Lagunitas Censored (Kronik)

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Deep brownish-amber (aka copper - but that's too obvious) with a small nicely lacing head. Medium/full body, with sweet fruity malt backed up by a brace of floral hops. Having more or less ignored the labeling, I was totally unaware of the abv - in fact I would have called this a drinkable session brew that would be good to back up something more distinctive and stronger, but using this for a session could be dangerous. Overall quite good, and it comes in 12oz sixers too.

Pours a dark copper color, good amount of head that stays on the top of the beer. Label says only 29 IBU's, but tastes hoppier. Also, surprisingly high alcohol content at 7.7% ABV--doesn't taste it. Overall, a good basic ale. I'd buy it again.

For something claiming to be "Kronic" and sporting a picture of a clearly cheeched dog I thought this was a bit right smack dab in the middle of the beaten path. Nice and tasty hoppiness with an equally impressive maltiness, this is a pretty typical although tasty copper ale. I hope the title wasn't given in respect to the alchohol content (which was nicely concealed actually) because that is the least important aspect of the beer.

Pours a clear copper color, slightly floral aroma with hints of citrus. Flavor is a nice balance of malts with some good hop bitterness on the aftertaste. Nice ale.

UPDATED: SEP 27, 2003 Amber with an off-white head. Aroma seems relatively balanced for a strong-ale. Resin/citrus hop aromas countered by roasted marshmallows. Semi-sweet with a fairly bitter finish, but it is refreshing. Very drinkable.

UPDATED: FEB 8, 2005 Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is clear medium to dark amber. Aroma is lightly malty (nuts, cookie), moderately hoppy (resin, flowers). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Hops aren’t the kind I like, and there’s just not much going on in the aroma otherwise. Ok brew, but I like the Hairy Eyeball much better.

Maybe this was a bad bottled but this was a abd beer. Looked nice but that was it. Smell and taste were too bitter. Couldn't finish this one.

UPDATED: MAR 16, 2009 Rerate Aroma is a bit on the musty side and the caramel flavor is ot quite as pronounced. Original 3.8 Has a slightly hoppy aroma with some faint floral notes. Attractive copper colored pour. Heavy lacing on an off-white sticky head. Has a slightly bitter flavor in a good way, with some mellow maltiness. Not sure what is going on with the rambling on label - sounds like a scene from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - here is a bit of it - "anyway, we were out to, uh, the, uh, you know thing and all" - maybe an inside joke? Anyway - a decent strong ale.

ive had this in a bottle.. and ive had this one tap.. the tap version was way better, nice fat foamy head that stayed around all beer long, nice strong hops and bits of sweet malts poking out, very nice

Clear brown and nose full of malt. Smels sweeter then it tastes. Slightly roasted. Hints of brown sugar. Interesting dryness despite the lack of hops.