Jump to content

Lagunitas Brewing Company


Recommended Posts

In other beer news, the Lagunitas tasting last night at the Brick was fuuuun. Some of their beers aren't to my taste (brown shugga in particular), but others are spot-on (Pils, IPA, barleywine).

I remember liking the Brown Shugga when I lived on the west coast, and not liking it as much when I had a bottle recently. Could be a freshness issue, or maybe they changed the recipe? Overall, I love the brewery and am glad I can get their beers here in DC. Now if only I can get my hands on some Deschutes...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I remember liking the Brown Shugga when I lived on the west coast, and not liking it as much when I had a bottle recently. Could be a freshness issue, or maybe they changed the recipe? Overall, I love the brewery and am glad I can get their beers here in DC. Now if only I can get my hands on some Deschutes...

Ron Lindenbusch, the guy from Lagunitas who was talking at the tasting, said that the recipe originally came about because they were trying to make the barleywine and overloaded their mash tun. Since they didn't get enough sugar from the grains, they had to drive around to every grocery store in the area and buy all their brown sugar. I imagine the recipe has been altered as time goes on, since buying grocery store brown sugar is likely to give different results from buying it in bulk. Bottom line: it's still way too sweet for me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Is it similiar to or did it replace the Maximus?

I get the impression that it's a one-off (it says "brewed once" on this beeradvocate page). I would love to taste them side-by-side, but the abv is a bit bigger in the stoopid (8.2 vs maximus's 7.5) and I got more citrus and more pine from the stoopid.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Lagunitas Brown Shugga Ale. I'm getting a bit worn out on these increasingly high alcohol microbrews, but this is really pleasant stuff. The whopping 10% alcohol level almost goes unnoticed.

I'll have to give it another try. They're one of my favorite west-coast breweries, and that beer is one of the few from them that I have ever hated. Maybe they toned down the brown sugar byproducts: last time I had it, it was just too much.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'll have to give it another try. They're one of my favorite west-coast breweries, and that beer is one of the few from them that I have ever hated. Maybe they toned down the brown sugar byproducts: last time I had it, it was just too much.

You should. I hate sweetness in beer, but tried this just last week and was pleasantly surprised it wasn't sweeter.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'll have to give it another try. They're one of my favorite west-coast breweries, and that beer is one of the few from them that I have ever hated. Maybe they toned down the brown sugar byproducts: last time I had it, it was just too much.

Too sweet for me, but then again I am a big fan of the Moylander.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...