Lagunitas Sucks Brown Shugga Substitute Ale - Lagunitas Brewing Company

Metalmonk

North Carolina

4.33/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Slightly hazed pale orange/golden color, with a blinding white head. The pillow is thick but thins quickly, although even a weak swirl fluffs it up nicely.

Clean, bright, floral, fruity, and especially herbal nose. Shades of cannabis bud sneak in. It's hoppy and very "west coast" but doesn't seem to be trying to beat the nose senseless.

Impossible not to love how this beer tastes. It's very fruity and rounded out with sweet, dessert-like spices, yet it's a classy offering, never feeling like a too-syrupy tongue-ripping novelty. If you were looking to turn a hops-novice onto hop-laden beer, this would be it.

Texturally it's soft and smooth, yet with plenty of carbonation. For some reason it's starting to remind of a classier, slightly bigger, more cool-handed Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale.

Very much worthy of the hype that greeted this surprise/oopise holiday creation, it's one of the more approachable double IPAs out there. Lagunitas doesn't suck at all!

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2012 21:01:24 | More by Metalmonk

bpasquini

California

5/5  rDev +13.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

A: Orangish Copper in color with quarter-half inch thick white head, leaves a good amount of lacing

S: Pine, Some Citrus, Orange, hint of lemon, and something sweet like caramelized sugar, very well balanced

T: Great mixture of the pine and citrus hop flavors, pine being a little more dominant, the sweet malt flavors are what balance this beer out, everything seems to be blended perfectly together, bitterness level is also perfect for this beer, not overpowering but still lets you know it's there

M: Very light, not oily, leaves your mouth a hint dry making you want to keep drinking, which is a good thing for this beer

O: Great beer, if you see this buy it! My new favorite, everything is so well blended in this beer, and I'm not normally a fan of pine hop flavored beers

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 09:20:30 | More by bpasquini

PlinyBeMiney

California

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-21-2013 07:25:28 | More by PlinyBeMiney

CosmoHopHead

Kansas

4/5  rDev -8.9%

05-21-2013 04:26:53 | More by CosmoHopHead

mxchap

California

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-21-2013 04:18:05 | More by mxchap

Lucoli

New York

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-21-2013 01:03:52 | More by Lucoli

Ak555667

Illinois

4/5  rDev -8.9%

05-21-2013 00:27:52 | More by Ak555667

bcm75

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -14.6%

05-20-2013 23:00:37 | More by bcm75

johntfox

Florida

4/5  rDev -8.9%

05-20-2013 21:48:40 | More by johntfox

KDE

Texas

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-20-2013 20:19:27 | More by KDE

jbeervt

Vermont

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-20-2013 19:17:52 | More by jbeervt

powz87

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -20.3%

05-20-2013 17:20:53 | More by powz87

Kmat10

Alberta (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-20-2013 03:51:21 | More by Kmat10

PlayitAgain

New York

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-20-2013 03:01:32 | More by PlayitAgain

ShawnMH

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-19-2013 15:16:30 | More by ShawnMH

SonOfKyuss

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -14.6%

05-19-2013 14:54:59 | More by SonOfKyuss

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-19-2013 13:33:30 | More by Photekut

dkline72

New York

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-19-2013 13:23:08 | More by dkline72

nick_asian

Nevada

4/5  rDev -8.9%

05-19-2013 07:18:13 | More by nick_asian

eyeenjoybeer

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-18-2013 18:25:11 | More by eyeenjoybeer

Jakob

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +8.2%

05-18-2013 16:18:08 | More by Jakob

jono0101

Missouri

4.75/5  rDev +8.2%

05-18-2013 15:57:18 | More by jono0101

Mscarpen

Tennessee

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-18-2013 11:20:36 | More by Mscarpen

mkirkland80

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-18-2013 02:11:39 | More by mkirkland80

melisassy

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-18-2013 01:54:51 | More by melisassy