Lagunitas The Hairy Eyeball Ale

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

Pours a reddish, almost pink color with a beige head. The aroma is fruity and yeasty, with caramel and a little alchohol. Taste is cherries, mollasses, brown sugar, and moderately bitter. Not bad, but pretty alcoholic, with a brandyish feel to it.

12 oz bottle. Pours brown/amber color with an off white head. Marginal lacing. Aroma is sweet caramel and molasses. Palate leans to the heavy side with average carbonation. Flavor is molasses, caramel and dark fruit. Very sweet beer. I thought it would have been listed as a Scotch Ale.

pours deep amber hue with beige head, it has pthe aroma of plums blended with caramel. it is very fruity and sweet.

This strong ale was a brown ale I thought, guess I was wrong. It was not to spectacular, which is surprising since me so hungry for strong ales. Another beer tried at beerfest.

Bottle: Bought in San Diego brought to El Salvador. Full bodied heavy potent beer, complex profile, dark berries, herbal, wood, caramel, warms you up quickly.

Re-rate: tried again and liked it even better! Lacing was much more complete, possibly since I was indoors instead of outdoors. Taste is complex but not sour or very bitter. On tap. Darkish. Clean, mildly sweet, inviting aroma. Taste follows nicely. Some lacing, head dissipates very quickly, but I don’t care much about that. A nice, just hoppy enough finish. Good one.

Decent, but a little sweet. Taste of sweet plums. Not much else to speak of. Some vanilla and yeast as well. A little alcohol in the finish. No where near as full bodied as I expected. Smooth, but not especially enjoyable. Weak for a strong ale.

12 oz. Pours dark brown with little to no head. aroma is figs, dark fruit, molassas taste is dark fruit rich malts somewhat like a barlywine. No hops here. finishes nice and warm.