Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy

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

Slight aroma of dark fruits and caramel. Pours a dark red with half a finger of tan head. Very thick mouthfeel. Touch of roasted flavors, and then the hop bitterness comes out to play. Not a bad beer, but nothing special (besides the FZ reference.)

22 oz bottle via Roth’s. She pours clear dark copper with a large beige head. Not getting much from the nose..just a bit of chocolate, subtle smoke and some caramel. There are a lot of flavors. The caramel is there and part of a solid malt backbone. Also some chocolate, some hazlenut, a bit of smoke, and some earthy and grapefruit hoppiness. Very balanced with a lingering bittersweet aftertaste. Body is medium and carbonation low to medium. Is a bit cloying. But quite tasty and drinkable. Much better than the horrid scores indicate. I wonder if people are drinking this too cold? I don’t know but at about 50f it is quite flavorful!

I was kind of surprised by this one, as it smelled and tasted of distinct hops, though it had neglected the bittering aspect. When I smell and taste a lot of hoppy character, I would like something to back it up and I felt this was lacking. Mediocre.

Dark amber color with a medium beige head. Aroma of caramel malt and some fruit/berries. Flavor of sweet malts and hops.

22oz Bomber - Gravity Room - Olympia, WA
Aroma – Nice aroma with some subtle high alcohol flavors. Really tasted the hops.
Appearance – Brown color, clear and a thin head.
Flavor – Nice tasting beer The hops where nice this beer was very drinkable when cold.
Palate – Decent Mouthfeel, semi dry finish very flat if gets too warm better cold.
Overall –. A nice beer it finishes flat but overall it drinks well it does not have a high alcohol flavor.

Bottled, shared at the PP Bottle Shop 2/7 tasting. Clear medium copper color with white bubbly edges and minimal head with spotty lace. Pine forest aroma with roasted caramel and some sappy hops doing their thing. Floral and pungent citric phenols with grape and a firm malt presence make for an enjoyable session brew. Spicy and peppery hops touch it off well with some bitterness sticking around in the aftertaste that fades relatively quickly.

Draft @ BSP. Pours a dark reddish brown with decent thick cap and some stratified lacing. Nose is mildly fruity, almost like strawberries, faintly grassy and rather sweet. Burnt toast, biscuit malt, and brown sugar coat the palate, ending up with an earthy, slightly leafy bitter finish. Not bad, but not great. Seems like Lagunitas just kinda cranks these varieties out.

Bottle - poured a deep red with off white foam. Aroma of musty dank basement and malt. Flavor is sweet and malty, caramel/toffee with a light coffee note balanced by an assertive hoppy finish. As the beer warms the coffee becomes more demonstrative. Medium to medium full palate.