Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy

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

Brown color with a bready malt aroma that is basically a sugary brown ale from my point of view. Taste is the same, but very much lacking. Kind of a waste of a good opportunity to do something really good here.

A red copper ale with a thick moka head. A pleasant caramel and c-hops in aroma, with light vanilla notes. In mouth, a good malty nutty malt, with metallic c-hops, chertnut notes. Not overly bitter. Tasted Nov. 21 2008.

Bottle shared with the Devonshire boys. Dark red in color topped by a sticky khaki head. Both the smell and the taste were mostly molasses, with a hint of green apple in the flavor. Not nearly as sweet as it smells, but definitely not a heavily hopped beer. It was enjoyable but definitely not mind blowing.

Crushed with Jakebra. Smells like a alt. Bourbony, caramel malty nose. Same in the flavor, with some nice hoppiness coming in in the finish. It’s a little sweet but also a little badass.

Dark mahogany robe with rapidly neglectable head. Quite a mess this one and ultimately, lumpy gravy sounds like a suitable name for this attempt at doing a bit of everything. It is very sweet from the beginning and keeps developping that niche with molasses and toffee flavours that are joined by breadiness to form a sort of a big pudding. Rather bland malt medley, a bit earthy and just uselessly sugary. Dull and timid hop character. Chaotic and not even intense as you’d expect this to be the aim of a sugar-oriented beer.

Loose, pink-tinged camel suds adorn the muddy dark copper ale. Smothering aromas of grape, fig, molasses, perhaps a touch of cocoa… and sappy, oily malt. Citric American "C-hops" struggle to be heard over cloying melanoidin ubermalt (that thankfully fades to merely sweet butter.) Palate: thick. If this beer were a person, he’d be a somewhat ripe, greasy fat guy with pitstains and pizza cheese in his mustache. Not very good.

A- Pours a clear dark brown hue with amber highlight, head is white creamy suds that sustain, fair lacing S- Nose is caramel and roast malts, some slight nutty tones, and alcohol, overall rather subtle T- Taste is rather thin, with subtle caramel and bread malts, representing, touch of brown sugar and bitter hops, finishes with light alcohol warming M- Medium-bodied, watery texture, mild carbonation D- A fairly bland brown ale, thinned out texture and flavor, the alcohol is well-masked but there is no strong reason to pick this up again

2008-12-22. Crisp red brown body, decent beige head and lacing. Mild aroma of light grains and hops, muted fruit notes. (6+) Flavour is likewise, hops are mildly resiny, light bitterness throughout is briefly sharp. (6+) Average palate. Decent well made beer but a bit ho-hum for me today. <i>Bottle from Consumers Beverage, Buffalo</i>