Sucks
(has 6 batches)
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.40
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AKA Holiday Ale
AKA Holiday Leftover Ale
AKA Brown Sugar Substitute
This sad holiday season we didn’t have the brewing capacity to make our favorite seasonal brew, the widely feared BrownShugga’ Ale. You see we had a couple of really good years (thank you very much) and so heading into this season while we are awaiting the January delivery of a new brewhouse we are jammin’ along brewing 80 barrels of IPA and PILS and such every 3 hours. A couple of months back we realized that since we can only brew a mere 60 barrels of Shugga’ every 5 hours, that we were seriously screwed. For every case of Shugga’ brewed, we’d short 3 cases of our favorite daily beers. It’s a drag. This year, we brewed something that we think is also cool and brews more like our daily brews. The new brewhouse will help insure this kind of failure never happens again. It’s a mess that we can not brew our BrownShugga’ this year and we suck for not doing it. There is nothing cool about screwing this up this badly and we know it. Maybe we can sue our own sorry selves. There is no joy in our hearts this holiday and the best we can hope for is a quick and merciful end. F*@& us. This totally blows. Whatever. We freaking munch moldy donkey butt and we just want it to be all over...
So this substitute beer is a ‘Cereal Medley’ of Barley, Rye, Wheat, and Oats…. Full of complexishness from the 4 grains, and weighing in at 8% abv, Then joyously dry-hopped for that big aroma and resinous hop flavor.
AKA Holiday Leftover Ale
AKA Brown Sugar Substitute
This sad holiday season we didn’t have the brewing capacity to make our favorite seasonal brew, the widely feared BrownShugga’ Ale. You see we had a couple of really good years (thank you very much) and so heading into this season while we are awaiting the January delivery of a new brewhouse we are jammin’ along brewing 80 barrels of IPA and PILS and such every 3 hours. A couple of months back we realized that since we can only brew a mere 60 barrels of Shugga’ every 5 hours, that we were seriously screwed. For every case of Shugga’ brewed, we’d short 3 cases of our favorite daily beers. It’s a drag. This year, we brewed something that we think is also cool and brews more like our daily brews. The new brewhouse will help insure this kind of failure never happens again. It’s a mess that we can not brew our BrownShugga’ this year and we suck for not doing it. There is nothing cool about screwing this up this badly and we know it. Maybe we can sue our own sorry selves. There is no joy in our hearts this holiday and the best we can hope for is a quick and merciful end. F*@& us. This totally blows. Whatever. We freaking munch moldy donkey butt and we just want it to be all over...
So this substitute beer is a ‘Cereal Medley’ of Barley, Rye, Wheat, and Oats…. Full of complexishness from the 4 grains, and weighing in at 8% abv, Then joyously dry-hopped for that big aroma and resinous hop flavor.
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9/10
Tried
on 31 May 2015
at 22:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Brewdog, Bristol, Saturday 30th May 2015 Beautiful clear warm gold with a sticky white head. Soft in mouth, really quite sweet but lots of tropical flavours. Enjoyed this, a touch sweet was the only real negative. A6 A4 T8 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
on 31 May 2015
at 12:22
10/10
Tried
on 25 May 2015
at 01:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
18th May 2015: quart bottle shared between me, my wife and son-in-law. Golden/amber pour with a white topping on each glass. Nice blend of aromas and flavours. Hops first and foremost, piny and citrusy: semi-sweet malt taste mid-sip. Decent and worth trying: hides the alcohol content nicely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2015
at 21:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours rich yellow with small foamy white head, floral hops aroma, medium carbonation, slightly bitter hops taste, long finish. Nice and smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2015
at 19:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Quart bottle (’cause sometimes, 40 ounces is just too much). Lemon, orange rye malt and pine/grapefruit peel aroma. Golden yellow with moderate white head and nice lacing. Sweet orange biscuit rye malt and moderately bitter grapefruit peel/pine flavor. Nice body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2015
at 21:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared bomber, pint glass. Clean, light gold. Light and dry yet sweet. Mots going on: biscuity, hoppy, citrus. Fresh. Good.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2015
at 18:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Golden with a white head - Fruity hop aroma with pine - good malt to support a hop flavour that has some fruits and pine with nice bitterness - Good hop bitter finish with some pine - This was good
Tried
on 28 Jan 2015
at 14:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Big offwhite head. Clear deep yellow body with carbonation. Resiny orangey aroma with bread dough and raisins aroma. Sweetish resiny orangey taste with syrupy notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish resiny orangey aftertaste with spicy bready notes. Lovely, drinkable, full of flavour, yet clear and fresh. (0.355l bottle, I forget where from.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2015
at 15:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 33 cl. Golden, clear with a minimal white head. Fresh fruit aroma with some citrus and light caramel sence. Light bitter taste with a long fruity end..
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2015
at 13:54