Lagunitas Brown Shugga

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Love the label on this bomber. It pours out a murky pale orange to dirty brown with tan head. It does become clear with time. Nice barleywine smell with dark fruits, brown sugar, caramelization, pale malts and molasses. The flavor is sweet and sugary with essentially all that was noticed in the nose. I get plums, dates and candied peaches. These mix with malty caramelization, brown sugar and molasses. Very tasty but with out food accompaniment the sweetness does build up as the ounces are consumed.

Aroma: 1 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 1 | Overall: 1

So, I bought this because it said brown shugga. Smells like yer typical beer. Pours like a yuengling original-same color. However, it has a very bitter offensive flavor with no brown sugar flavor at all. If you like IPA or imperial/foreign stout, you better try this. Otherwise, a lasting bitter finish that is hard to forget. Will not buy again. Reminds me of McEwans scotch ale.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

On tap at Toronado
Appearance: Slightly cloudy dark amber with a nice white head and some lacing
Aroma: Pine, citrus and some sweet malts
Taste: Same as the aroma, but more of the malts come through. The alcohols are well hidden
Wow, a very nice Barley Wine.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a caramel clear with off-white head. Aroma is hoppy and malt. Taste is sweet malty with earthy hops undertone.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

I’ve read that this was originally created by being a failed attempt at something else. Makes me wonder what that something else was because this isn’t a top notch barleywine. The beer is a nice murky copper color, capped off by a thin creamy cream colored head. Aroma is sweet malt, brown sugar, vanilla, and molasses. Mouthfeel is average. Flavor is sweet malt, and lots of it. Not much in the way of yeast or hops in the flavor here.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A copper color with a tan head. Aroma contains citrus, pine, perfume, and dark fruit. The flavor is bitter with a good malt presence. Some citrus and caramel notes. Alcohol is cover up well but comes through in the finish some. Overall a good beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pour a dark orange with a small off-white head with heavy amount of lacing. The aroma is of citrus hops and caramel malts. Aroma is fairly sweet. The taste is sweet with lots of caramel malts and brown sugar. Good amount of citrus and pine in the finish. The mouth feel is full bodied with medium carbonation. Very smooth creamy mouth feel.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

WHOA! I picked this beer up from the Wine Gourmet in Roanoke, VA. This beer is SCARY. First, you don't know this is a 9+% beer and it is exceptionally easy drinking. This beer might be my new favorite American Barleywine - eclipsing Bigfoot Ale. It smells boozy but it doen't taste it. This is winter warmer hop goodnees. GOLDEN. I love it.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This is quite a departure from my normal experience with Lagunitas in that this beer isn't all about the hops. The brown sugar, caramel and roasted malt notes take the stage while the ample hop presence stays in the background but keeps the beer from becoming overly sweet.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

New to Knoxville, finally. Translucent amber pour, short light head, not much lacing. Sweet caramel malty aroma, subtle hops, very light booze. Warmingly sweet caramel and toffee flavor, earthy hops to offset. Very warming.