with very sweet burned caramel accents, nuts and wood. Very alcoholic finish without much bitterness. More candy water that Imperial stout. 110709

22 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a smal tan head. Roasted malt and light yeasty aroma. Flavour is sweet and fruity. Quite yeasty. Light bitter, roasted malt, caramel and yeasty fruity flavoured. Ends sweet and fruity.

Name: Rubin and the Jets
Date: February 07, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Footset Foreplay Friday
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma, roasted malt, peppery spicyness
Flavor: sweet dark chocolate flavor, lots of peppery spicyness, dark caramel sweetness, light earthness balances it all out

Name: Rubin and the Jets
Date: June 06, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: Green’s
peppery character has faded a bit leaving the rich chocolate and sweet caramel behind,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Murky dull brown. Light dark fruits and a hint of chocolate in the nose. Fairly light. Slightly rank character. Some chile noted but this is thin, going nowhere stuff. Yikes.

(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.

A Mes rate. Bottle BIG thanks to the legend that is HogTownHarry
As I drink this I’m listening to Roxy & Elsewhere. Just thought you should know that. As a result I’m struggling to pay attention to the beer but I’ll try my best. "I need a little more cheapness please..." Ruby black body "I am not a crook" with a good beige head. "I I I I just can’t believe, you are such a fool" Rich malt, lots of chocolate, some bread and some warming alcohol. "Well I’m about to get sick, from watchin’ my tv" chewy and fruity, plenty of boozy goodness, maybe a little too much malt but who cares really when the music is this good? "There’s no way to delay that trouble comin’ everyday"

Love Zappa so much, love Lagunitas for doing these beers.

(22oz bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of cocoa, roasted malt, ashes, white pepper, caramel, and slight vinous. Flavor of roasted malt, cocoa, and some dark fruits with a dry finish.

22oz bottle. Poured a deeper reddish-brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of chocolate, toasted grains, and some white pepperiness. Tastes of chocolate, lighter coffee, some dark fruits the same lighter pepperiness, and some caramel. A littler different and interesting. Some lacing left on the glass.