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Lagunitas The Hairy Eyeball Ale

Lagunitas The Hairy Eyeball Ale - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
92
overall
Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale

Petaluma, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7473.6/5.03.59/5.0Winter9%64.3Snifter, Trappist glass
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 Guinness4Duff (507), Tallahassee (and Poconos, PA), Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 30, 2008  
Pours brown with a white head, has a sweet malt aroma. Has a sweet mildly burnt flavor with a noticeable but not overbearing alcohol presence. Not bad.


 illidurit (851), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/515/20
Jan 26, 2008  
Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a Rogue pint glass. An extremely deep reddish brown topped by a disappointingly small head for how vigorously I poured it, not even half a finger. As a result of the inadequate head, the smell is lackluster and faint. I can only pick up a bit of brown sugar or caramel. No hops in the nose. The taste saves this beer. Big brown sugar malt with a bit of a citrus hop undercurrent. Molasses and coffee notes. A pinch of spice from the alcohol comes through at the end. Reminiscent of a barleywine. Full and smooth. You can drink these until the 9% abv catches up to you.


 BOLTZ7555 (1053), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 25, 2008  
Deep maroon brew with minimal head even on an overly aggressive pour, this beer is well crafted but not unique enough to warrant a better score. The overall impression of this one is sticky sweet; flavor profile includes brown sugar, toffee, and caramel...all of which try to mask the 9% abv. It comes across more on certain sips than others. This is a good beer but not one that I would seek out.


GadgetGeek (29), Snellville, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Jan 25, 2008  
Damn good beer... a draught poured at Summits in Snellville. Nice, refreshing, caramel flavor and smell. No aftertaste, but a slight bitter finish.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 23, 2008  
Pours a clear brown to maroon color with a large creamy tan head that lasts a bit. Looks quite nice in the glass. Smell is bright and fruity and delicious sweet malt up front. Body is semi creamy with flavors of sticky malt, light alcohol and a slick mouthfeel and a complementing moderate hop bitterness. Kind of a dark toffee toasty hopped maltiness, and I thought it was pretty good, and very drinkable for 9%. Nice beer.


 badlizard (2325), Berkeley, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Jan 22, 2008  
ON tap at Stone. Golden copper with a fizzy head. Sweet caramel and toffee aroma and taste with a mild bitterness.


 badnewsbeers (1026), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 22, 2008  
okay...so im starting to think all of their beers taste the same...kinda like Stone...reddish hue with small head..aroma is of grass, hops, spice, and yeast..citrus flavor with earthy hops, grass, and sugar...good but blah


 SuperDave70 (1157), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/517/20
Jan 20, 2008  
Pours a dark clear amber with a creamy tan head. Beautiful. Aroma is nuts and caramel. Flavor is nicely sweet, with a medium palate. Great beer overall.



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