Fusion 19 (XIX): CouchTrippin'
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Series Out of Production|
Score
7.16
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Lagunitas enlisted a mix of members from bands and music & beer sites to not only brew CouchTrippin’ Fusion Ale, but create a special variation of it for each show. Bands included Allen Stone, The Mowgli’s and Tumbleweed Wanderers. Plus beer minds from DC Beer, Beer Street Journal, Kim’s Bay Brews and Good Beer Hunting; and music-centric folks from FILTER Magazine, Brightest Young Things and Consequence of Sound. CouchTrippin’ Fusion Ale is dry-hopped with Nelson Sauvin and Mosaic hops.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
More amber than brown, with a nice sweet caramel-grain malt base and plenty of citric-berry-floral Mosaic goodness. Moderate bitterness and a piney fade. Tasty ballpark brew, but I’m guessing this cup isn’t really Couch Trippin’, what with it apparently having been retired two years ago. Either that or that beer takes stand a loooong time to kill a keg. Whatever. It’s a good beer, regardless which Fusion I’m drinking.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2017
at 14:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap @ Black Bottle. Fairly clear golden brown appearance with a white head. A bunch of dank, resin, and weed in the nose. Light to medium bodied. Slightly sweet. Not a huge malt presence. Really fucken dank flavor. Kind of thin. Fun. Could use a bit of tweaking.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2014
at 14:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft at Beer Run. Pours a clear copper color with a thin creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of citrus, resin hops, a nearly salty note, mild notes of caramel and nuts. The taste is brown malt, bitter citrus, resin, herbal hops. Medium bodied, slight lingering bitterness, low carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2014
at 22:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On draught at Falling Rock. Clear dark brown pour with a medium thick bone white head that diminishes gradually. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of roast malt, hops and pine. Light-bodied with flavors of toasted malt, piney hops and fruit. The finish is malty up front with a resiny hops aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
Falling Rock Tap House
on 15 Mar 2014
at 19:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled at the 2014 Untapped festival in Fort Worth. Pours a clear amber with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a backbone of grain and cookie backbone with a bit of resin and pine coming over the top. Flavor has much more of a hop profile with resin, pine, grass and a hint of dankness as well as a grain and cookie backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2014
at 07:53