Lagunitas B3K

Formerly brewed at Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Petaluma, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

a real nice caramel, butterscotch, and alcohol aroma along with some roasted malts. a very nice sweet caramel taste. the 11% is dangerously hidden.

Poured a clear ruby color with a thin cream colored head. Aroma is mildly sweet with fruit and malt and a light alcohol nose. Flavor starts with caramel malt and quickly moves to hop flavor and bitterness. Bitter finish is mixed with some pepper.

Bottle from Pailhead. Nice clear ruby-brown color. Fair tan head fades to a ring leaving slight lacing. Aroma is of caramel malt and slight hops. No alcohol noticed in the nose. Medium bodied. Nicely malted. Alcohol can be picked up in taste. Malt and hop bitterness balance fairly well in flavor. Decent.

UPDATED: OCT 10, 2005 Some lace of head crowns the glass. Ruby color. Labunitas has a house flavor to me that is very earthy, like fremented leaves, and this one definely has that quality too!. Additionally it is very sweet with some undertones of hops showing up mainly as bitterness. Finish is sweet all the way. Because of the malt this beer will age in an interesting way, but I’ll be damn if I know what way.

Courtesy of Pailhead. Pours dark mahogany, almost brown with off-white head. Aroma and flavor are all over the place. Nice malt hop balance. With caramel, roasted grain, chocolate and some strange fruit character. Lots of residuel sugar. Finishes very dry. Well done, no sip taste the same. Slighltly underrated IMO.

Many thanks to JohnC for sending this one. A dark brown appearance with a reddish hue. The aroma is chocolatey with some candi sugar, perfume, and raisins. A chocolate, caramel, fig, mild citrus, and cookie dough flavor. A bit of alcohol sting in the aftertaste with a slightly doughy mouthfeel. This is very similar to an Arrogant Bastard with a more evident alcohol presence of course. Overall this is some good stuff.

Wow, this packs a wallop. It’s hard to classify, but it’s good. There’s hops, caramel, spice, maybe some coffee, it has it all with a big alcohol warmth too.

UPDATED: AUG 15, 2008 pours a clear ruby/brown hue witha light tan head. Aromas of malt, honey, a little fruitiness, a little berry and a light banana sweetness. Mouth feel is thick with a light hop presence. Sweet with roasted malts, roasted nuts and some caramel.