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Lagunitas The Hairy Eyeball Ale

Lagunitas The Hairy Eyeball Ale

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An American Strong Ale brewed by
Lagunitas Brewing Company

Petaluma, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 LiebeBier (736), RIchmond, Virginia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/511/20

Mar 13, 2008  
Bottle - Dark brown color with a thin tan and quickly departing head. Candied sugar and alcohol aroma. Creamy mouthfeel and I like the carbonation level. However, I was turned off by the overwhelming alcohol flavor. Unfriendly finish that leaves you wating before the next sip.

 SHANER4 (200), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
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 (1825), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
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
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
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
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
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
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
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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