Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy

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

My Bottom Line:
Fat caramel sweetness is spiced with resinous hops, a union developing strawberry-like fruitiness for a bold and quite jazzy strong ale.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A crown of foam tops the clear coppery-red.
-The body is quite plump, but the carbonation is effervescent enough to make this an enjoyable sipper.
-This might be a fun beer, but the flavor profile is not very distinctive.
-The long, sweet finish recalls maple syrup at times.

Bottle.

Had this on tap at Bierra Paradiso in DC! This beer pours a dark clear mahogony with larger mostly small bubble head of darker off white. The aroma is big and malty with notes of brown sugar, maple syrup, and a slight hop tinge. The flavor is fantastic with a full bodied brown ale flavor of brown sugar and molasses with a great dry hopped character. Awesome!

Pint bottle poured into glasses. Aroma has a roasted malt character and a heavy flowery orange hop character. Raisin, licorice and red wine also smelt along with a heavy alcohol smell. Initial flavor is creamy sweet mild roasted malt and it finishes slightly bitter with a smooth transition into mellow hops. A moderate alcohol taste as well. Creamy texture with a medium body.

Not as good as most Lagunitas I’ve tried, but not bad at all. A nice sleeper type beer. Pours an almost purple-orange color with a frothy head. Aroma is yeast and booze, with touches of candy and barley. Flavor is all this, with the addition of malt, dark fruits, and just a hint of hop. Has a nice sugary sweetness to it that, while great in the beer, leaves a slightly stickiness in the aftertaste. A nice warmer on a cold evening.

Aroma is a bit weak. A little malts and some smoke and and sweetness on taste. A little bit of hops balance it out. A bot watery and not that complex.

Comes out a dark amber color with a sticky white head. Smells of brown sugar, caramel, malt and bread. Lots of candy smells. The taste is malty, but not overly roasted. It is a sweet malt. After it goes down, wait about 30 seconds and the bitterness from the hops hits. A little bit of a delay. I was surprised I liked this as much as I did.

22oz bomber, pour is a nice deep dark amber, smells like a barleywine, tastes like an over crystal malted BW, not bad not very potent, shocked @ only 7.2%... was hoping for more

22oz - Aroma of crystal and caramel malts followed by pine hops. Pours transparent garnet with a big head and good lacing. Flavor is a very weak match to aroma. No bite and there is only a subtle lingering in the aftertaste. Palate is kind of sticky. Would be a lot better if the flavor was as strong or stronger than the matching aroma.