Lagunitas

After Hiatus, Lagunitas Brown Shugga Returns!

Lagunitas had to cut Brown Shugga’ from it’s lineup last year.  Brown Shugga’ is a more expensive beer to produce, and for every case of Shugga‘  Lagunitas brewed, they were short 3 cases of their daily beers. Production with the new brewhouse installed, and Brown Shugga’ Continue Reading →

Lagunitas DayTime Fractional IPA

Lagunitas burns down this house in DayTime: A Fractional IPA. The description talks of burning it all down and starting something new. Perhaps we all need that sometimes.

We stood there for a while watching as the house burned. As the roof Continue Reading →

Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t Continue Reading →

Lagunitas Lucky 13.alt Returns

Lagunitas Lucky 13.alt  has returned.  This American strong ale is a take on the brewery’s Lucky 13 recipe.  Described as  BIG on the Amarillo Hops But Lightened Up On The Malt Side… She Turned Into A Mondo Blonde For Summer! Continue Reading →

Lagunitas Chi Town Deal Inked

The Lagunitas deal is now official.  Brewery founder Tony Magee has  announced that he has signed a the lease on the Chicago location.   A new 250 barrel (7,750 gallon per time) brewhouse will be built at Continue Reading →

Popular Lagunitas Sucks To Be Year Round

Lagunitas is making plans to bump “Lagunitas Sucks” to year round status.   The holiday release that brewed in lieu of Brown Shugga’ was an instant hit.  The IPA’s fan base grew exponentially overnight.   Thanks to a new brewhouse Continue Reading →

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After Hiatus, Lagunitas Brown Shugga Returns!

Lagunitas had to cut Brown Shugga’ from it’s lineup last year.  Brown Shugga’ is a more expensive beer to produce, and for every case of Shugga‘  Lagunitas brewed, they were short 3 cases of their daily beers. Production with the new brewhouse installed, and Brown Shugga’ has made it’s return. The beer exists thanks to an accident. Lagunitas had a failed batch of Olde Gnarlywine in 1997, so they tried to fix it with brown sugar. You know what happened from here.

Style: Barlywine (w/ Brown Sugar)
Availability: 12oz botttles, Draft

9.84% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Lagunitas

Lagunitas DayTime Fractional IPA

Lagunitas DayTime Fractional IPA

Lagunitas burns down this house in DayTime: A Fractional IPA. The description talks of burning it all down and starting something new. Perhaps we all need that sometimes.

We stood there for a while watching as the house burned. As the roof collapsed. As the rear wall with the whole back deck still connected surged forward under the weight of the flames, momentarily smothering the flare below. It only to explode brightly with a rush of cinders and a wall of fresh heat thrust in our direction. What artifact had just burst into the midnight air? A wedding dress? An old box of photographs? It was all gone or going now. The blaze was making something new at the same time. Something more primal and less evolved By morning the weighty things of the past would be reduced to vapor, heat, light, and cinders – receptive to the slightest wishful breeze. There is a freedom in burning down the house of fixed realities and it confers an undeniable lightness to being. We didn’t invent truths; They invented us. Come see it all sometime or just call us! 

Style: American IPA
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

4.9% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
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Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t far behind for best IPA in the country.  Interestingly, the harder to find Pliny The Younger ranked at the other end of the list, at #48.

More than 16,000 votes were received in this years vote.  Check out the full story for brewery rankings. (T= Tied) [AHA]

 

1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
 2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
 3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
 4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
 5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
 6. Bell’s Hopslam
7. Sierra Nevada Celebration
8. Stone Ruination IPA
 9. Sierra Nevada Torpedo
 10. North Coast Old Rasputin
 11. Firestone Walker Union Jack
 12. Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye
 13. Bear Republic Racer 5
 14. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
 15. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
 16. Firestone Walker Double Jack
 T17. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
 T17. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
 19. Stone IPA
 20. New Belgium Fat Tire
 21. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
 22. Avery Maharaja
 23. Founders Breakfast Stout
 24. Left Hand Milk Stout
 T25. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
 T25. New Belgium Ranger
 T25. Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
 28. Deschutes The Abyss
 29. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
 30. Surly Furious
 T31. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
 T31. Rogue Dead Guy
 T31. Samuel Adams Boston Lager
34. Troegs Nugget Nectar
 T35. Lagunitas IPA
 T35. New Belgium La Folie
 T37. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
 T37. Founders KBS
 T37. Russian River Blind Pig IPA
 41. Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
 42. Victory Prima Pils
43. Great Divide Yeti
 T44. Alaskan Smoked Porter
 T44. Anchor Steam
 T44. Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
 T44. Samuel Adams Noble Pils
 T48. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
 T48. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
 T48. Russian River Pliny the Younge
by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Lagunitas

Lagunitas Releasing New Mondo-Uber-Extra-Colossal-Double-PILS

Ah, the saga of Lagunitas. They order a new brewhouse and it gets clobbered in transit.  Meanwhile, the brewery’s founder Tony Magee does some number crunching and finds that it is much more cost effective to build another brewhouse in his previous home of Chicago.

Seasonals have been pretty FUBAR too, thanks to production issues caused by the brewhouse debacle.  However, there is a diamond in the rough.  A new seasonal will emerge now that the new brewhouse is in working order.  Lagunitas PILS is being cranked up big time.  Coming in August : Mondo-Uber-Extra-Colossal-Double-PILS.  A beefy (and no doubt imperial) edition of PILS.

Style: Imperial Pilsner
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: August, 2012

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lagunitas, Seasonal Return, Videos

Lagunitas Lucky 13.alt Returns

Lagunitas Lucky 13.alt  has returned.  This American strong ale is a take on the brewery’s Lucky 13 recipe.  Described as  BIG on the Amarillo Hops But Lightened Up On The Malt Side… She Turned Into A Mondo Blonde For Summer!  Virtual tasting from Lagunitas below.

Style: American Strong Ale
Availability: 22 oz bombers, Draft. Early summer.

8.3% ABV 

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lagunitas

Lagunitas Chi Town Deal Inked

The Lagunitas deal is now official.  Brewery founder Tony Magee has  announced that he has signed a the lease on the Chicago location.   A new 250 barrel (7,750 gallon per time) brewhouse will be built at a former steel plant at 18th & Rockwell Streets.

Magee has mentioned/tweeted that he wants the tap room open by November of 2011.  The goal is for drinkers to watch the brewery be built while they have a pint.  Expect the new brewhouse to be functional in late 2013.

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Lagunitas

Popular Lagunitas Sucks To Be Year Round

Lagunitas is making plans to bump “Lagunitas Sucks” to year round status.   The holiday release that brewed in lieu of Brown Shugga’ was an instant hit.  The IPA’s fan base grew exponentially overnight.   Thanks to a new brewhouse damaged in transit, Lagunitas couldn’t brew Big Hairy Eyeball shortly after Sucks release.  Enter Lagunitas Sucks Holiday Leftovers Ale.   A hit, yet again.

Sucks will return again at the end of 2012.  The brewery will start brewing it year round after the 2012 release.  The package size is yet to be determined.

Undercover Shutdown will most likely return in June, 2012 as soon as the new brewhouse is up and running.

by Reid Ramsay