Hairy Eyeball Ale - Lagunitas Brewing Company

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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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Reviews by uberabr:

uberabr

California

4.08/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4.5

I've been wanting to try this for a while now...

Poured from a 12-er into a pint. Appearance is a deep blackish burgundy with bright red hues. Big 3-finger caramel head settles to about a finger, leaving some good lace behind. Smell is lagery, a tad on the bitter side but not "hoppy" per se. There are some mild hints of fruits indicative of cacade or another low alpha hop- apples, banana, and mango- all very subtle, and nothing really special. Taste is rich, silky and buttery. Deep caramel and
molasses play off a complex array of subtle bitter notes and delicate fruity malts, along with roasted oats, barley, and some citrusy booze twang. Mouthfeel is decent but too oily, leaving you with a sticky tongue. Ironically, this adds to the already stellar drinkability.

My only real complaint is the oily mouthfeel on the tongue, but the taste and drinkability more than compensate. Also, the taste seems to come together a lot as it warms, so give it time. Overall a pretty tasty brew. I'de really like to try it on tap.

Serving type: bottle

02-23-2007 08:45:14 | More by uberabr

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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