Lagunitas Lagunator

Found this on draft in Calistoga. Not sure if it was mislabeled or if there happend to be an old keg around. A big american pale ale, dark copper, great lacing, but a bitter and harsh finish.

the only ting this brew lacked was a refined mouthfeel otherwise wowo!!!!!!!. Pours a lovely dark brown color. Wtery looking with a nice head that slowly dies off. I love this brewery. Nose is of chocolate, mulled spices, cinanamon, and chocolate chocolate chocolate with a good dose of califronia style hops. Flavors are much the same only dominated by the chocolate an dthe hops. The only way I can knock this brew is to say that it is slightly watery and could have used a bit more malt to make it a bit thicker. G-rat

Aged for about a year: Deep red, slightly cloudy. Head is abundant and thick as could be. It's not dissappearing at all. Any head that you can write in is impressive. Chocolate and nuts in the aroma. Dark chocolate is the first flavor I pick up. Slightly vinous as it warms, also picking up a bread/cookie flavor. Slight acidic finish. Good, good stuff.

To be fare I'm not a bock person. This one was to malty for my palate.

At last, a bock that does slam you upsode the head with swwetnes or alcohol. A moderate amount of malt with a good crispness.

I don't know what this beer is supposed to be. Is it an ale or a bock? Seems to call itself both. Reddish brown with large bubbly head, schizophrenic flavour, I can taste sweet lemon tea, coffee and brown sugar. I get a kick out of its slight hop zing on the finish. Could do with a little more body, the flavour just doesn't seem to hang around long enough.

Well hopped and clean, floral/piney/spicy with hints of berries and rye. an oily, bitter finish but with a substantial body of rich maltiness up until that point. This is a bock for all the west coast hop heads!

Rusty liquid paired with a thick foam that resembles frothed milk. Delicous, yet unorthodox to the style spicy hop dominant aroma with soft underlying notes of cardboard, leather, pineapple, pine, jelly, crystal malt, and rye. Semi sappy and very soft on the palate. Huge hop flavors abound upon first sip. Quickly masked by cardboard, pineapple, and a sloppy, yet very tasty giant malt profile. This borderlines on being an IPA with its long brash bitterness. Only the slightest Bock traits, yet it accomplishes what it set out to do, which is to satisfy both the Bock appetite and hop craving. Slightly lacking in complexity, but the flavors are still highly satisfying. A huge beer that defies classification without a doubt, and I love it.