Braudog (3463), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates May 2, 2008 Bottle: Poured with a gigantic head, 1/2 of the initial volume, over a rusty red-brown beer. The aroma is somewhat nutty. This drinks with surprisingly little overt big flavors, particularly for a 7% beer. Instead, this drinks with just a moderate caramel malt body, and maybe just a light sting at the finish. Scarily easy to drink for a strong beer. (#3444, 5/2/2008)
eli723 (8), USA does not count Aug 20, 2008 Too much malt. Way heavy thick beer. Sure there are some flavors in there that pop out but it’s not fun to drink more than a glass of this. phishpond417 (1360), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Aug 20, 2008 Pours a dark reddish brown colour with a medium sized off white head. Aroma is noticeably nutty, light biscuit malts. I found the taste to be very pleasent, not that stroner- a lighter mouthfeel with semi sweet flavors of trail mix, carmel and peanut butter. NomDeBeer (129), Baltimore, Maryland, USA Aug 18, 2008 Very smooth and drinkable. A well-balanced beer with flavors of caramel, peat, and a touch of hoppy bitterness. SpudClampDawg (916), Jasper, Indiana, USA Aug 16, 2008 22oz bottle: Ruby-brown pour with a thick, everlasting head. The sides of the glass are completely covered with thick cobwebs of foam as the beer is drank. Husky malts weigh down both the aroma and body. Muddled and heavy, definition is hard to discern. A generic bitterness works to coat the tongue with resin. This beer is hard to pull individual flavors from - I get some burnt caramel and semi-sweet chocolate, but even these are hard to pull out. I mean, it is a flavorful beer, but the everything just kind of collides into a mess of sweet malt and rindy bitterness. SDalkoholic (1017), Chula Vista, California, USA Aug 12, 2008 Bottle from South Bay Drugs. There was a decent amount of heading paired with a reddish mahogany color that I could already tell this was nothing special. The flavor had an upfront malt backbone with almost no sign of hops and the aroma is easily to be the same. Okay stuff but it seems Lagunitas keeps releasing boring stuff when I’m expecting some heavy hitter formulas.
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