Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy

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

bottle- big time malt bomb, with some vanilla, slightly rich toasty flavors, and little in the way of hop flavor. Real alcohol heat felt, almost immediately after taking that first sip. Not bad, but not up to snuff from this brewer.

Clear medium reddish amber, nice initial head fades away slowly and completely. Aroma is malt accented, caramel, with mostly earthy hops lurking in the background. Very faint citrus and alcohol. Flavor is also malt oriented, caramel with cola notes. Faint earthiness and citric hops on a slightly bitter finish. Alcohol stands out just a touch here. Maybe a bit bready. Not a bad beer, but this just didn’t do much for me. The flavors weren’t particularly integrated, nor were they "exciting." Touch of a carbonic bite as well. I preferred the Kill Ugly Radio so far in this series.

I didn’t drink a ton of this, so my rating is from the couple of ounces I did have. but, I couldn’t imagine drinking too much of it. Aroma was hugely sweet, I wondered where the hops were. Taste was big sweet malt, slightly spicy, big bready taste. While there was a decent hop profile, it didn’t seem to balance the sweetness very well, this beer was a mess. I can’t imagine that Frank Zappa is to pleased with the tribute series so far.

22 OZ BOMBER! yuck. not that good at all. Aroma is of sweet malts and some spices. Poured dirty brown with some head. Taste is nutty and spicy with malts and hints of carmel. Really had a hard time drinking this one.

Poured into a nonic. Deep mahogany color with good clarity. Head is dense and leaves lots of lacing. Aroma is like a ramped up brown ale. Lots of sweet malt, with a touch of spice and even some floral hops. Taste is sweet and chewy. Huge brown sugar malt profile with a bitter finish reminiscent of burnt caramel and hops. Body is very thick and chewy, with an appropriate level of carbonation. It really surprised me how drinkable and well balanced this beer was considering the brewery that made it. Another pretty good offering in the Zappa series.

22 oz bottle. THis beer pours a dark copper color. Medium white head, which quickly dissipates. Flavor is hoppy with a great deal of dark fruits. It was fine, but nothing to call home about. "Kill Ugly Radio" was better.

Pours dark copper with small head. Mild wheat aroma. Flavor is bready with some hops. Slightly fizzy mouthfeel. Decent, if not all that memorable.

Not horrible but not great either. Id have to say a bad atempt to recreate arrogant bastard.