Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy

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

Very dark brown/caramel beer. Nice head retention. The head is a slight caramel color. I honestly thought I was buying the Kill Ugly Radio just with a different label. I am pretty dumb for being that oblivious to what was going on. Color looks nice for an APA. Lagunitas heavily filters their beer, which I don’t mind, but it seems to be very transparent to me. Good looking beer with a nice head. Caramel malt aroma is there. The beer has a lot of dark fruit aroma. I definitely smell the dates. The beer is pretty aromatic, but the dates are very potent. Smell a little like candy and brown sugar. The hop smell doesn’t exist in this beer. Nice aroma but very one sided. Caramel, toffee, and dark fruits again in the taste. The aroma hop not there, the flavor hop not really there either, but the bittering hop is great. The bittering hop leaves a nice bitter flavor in my mouth a few mintues after I finish. The malt sweetness is there too. This beer is nice and smooth. I think the fruit flavor does not balance well with the hops. I wish there was a better balance in the flavor. Overall, a nice beer with a great fruit smell and a nice hop taste, now if they could only get the hops in the aroma, and the fruits in the taste, this beer would be amazing. Decent brew.

650ml brown bottle. Dark brown coloured beer, modest but creamy off white head. Spotty lace. Malty aroma, quite nutty with some toffee. Flavour is of dark and nutty malts, sponge candy. Trace hops in the finish with lasting malts. Decent beer, not terribly exciting.

Clear amber, small off-white head. Toffee and dates in the aroma, leafy/earthy hops. Sweet toffee malt, dates, moderate hop character (less than many other Lagunitas brews I’ve had). This one was just okay for me, it actually seemed a little weak.

22oz bottle. Pours reddish-brown. Tan head. Aroma of resiny hops, deep caramel. Some Alcohol in the nose. Flavor is a sharp bitterness, with complex hop flavors. Some hints of chocolate malt flavors in the finish. It is a dry, bready, rich malt. I like these American Strong Ales with the hop flavors that hit first, then the rich malt complexities show up in the end Full bodied and full of flavor. Overall it is a very good AmStrong, although I have had better from Lagunitas... Cheers!

bottle. pours amber with creamy white head. aroma of leathery hops and toasted biscuit. flavors are much of the same. a pretty tame ASA but this still had nice hop profile and clean malt profile. pretty good.

This was a dark amber and a thick white head with some malts and hops with a little bitter finish overall ok but i have had better.CHEERS!

Dark copper, brownish clear pour, beige head. Aroma is caramel malt, a bit of roast and some citrusy hops. Moderately sweet taste with caramel, dark fruit, good dose of American hops in the middle and finish. Medium body, balance is fine. I liked Frank and I like this beer.

Bomber pours clear copper with light tan head. Aroma is not strong but malt and hops hints. Taste is caramel and malt, very well balanced with no after taste.