Lagunitas Brewing Company Brown Shugga'

Brown Shugga'

 

Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Rotating
Score
7.22
ABV: 10.0% IBU: 51 Ticks: 169
Originally a failed attempt at a 1997 batch of Olde GnarlyWine Ale resulting in an all-new-beer-style we like to call…Irresponsible.
 

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Systembolaget. Clear amber with a large head. Sweet with sugar, malt, some dried fruit and warming alcohol. Drinkable but a bit "raw".
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2015 at 15:20

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Flaska från SB. Trots att den en ganska rejlt humlad en riktig maltbomb med massor av kolaremmar, karamelliserat socker, muskovado, acaciehonung, men i bakgrunden finns en bra kådig beska med lite apelsinmarmelad med mycket skal. Gott.
Tried on 04 Mar 2015 at 15:04

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
(355ml bottle from Systembolaget) Pours a clear deep amber with a small fine white head and lace. Aroma has brown sugar as promised, caramel, orange peel, mixed dry fruit, maybe something herbal/soapy in the hop note. Taste is sweet, brown sugar, deep caramel, dried fruit, marmalade. Hop bitterness comes in towards the finish, piney, a bit herbal, moderately strong but still doesn’t totally overpower the malts. Aftertaste has brown sugar, sweet orange, citrus pith, a little alcohol. Lightish body for a barley wine, fairly soft carb. Quite sweet on the whole despite a decent hop grip, doesn’t really have the fullness and complexity of a barley wine. Kind of like a very sweet and not terribly tropical DIPA. Not bad, but lacks both heft and refinement.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Mar 2015 at 17:27

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled:
Clear dark amber. Lacing head.
Hoppy aroma of wood, shampoo and pine needles.
Taste is pine needles, wood and hops with a growing sweet maltiness lurking in the background.. Long bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2015 at 12:57

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from webb SB cons 2015-02-27 Duved AR: caramel, figs, red beeries, AP: amber clear, frothy cream beige head F: caramel, salty biscuits, red berries, bitter, wee alcholic,
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2015 at 12:19

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 9
Pours clear dark orange / light brown . Good white head . Smell is bit sweet, caramel and ambermalts . Taste is sweet, rather intense caramelly malts . Rather high ABV for the beer you get , but nothing to extreme . Mildly sweet aftertaste , some honey - caramel - sweetness .
Tried on 27 Feb 2015 at 11:06

9.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
12oz bottle from Wegmans, West Seneca, NY. An inviting reddish amber colour with a loose cream head; sweet, sugary aroma; thick and syrupy in the mouth, with a smooth caramel taste, and lots of warmth as the alcohol slowly releases; giving a warming, deeply satisfying finish. An excellent old-fashioned Barley Wine, had to sip and savour.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2015 at 20:02

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Cherry-apple and caramel malt aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet cherry, caramel malt and mildly bitter fresh hay flavor. Body on the lighter side for a barleywine. Excellent - a barleywine I could drink every day.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2015 at 18:31

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear amber with large spongy beige head, floral hops aroma, medium carbonation, hoppy taste balanced with a little sweetness, long hoppy finish. Great brew, the high alcohol content is not noticeable at all.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2015 at 17:35

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7
Holiday ale, labelled brown shugga substitute. Clear dark golden, lasting laces. Honey aroma. Full bodied, sweetness well balanced with the bitterness.
Tried on 18 Jan 2015 at 11:08