Hairy Eyeball Ale - Lagunitas Brewing Company

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964 Ratings

rAvg: 3.86
pDev: 12.18%
Reviews: 723
Hads: 241

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Lagunitas Brewing Company

California, United States

Style | ABV
American Strong Ale | 9.00% ABV

Availability: Winter. bottle (646), on-tap (70), growler (6), cask (1).

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Lauthaha

Michigan

4.47/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a dinner glass.

Appearance: Pours with the color of strongly brewed iced tea, with some very prominent ruby tones included in the color palette. Head is of moderate body, and sizzles down to a uniform paper-thin froth on top of the beer with a creamy white color.

Smell: An almost perfectly roasted caramel malt scent lays the foundation for some gentle fruity tones and a great combination of floral and bitter hops.

Taste/Mouthfeel: Beer has a very nice consistency with moderate foaminess. The alcohol is the first taste to emerge, but it's not overpowering by any means (which is a feat). Soon afterwards, the bitterness from the hops shines through, and it transitions very smoothly into malt sweetness/breadiness. Aftertaste is a great 75/25 mix of sweetness and bitterness.

Overall: A great beer! And deceptively high in alcohol by volume...I would never guess it was 9%...maybe 7% at the highest. Once again, Lagunitas has it under control!

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2011 23:54:43 | More by Lauthaha

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beagle75

Iowa

3.35/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a tulip glass.

A: Clear, dark amber color with less than one finger of diminishing light beige foam head. Light spotty lacing remains on the glass.

S: Mild and malt-focused, with some well-behaved caramel and complementary husky grain. A fine thread of wintergreen, seeming equally authentic and artificial, is also detected while the beer is still rather cold. Coconut slowly emerges as it warms. No alcohol is detected.

T: Begins very off-dry, with mostly dark crystal malt up front. Molasses is more heavily represented than unrefined grain, although the tendency is not extreme. Acidity is strong into the middle where some medicinal bitterness develops. Malt turns more toward the brown during the second act. The finish is surprisingly short, drying, with the earlier bitterness lingering in a pure--but not particularly appealing--form. No alcohol is detected.

M: Thin to medium viscosity, acidic at times but also fairly wet on the palate, with moderate carbonation.

D/O: This beer follows the blueprint for a very ordinary American strong ale, but does so effectively. It exhibits some semblance of balance, with hops and malt each evident to some degree. That said, it is the malt influence that is most appealing and memorable.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 18:28:47 | More by beagle75