Unrefined Shugga'
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
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7.13
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Originally, a curious mistake that resulted in an all-new-beer-style we liked to call…Irresponsible. We’ve upgraded this Sweet Release with the addition of Whole Cane Sugar for a delightfully unrefined experience.
Unrefined Shugga’ is our winter-warming, holidaze BarleyWine, clocking in at 10% alc./vol. It’s chockfull of malted barley, malted wheat, Munich malt, and crystal malts, then generously dry-hopped with Simcoe, Columbus, Cascade, and Centennial hops. Unrefined Shugga’ gets its name from the addition of whole cane Panela sugar. It’s basically the holidays in a glass.
Unrefined Shugga’ is our winter-warming, holidaze BarleyWine, clocking in at 10% alc./vol. It’s chockfull of malted barley, malted wheat, Munich malt, and crystal malts, then generously dry-hopped with Simcoe, Columbus, Cascade, and Centennial hops. Unrefined Shugga’ gets its name from the addition of whole cane Panela sugar. It’s basically the holidays in a glass.
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7/10
Bottled. Pours medium brown white lacing. Brown sugar, dark fruit, light barnyard funk. Good
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 02:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear, reddish-brown with a three finger head. Aroma is a sweet, IPA smell. Taste is sweet but a tad too hoppy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Poured up on tap at Tipsy Cactus where it exhibits a crystal clear copper colored body that supports a light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up plum and date like dark fruity esters as well as thin molasses and a faint caramel sensation. The taste delivers a pleasing blend of plum to date like sweet fruity esters, molasses and then a modest pine hop and mild sappy bitterness. This is working really well with pleasing balance and depth. Dangerously good.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2024
at 03:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
s: alcohol - malt - toffee a: crisp amber - thinnish head t: caramel - nuts - earth p: rustic - rich - astringent o: full-bodied - potent - sweet 12 ounce bottle - MOM's Organic Market: Alexandria/Potomac Yard, virginia - 26-January-2023 - US$5,99 - sampled: 23-July-2023
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2023
at 08:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a copper color with a malty aroma with toffee and piney hops. The flavor is strong with caramel malt and resinous bitterness that’s a bit abrasive. It reminds me somewhat of arrogant bastard. This definitely tastes boozier though.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2022
at 05:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
$3.50 bottle, WW. Clear amber with a small beige head. Malty nose without any specific aromas. Resin, licorice, pine, malt, sugar, some spruce, spice. Interesting, a bit too sweet (not cloying).
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2022
at 22:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On Tap at Homestead. Clear deep reddish amber pour with a thin light tan head. . Thick sweet and smooth maltiness. Some notes of hazelnuts.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2022
at 01:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours clear, darkish mahogany with a large creamy/foamy beige head. Aroma of toffee suggesting brown sugar. Arguably full bodied. Flavor is toffee, something like demerara sugar, and definite citrus/pine aspects. Not dry, yet bitter. Clean and exquisite flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2022
at 02:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle from Festival Northland, 1/16/22 (2:38 am). Clear red-amber, large tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, cherry, hops. Taste is toffee, piney hop, brown sugar. Well balanced, full bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2022
at 02:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle. Orange, copper color. Large frothy beige head endures. Toasted malt aroma hints at brown sugar and dried fruit. Flavor upfront is toasted malt, resiny pine, dried fruit, toffee and burnt sugar. Sticky mouthfeel. Mildly complex. 10% ABV is well hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2022
at 05:13