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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Golden colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Citrus, hops, caramel, malt, grapefruit.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Hops, pine, caramel, hay, grass, some fruit.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Golden colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Citrus, hops, caramel, malt, grapefruit.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Hops, pine, caramel, hay, grass, some fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2015
at 08:39
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from a trade. Thanks Wyatt! Dark golden orange colour. Creamy beige foam. Aroma of tropical fruit, citrus, caramel, brown sugar and pine. Medium sweet, bitter hoppy aftertaste. Very good beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2014
at 03:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is grapefruity, solid hoppy. Pine. Herbal. Alcohol presence. Bitter and light toasted malty. Bitter and slight herbal. Lingering solid hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2014
at 13:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle @Kitty’s 21.11.2014. Poured amber in color, thin, lasting white head. Nice dark fruity, hoppy aroma, oranges and sweetness. Flavor has pine, resiny notes, malt sweetness and finishes with a punchy bitter hoppyness. Sweet, but works no nicely here. Full bodied, slightly boozy perhaps, but really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2014
at 00:40