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RATINGS: 819   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.92   SEASONAL: Winter   IBU: 63   EST. CALORIES: 235   ABV: 7.85%
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AKA Holiday Ale
AKA Holiday Leftover Ale
AKA Brown Sugar Substitute

This sad holiday season we didn’t have the brewing capacity to make our favorite seasonal brew, the widely feared BrownShugga’ Ale. You see we had a couple of really good years (thank you very much) and so heading into this season while we are awaiting the January delivery of a new brewhouse we are jammin’ along brewing 80 barrels of IPA and PILS and such every 3 hours. A couple of months back we realized that since we can only brew a mere 60 barrels of Shugga’ every 5 hours, that we were seriously screwed. For every case of Shugga’ brewed, we’d short 3 cases of our favorite daily beers. It’s a drag. This year, we brewed something that we think is also cool and brews more like our daily brews. The new brewhouse will help insure this kind of failure never happens again. It’s a mess that we can not brew our BrownShugga’ this year and we suck for not doing it. There is nothing cool about screwing this up this badly and we know it. Maybe we can sue our own sorry selves. There is no joy in our hearts this holiday and the best we can hope for is a quick and merciful end. F*@& us. This totally blows. Whatever. We freaking munch moldy donkey butt and we just want it to be all over...
So this substitute beer is a ‘Cereal Medley’ of Barley, Rye, Wheat, and Oats…. Full of complexishness from the 4 grains, and weighing in at 7.85% abv, Then joyously dry-hopped for that big aroma and resinous hop flavor.


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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
naivepegasus (307) - USA - APR 7, 2013
Pours a cloudy orange with a copious amount of slightly off-white, frothy head. Brown sugar very prominent in the nose. Nice mouthfeel. starts off with a very crisp citrus hops that fades into a bitter aftertaste. Actually very good, a hop beer with some character.

4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
sailracer (303) - Massachusetts, USA - JAN 22, 2012
Tap. Pours a light gold with a medium head. The aroma is citrus hops. The flavor is hops- grapefruit, passion fruit. Very distinctive. Excellent overall.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Jabic (302) - Nashville, Tennessee, USA - JAN 22, 2013
Ar: Juicy orange, pineapple - a bit of resin and lemon. Ap: Golden-amber, clear - medium off-white head with moderate-good retention and a thin but solid cap of lacing. T: Bright and bitter orange up front, pineapple - medium bitterness - moss and tangerine - lightly toasty malt sweetness with an edge of toasted caramel - hoppy finish with some lingering clean bitterness . P: Medium body with medium-high carbonation - finish is medium-dry. O: Nice beer, really seems like a big IPA - good hop flavor, which is quite assertive, and pleasant fully malt profile.

4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
charule (301) - Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 2, 2013
Tap. Golden yellow. Monster lacing. Cloudy as Pittsburgh. Smooyh IPA flavors.

4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
badwhale (300) - Bitterville, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 16, 2013
Bottle to glass mug. Pours a slightly amber yellow with an off white head. Awesome nose of pine and citrus, grapefruit. Delicious hop bite. Deceptively strong, because it’s so smooth.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
GhostFace (300) - Wisconsin, USA - JAN 30, 2012
12oz bottle pour. hits the glass a beautiful orange color with solid off white head. BIG citrus hop aroma, so fresh! sweet pineapple and piney as well. you’re hit with an intense citrus flavor, reminiscent of grapefruit from the first taste. bitter on the finish with a nice ’lil alcohol kick. some sick lacing on the glass and good head retention throughout the glass! great stuff!

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
improvjock (297) - Seattle, Washington, USA - DEC 10, 2011
Bottle. Pours a clear gold with small white head with really nice lacing. Smells like Christmas: pine needles and sugar cookies. Flavor is slightly sweet with bready malts and some nice hops with a slight bitter finish. More complex than I was expecting. I really enjoyed this.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
GL2814 (297) - New York, New York, USA - FEB 9, 2013
The flavor palate of this beer is truly different. Hints of oats and grain, with a sweetness that I can’t explain, this is definitely worth trying.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
ACHops (296) - Seattle, Washington, USA - FEB 4, 2013
6 pack from Chuck’s 85th. Pours bright golden orange with thick white head. Aroma is tart citrusy earthy hops with underlying sweetness. Taste is sweet lighter caramel malt followed by big fresh juicy hop flavors - grassy, grapefruit, and pine notes. Finishes cleanly bitter. Lots of hype around this one... and it passes the test. This is legitimately delicious. Kind of a de-tuned Stone ’Enjoy by... IPA’. Easily the best Lagunitas I’ve had, and that’s saying something. They need to find room for this in the regular lineup.

4.4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
cleverlobo (296) - Connecticut, USA - DEC 30, 2012
Draft; clear pale orange with small off-white head; aroma-grapefruit, lemon, rasberry, sweet; taste-medium sweetness, medium bitterness, full body, sticky, average carbonation, bitter. Great beee


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