 beachbum25 (595), Powellville, Maryland, USA
Apr 13, 2008
12 oz bottle-pours a clear amber color w/a moderate head & good lacing. Roasted malt aroma. I guess I’m in the minority, but this one just didn’t do much for me. Strong alcohol flavor w/ overtones of flat cola & maple syrup. I tried to let this warm some & mellow out but that just didn’t happen. Reminded me off cough syrup-Vicks 44D to be exact. Mom used to make me drink that shit when I was a kid; I didn’t like it then & I don’t like it now. Maybe some age would help this mellow, but for me it was a drainpour.
SHANER4 (200), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 6, 2008 12 oz. bottle - Poured a mahogany color with small head. Aroma is sweet like a sucker. Flavor is also sweet, tastes like a cherry blow pop with alochol on the palate. I enjoyed this brew and pretty much evey beer from Lagunitas. Great beer from an awesome brewer !!!
Angeloregon (1823), Portland, Oregon, USA
Aug 2, 2008 12 ounce bottle from By The Bottle in Vancouver, WA--Poured a deep brown body with a thick beige head. Nose of sticky caramel maltiness and bitter acidic hops. Creeping booziness that i evident by the end of the bottle. Toffee and dark fruits in the body and lot of malt complexity. Nice beer.
Boutip (1745), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Jul 30, 2008 Bottle courtesy of Secret Santa: Poured a deep dark brown color ale with an average foamy head with average retention and no lacing. Aroma of big caramel malt is quite imposing and dominating. Taste is also dominated by some heavy caramel malt with some notes of bitter hops. Lacking some floral or citrus notes with not as much hops as I was expecting considering the brewery. Full body with average carbonation and no discernable alcohol. This one was a bit of a surprise considering the lack of hops (yes there is a lot but not as much as I would expect from Lagunitas) but the malt was very efficient.
Beerman6686 (654), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Poured a hazy brown color with a small off white head. Aroma was very malty, some dark fruits, and toffee. Flavor was much the same, very subdued hops, lots of thick thick malts.
surffisher (133), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Jul 19, 2008 12 oz. bottle. Pours dark, clear copper with a small, diminishing light tan head. Aroma is thick with molasses, brown sugar, resiny hops, and fruity esters (figs). Some perfumy sweet notes linger on the outside. Flavor is much drier than anticipated from the sappy sweet aroma, but still dominated by a syrupy complex malt character overlain with a fairly tangy citrus hop presence. Medium to medium-full bodied, smooth and warming. Excellent strong ale.
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