7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

2025 bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a clear copper with a finger of off-white head that lingers. Grapefruit, pine resin and fresh citrus on the nose with toasted caramel malt and warming alcohol as it warms. More pine and citrus pith on the palate with some bright orange zest as it warms. Warming alcohol throughout. A nice re-hash from Lagunitas.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Six pack from Albertsons. Amber pour with a silky off-white head, coats the glass as it recedes. Sweet, malty aroma, caramel. Taste is toffee, tea, sweet, brown sugar, malty, nutty. A touch of dryness at the finish as it tapers off. Hint of the ABV appears late

6.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

6.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

I was in the closest big box supermarket recently and they had a huge, repeat, huge display of six packs of this beer. Fortunately they were also selling singles because a similar iteration of this beer I’ve had years ago was only okay. Snifter ready to go, I make the pour. It arrives an impressive clear shiny amber topped by a decent skim of light tan foam. A sweetish smell with grain showing up also. A drink now. I’ll say that my expectations were low and the beer exceeds but not by a whole bunch. Mostly malt, grain, Karo syrup, maybe a hint of molasses. I wish it was thicker. Sweet, yes, but not too much. I am surprised by how much the ABV is covered up. Not bad, I’m reminded of barrel aged Arrogant Bastard back in the day only sweeter, but I am glad that I got only one bottle and not a sixer. Lagunitas used to be out in front of of it with Undercover, Little Sumpin, Hop Stoopid, Sucks and more recently Maximus but that seems to not be the case now. Unfortunate.