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Lagunitas Brewing Company

Lagunitas, CA (We've had too many of these. See page 2 here.)

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Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Hazy Ale
New England IPA - 7.2% ABV
Pete
     Solid NEIPA. A little creaminess and a little citrus with no bitterness. It's relatively low flavor for the style, but still tasty, and super drinkable.

Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Aunt Sally
Sour - 5.7% ABV
Pete
     The combination of hops and a sour beer really just does not work. This is pretty easy to drink because it's pretty light and mildly sour, but then those hints of hops really throw it off.

​Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Born Yesterday Pale Ale
Pale Ale - 6.5% ABV
Pete
     This is a very good pale ale. Citrus is the dominant flavor/aroma from the hops. It has the hoppiness and the booze of an IPA without all the bitterness. Well done.

Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Boston Fusion 14
IPA - 8.5% ABV
Pete
     This is everything you could want in a beer. It has mild bitterness and good hop flavor, plus a hint of fruit that really adds to it. This beer was only available on tap in Boston, so if you happened to get one, consider yourself lucky.

Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Brown Shugga
American Strong Ale - 9.9% ABV
Pete
     This is another good one from Lagunitas. It's driving flavor is sweetness, with some alcohol-y hints. After all, it is hard to hide 9.9% alcohol. It is surprisingly drinkable for being that strong though.

Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Censored Rich Copper Ale
Red Ale - 6.75% ABV
Pete
     This one has surprisingly little taste going down, with a hint of sweetness in the finish. Very drinkable, but nothing to write home about.

Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Citrusinensis
Pale Ale - 7.9% ABV
Pete
     The amount of citrus flavor in here really is impressive. Both from hops and from the actual citrus. It is a bit sweet, in a good way, and also has a nice mildly bitter background. It is impossible to pronounce right the first time though.

Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Dark Swan 2018
Sour - 8.5% ABV
Pete
     Pictured 2nd from the bottom. A little sour in the finish, but the combination of hoppiness and sour just doesn't work for me in this one.

​Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas DayTime
IPA - 4.65% ABV
Pete
     Another great one from Lagunitas. All the great flavors of their IPA, plus you can drink a lot of them since they are only 4.65% alcohol. A great beer for its purpose: day drinking.

Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Equinox
Strong Ale - 8% ABV
Pete
     I'm not really sure what this beer is supposed to be. It's a little hoppy. It's also creamy but also light. Kind of a bizarre combination but it's not bad.

Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball
American Strong Ale - 9.4% ABV
Pete
     Well first of all, I took a note on my phone when I finished drinking this at a bar. Apparently I could come nowhere close to spelling Lagunitas at the time, so take this review with a grain of salt. I thought it was pretty sweet and OK, but could use some hops to balance it out.

Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Hazy Wonder
New England IPA - 6% ABV
Pete
     This is a solid hazy IPA, but it definitely won't blow you away. Lagunitas is definitely better at the west coast style.

Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas High West-ified Imperial Coffee Stout
Imperial Stout - 12.2% ABV
Pete
     You can taste 2 things from this beer: alcohol and chocolate. Just a bit too boozy to be really great.

​Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
Imperial IPA - 8% ABV
Pete
     A little bitter, and quite malty, which was surprising given the light color. Doesn't taste boozy at all.

​Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas Imperial Pils
Imperial Pilsner - 8.6% ABV
Pete
     I had no idea it was possible for this style of beer to be strong. This is just a well-done Euro-style pilsner that happens to be strong. Lagunitas' own description uses the word "dangerous". I tend to agree.

Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's


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Lagunitas IPA
IPA - 6.2% ABV
Pete
     No frills here, just a great, simple IPA.

Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's