Lagunitas Nuevo Noir

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

Bottle. Red brown colour with a small tan head. Caramel, fruity, sour, butter aroma and a sweet fruity sugar taste. Medium body and a sweet bad finish.

This is interesting because it felt like it was stonger then this. Smell had caramel, apple cider and toffee. Nice buttery flavor with caramel and apple cider in it as well. The flavor was a lot better then the aroma in my opinion. Nice stuff but the aftertaste is a bit too harsh.

An amber beer with a nice brown head. The aroma is sour with notes of caramel, toffee, and herbs, while the flavor is sweet buttery with light notes of caramel and herbs. I’d call this a "New Stout" - it resembles the New Stout from Skands, more than any Belgian I’ve had.

Bottled. Clear orange coloured with a beige head. Aroma of malts, caramel, fruits and herbs. Flavour of herbs, malts and caramel with spicy notes. Spicy finish.

Bottle with a big thanks to the Pitonkatonk for the trade. Consumed on 9/24/2005. Pours a sandy brown with a light copper sheen to it, hints of dark chestnut red tinges. Head is initially medium-sized, lightly fluffy, but not terribly good retention. Little to no lacing left behind as well. Aroma of light walnut skins, brown sugar, a bit of dark candi sugar and simple, but not overdone/meaty yeast. Quite clean. Flavor is heavy on the nuts, raisins and brown sugar, with a slight hint of syrup/stickiness on the palate, maybe from the candi sugar or brown sugar, or whatever sugar they used. Dries out quite a bit on the end, with light fruity phenols, a bit too sharp. Not very complex, the sugariness just sort of takes over the more you drink. I don’t get a thick mouthfeel from this at all. It’s another filtered creation from the Kings of Filtration (or is that Weyerbacher?). Light, dry, spices on the end are too dry and borderline astringent for me. Yeast is Belgian in nature, but not distinctly so. Though I am glad that they went underboard on the yeastiness rather than overboard, which too often ruins a good American style Belgian ale. It’s not bad overall, though, a mindless, inoffensive, easy drink.

red tinted dark brown with a very nice fluffy grey head. earthy yeats aroma with a sweet candi level too. nutty malty flavor that is a bit metallic. some alcohol comes through with banana and raisin. finish is powdery and dry with some remaining banana, and apple core flavor.

Bottle, dark coppery pour. Sweet caramel aromas, and a little Belgian yeast. More sweet malt flavors and fruits, like apples and maybe a touch of raisin. Yeasty notes too. Decent.

Picked this up at the Liquor Barn in Redding, Ca. and brought back and shared the 22 oz bomber with Aurelius. Dark copper colored appearance with a thick, frothy, khaki colored head that leaves prominent lacing. Sweet powdered candy aroma with a touch of yeast. Flavor has a good sweet, cotton candy and candied sugar profile with some sublt yeasty notes. Hints of maple syrup, bananas and cloves filll the back end. Very good. Excellent, thick mouthfeel.