4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20Bottle. Fresh hop aromas and flavors of fresh herbs, candied citrus, tangerine, and stonefruit, mixed with layers of rich, Brûléed sugar... Smooth, concentrated mouthfeel... Finishing with a good amount of lingering bitter, candied citrus... Long finish... Not as sweet as I was expecting, though that's ok.. this is delicious. Another great creation from Lagunitas.
--- tasted while on a long journey to understand the world around me...
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown with aroma of burnt sugar and booze. Sweet, but not overpowering. Smooth finish, with no bitterness.
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3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Asahiya. Super-hopped an some nostril-searing caramel, toffee, an fumes. Deep amber/ orange color, thin head, good lace. Superb caramel, and then goes right to the hops. Finish has great balanced, and then leaves alc. tracks all down the throat. Pretty damn good. The label claims that this is a botched batch. But like "Lagunitas Sucks," ... their "mistakes" are better than many breweries’ best efforts.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a nice golden brown. Aroma is pretty mild but there’s some hops, molasses. Taste and palate are great! Hops up front with a molasses and brown sugar finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
The nose is sweet with brown sugar, toffee & piney/grapefruit hops. The flavor starts sweet and sugary with lots of bitter pine and grapefruit hops. Alcohol comes next with a big toasty bread and caramel finish. A very nice, hoppy brown ale.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. This was fantastic. Brown enough, but not exactly sugary. Rich dark coppery-red, thin head. Aromas of molasses, malts, hops. Deliciously smooth and rich- could not pick the high alcohol at all. Awesome stuff.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice brew. Pours brownish/red. Semi sweet and hides the 10 percent alcahol very well. Not exactly a brown ale that I’m used to, but i was pleasantly surprised.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
The odd thing here is that when I originally tasted this beer, December 2012, I didn’t like it. I didn’t see what all the fuss was about. Maybe cause I was expecting more of a "brown sugar" taste to the beer.
I cellared the remaining four bottles I had and on a whim, decided to open one about two weeks back. To my surprise, I found the taste phenomenal this time. The quintessential American barley wine, it tastes to me like Anchor Steam’s Old Foghorn "should" taste. Really delicious and I really doubt the four months of cellaring made that much of a difference.
Sorry now that I didn’t buy more and will certainly get more when it arrives again late this year.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle. Pours a bright amber color with a large frothy white head. Aroma of sweet bready caramel malt, brown sugar, grapefruit, and pine. Taste is citrus, grapefruit, sweet burnt caramel, brown sugar, and a light breadiness. Finishes with piney hops, herbal spice, and toasted grains.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle shared at a tasting at the new Beer & Beyond shop. Pours orange to yellow with a nice head, aroma of hops, orange, marmalade, very sweet, flavor of orange, orange skin, orange liquor, nice bitterness, medium bodied
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draught at Roscoe’s. 2012 vintage. Golden amber color. Intense citrus hop aroma. Sweet, citrusy hop flavor. Well balanced. Finishes with a nice hop kick, not bitter.
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