4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Easily my new favorite but brown ale. Strong nutty aroma atop a brown clear pour. Malt backbone is flavorful and solid. Sweet Nuttiness taste is just over the top -- like everything Lagunitas does it seems -- and just wonderful. While the nut flavor doesn't have staying power, the malt does. This beer is a home run, and with a clever name and backstory to boot.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with creamy beige head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt. Roasted sweet flavor. Full bodied with creamy mouthfeel. Very tasty and a nice switch from the hoppy IPA’s I’ve been drinking lately.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(65 cl bottle from Høkeren; No BBD) Pours a beautiful, clear copper with medium, dense white head. Good retention and beautiful lace. Good regeneration as well. Aroma is delightful caramel with hoppy notes of citrus fruits and resin. Oily texture, full body, medium carbonation and a relatively sweet finish. Flavour mostly follows the nose with only a very subtle bitterness in the finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
More red than brown. Head is thin and tacky. Malt in the aroma with a slight floral hop. Low carbonation and medium light body. Mild bitterness and a robust toasted malt flavor. Finish is more bitter than sweet but lingering. Respectable but not malty enough.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a clear cola color with a huge light tan head. Aroma is chocolate, raisin, nutmeg, and slightly floral. Taste is chocolate, coffee, nutmeg, vanilla, grass, and a bittersweet finish. Very smooth.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Flavor mirrored the aroma pretty closely. Malty sweetness with some dark caramel notes. A bit bready along with some flavors of chocolate. Citrusy and floral hop flavors with a mild bitterness in the finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hop aromas with some caramel. Brown with a small frothy head. Bitter mostly hops with little malt character for a brown ale. Medium bodied with a bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft and bottle, 16 Tons Taphouse. Pours a dark brown, moderate amount of head, lots of lacing. Aroma slightly malty, little to nothing from the hops, surprising in light of the IBUs. Body very lively, finish somewhat sweet and abrupt, slight bitterness. Very drinkable, although at nearly 8%, certainly not sessionable. One of the better beers I’ve had from Lagunitas.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 oz bottle. Pours dark reddish brown; 2 finger eggshell head dissipates very slowly into a large ring; heavy lacing. Sweet, malty, nutty, floral, toffee, pine, "red" sweetness. Though not remarkable across all styles, this is quite nice as brown ales go.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
pours a deep reddish brown with a foamy off white head which fades to nice lacing. Aroma is of toasted malts, pine, coc0, and caramel/toffee. Taste is of pine, citrus, lightly roasted malts, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, and nuts. Has a medium-full body with a creamy mouthfeel and a slightly dry, moderately bitter, moderately long finish. Overall, pretty hoppy, tasty, and robust brown ale.
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