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Lagunitas Gonzo

Lagunitas Gonzo

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An American Strong Ale brewed by
Lagunitas Brewing Company

Petaluma, California USA

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333.69/5.03.65/5.0Special8.5%63.6 Trappist glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
It is just a plain old 'punch-in-the-mouth' of a beer, meaning that it is SG of 1.075 or so and a robust bitterness... The beer is, in a word; Dark, Alcoholic, Bitter, and Unapologetic. Brilliant. Hunter has long been one of my personal heros and inspirations. From the label: Hunter S. Thompson occupies an honored seat in the pantheon of our heros. We have appropriated much from him, both stylistically and literally. From a direct and unattributed quote on the BrownShugga about "...The short-changed children of the eighties..." to the tone from the Imperial Red Ale story. We didn't ask permission to use this image or make this beer but Hunter did not ask permission to spray-paint "F---the Pope" on the America's Cup boat in Newport Harbor way back when either. Hunter looms as large as Kerouac, Hemmingway, Baudelaire, and Dylan in our thinking. His subersive Thursday columns in the also gone Examiner propelled our own processes and in that were changed. Gonzo is dead. Long live Gonzo!

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 Rastacouere (5196), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Nov 26, 2007  
Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2   Light Brown(1)->Dark(5) : 2   Ruby : XX   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 3
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : XX   Bread : XX   Apple : XX   Esters : XX   Banana : XX   Phenols : XX   Leather : XX   Perfume : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX
Malt : 4   Biscuity : 2   Toast : 3   Caramel : 3   Toffee : 2   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Nuts : 2   Candy : 4   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : XX   Fruits : 3   Chocolate : XX   Coffee : XX   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : XX   Blackberries : XX   Dates : XX   Cherries : 3   Plums : 2   Figs : XX
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 3   Leafy : XX   Floral : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Spicy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : 3
Notes :   Earth : XX   Wood : XX   Cloves : XX   Smoke : XX   Pepper : 1   Ginger : XX   Peach/Pear/Apricot : 2   Candi Sugar : XX   Anise : XX   Vinous : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : 1   Bitterness : 3   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 4   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : 3   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 2   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Quite fruity and very much candied (Jolly Rancher?), malt-oriented, sweet and oily ale with contrasting resinous american hops.


 weeare138 (924), Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 11, 2007  
Thanks to hopdog for opening up this retired bottle... Appears a semi transparent amber with an off white head that fades into a mild film and collar. Streaky lacing is left around the glass. Smell is of caramel, raisins, vanilla, toffee, cookie dough, and oatmeal. Taste is of the mentioned aromas with caramel and plums breaking through as the highlights. Mouthfeel is slightly bitter with notes of flowers, cherries, and cocoa.


 hopdog (4347), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 1, 2007  
22oz bottle acquired in trade with DarkElf (thanks!). Poured a deep orangish color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, dark fruits (cherries and plums), citrus, and a little earthy. Tastes of caramel, light roast, dark fruits, and citrus. Smooth body with the alcohol content well hidden.


 TomDecapolis (2318), Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 31, 2007  
Thanks to hopdog for opening up this treat. Pours a lightly hazy deep amber with a bunch of floaties and a medium off white bubbly head. Aroma of dark fruits, caramel, leathery, some alcohol, old hops, some oxidation. Flavor of toastd malts, sweet caramel, some toffee, nuts, citrus some light hop bitterness., brown sugar and light hop bitterness. Would have like to try this one fresh to gete more of the hops out of it.


 spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 6, 2006  
Get some caramel malts in the aroma.Pours dark amber with a medium off white head.Prety good balance of malts and hops in the flavor.Medium to full mouthfeel with a biter finish.




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