Hairy Eyeball Ale - Lagunitas Brewing Company

cubedbee

Maryland

4.2/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours a deep amber brown with two fingers of beige head that takes its time to subside. Pretty nice lacing on the glass. Nose is full of dark malt, figs, raisins, a hint of molasses, and a slight tinge of alcohol--smells decadent. Taste starts off with a sweet molasses malt, followed rum-soaked fruitiness, raisin and cherry really coming through, with a nice piney and bitter hop balance towards the end. Very nice tasting, complex enough to be interesting, nicely balanced. Medium bodied and fairly creamy, this isn't as full as expected. This is a pretty easy drinking strong ale, I could drink two or three if getting drunk isn't an issue.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2006 15:58:17 | More by cubedbee

Kegatron

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

06-17-2013 23:17:53 | More by Kegatron

jaxon53

Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

06-15-2013 10:30:07 | More by jaxon53

doremite

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -15.8%

06-13-2013 21:43:43 | More by doremite

warnerry

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

06-06-2013 23:47:28 | More by warnerry

RBassSFHOPit2ME

California

3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

06-04-2013 04:31:18 | More by RBassSFHOPit2ME

GuttaMane138

Florida

4/5  rDev +3.6%

05-31-2013 03:13:15 | More by GuttaMane138

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

05-25-2013 22:41:02 | More by Slatetank

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

Topher78

California

3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

05-23-2013 17:44:21 | More by Topher78

visionaries

California

2.75/5  rDev -28.8%

05-23-2013 17:10:37 | More by visionaries

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

05-22-2013 16:04:19 | More by InspectorBob

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

4/5  rDev +3.6%

05-18-2013 03:00:31 | More by SmellsofMahagony

lpayette

Vermont

4/5  rDev +3.6%

05-11-2013 01:54:36 | More by lpayette

jkane101

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

05-10-2013 01:17:32 | More by jkane101

TripelMark

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +16.6%

05-02-2013 19:58:57 | More by TripelMark

LSx

California

4/5  rDev +3.6%

04-25-2013 04:33:04 | More by LSx

ericdupont

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

04-21-2013 04:43:46 | More by ericdupont

jreindl

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +3.6%

04-20-2013 06:46:43 | More by jreindl

randylangford

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +10.1%

04-18-2013 01:14:03 | More by randylangford

artoolemomo

Oregon

2.75/5  rDev -28.8%

03-31-2013 23:16:55 | More by artoolemomo

vidguy17

Iowa

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

03-30-2013 15:01:40 | More by vidguy17

wmobley

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

03-13-2013 21:36:31 | More by wmobley

liquorpig

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +3.6%

03-02-2013 03:05:03 | More by liquorpig

Brownsfan13

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +10.1%

02-25-2013 01:25:09 | More by Brownsfan13